Early baseball in England/Game 2

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Location	England
Year	1890
Month	6
Date	21
City	Preston
State	Lancashire
Country	England
Site	Deepdale (soccer pitch of Preston North End Football Club)
Was NY rules baseball	Yes
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Preston
Team 2	Derby
Team 1 Score	6
Team 2 Score	9
Length	1h50

This was the first ever game in England (and in Britain) in a structured domestic competition. It was the only match completed on Opening Day of Britain's pro baseball league of 1890.

Sources

Gray, Joe. What about the Villa?: Forgotten figures from Britain's pro baseball league of 1890. Ross-on-Wye, UK: Fineleaf Editions (2010).