Early baseball in Massachusetts/Game 5

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Location	Massachusetts
Year	1858
Month	8
Date	19
City	E. Cambridge
State	Massachusetts
Country
Site	Cambridge Commons
Was NY rules baseball	Unknown
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Niagara BBC of E. Cambridge
Team 2	Forrest City BBC of E. Cambridge
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Boston Evening Transcript Aug. 17, 1858, says the Niagara and Forrest City BBCs of East Cambridge will play a match game Aug. 19th on the Cambridge Commons. The article doesn't mention whether this is under the MA or NY rules.

Sources

The Boston Evening Transcript Aug. 17, 1858