Early baseball in Massachusetts/Game 11

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Location	Massachusetts
Year	1866
Month	7
Date	27
City	Worcester
State	MA
Country
Site	"the Agricultural grounds"
Was NY rules baseball	Yes
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Williams College
Team 2	Harvard University
Team 1 Score	39
Team 2 Score	37
Length	27 outs
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Boston Daily Advertiser, July 28, 1866, reports on a game in Worcester July 27th between Williams College and Harvard, won by the former 39-37. A box score is given, with 27 outs recorded for each side.

Worcester MA (1860 pop. about 25,000 -- 36th largest US city) is about 40 miles W of Boston.

Sources

Boston Daily Advertiser, July 28, 1866