Early baseball in Alabama/Game 6
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Location | Alabama |
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Year | 1874 |
Month | 8 |
Note on date | no later than August 1874 |
City | Meridianville |
State | AL |
Country | |
Modern address | Meridianville AL |
Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
Played by | Locals |
Team 1 | Fayetteville BBC |
Team 2 | Meridianville BBC |
Team 1 Score | 48 |
Team 2 Score | 22 |
Found by | Bruce Allardice |
The Fayetteville (TN) Observer Aug. 27, 1874 notes a game between Fayetteville and Meridianville “last Friday” at Meridianville, won by Fayetteville 48-22.
Meridianville AL (pop. about 2000 now)is about 100 miles N of Birmingham near the TN border and about 80 miles SW of Chattanooga TN.
Sources
Fayetteville (TN) Observer Aug. 27, 1874