Early baseball in Delaware/Game 1

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Location	Delaware
Year	1867
Month	7
Date	11
City	Wilmington
State	Delaware
Country
Was NY rules baseball	Likely
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Diamond State
Team 2	Wawasset
Team 1 Score	40
Team 2 Score	29
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 12, 1867 and Aug. 2, 1867, report on a three game match for the state championship of Delaware between the Diamond State and Wawasset clubs of Wilmington. The Wawasset BBC won the first game, the 2nd was won by Diamond State 40-29 on July 11, and the third game, in Wilmington on Aug. 1, resulted in a forefeit by Diamond State when they tried to bring in some Philadelphia ringers and the umpire refused to let them.

Sources

The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 12, 1867