Early baseball in Connecticut/Club 2
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| Location | Connecticut |
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| Year | 1859 |
| Note on date | No Later than July 1859 |
| City | New Haven |
| State | CT |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Quinnipiack Base Ball Club |
| Found by | Larry McCray |
David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It, page 224, lists new constitutions for the Granite BB Club of Manchester NH and the Quinnipiack BB Club of New Haven CT.
The Quinnipiack BB Club played and lost a game against Fair Haven on about July 28, 1859. This game appears in the Protoball Games Tabulation (CT table) compiled by Craig Waff.
