Early baseball in Delaware/Game 2

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Location	Delaware
Year	1865
Month	11
Date	4
City	New Castle
State	DE
Country
Was NY rules baseball	Likely
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Lenapi BBC of New Castle
Team 2	Diamond State BBC of Wilmington
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Georgetown (DE) Union, Oct. 27, 1865, reported that the Lenapi BBC of New Castle will play the Diamond State BBC of Wilmington on Nov. 4th at New Castle.

Sources

Georgetown (DE) Union, Oct. 27, 1865