Early baseball in Massachusetts/Game 9

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Location	Massachusetts
Year	1858
Month	10
Date	18
City	Boston
State	Massachusetts
Country
Site	The Common
Was NY rules baseball	Doubtful
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Bunker Hill BBC of Charlestown
Team 2	Bay State BBC of Boston
Found by	Bruce Allardice

Boston Evening Transcript, Oct. 17, 1858, says a match game of base ball will be player "tomorrow afternoon" on the Common between the Bunker Hill Club of Charlestown and the Bay State Club of Boston.

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Boston Evening Transcript, Oct. 17, 1858