Early baseball in Tennessee/Game 3

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Location	Tennessee
Year	1866
Month	4
Date	21
City	Nashville
State	Tennessee
Country
Was NY rules baseball	Likely
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Cumberland BBC
Team 2	Rock City BBC
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Nashville Union, April 21, 1866 announces that the Cumberland Base Ball Club was formed yesterday, and that a game between Cumberland and the Rock City Base Ball Club will be played near Fort Gillem “today”.

Sources

Nashville Union, April 21, 1866