Early baseball in New Jersey/Game 10

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Location	New Jersey
Year	1859
Month	7
Date	11
City	Elizabeth
State	NJ
Country	US
Site	Union BBC Grounds
Was NY rules baseball	Yes
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Liberty (New Brunswick)
Team 2	Union (Elizabeth)
Team 1 Score	46
Team 2 Score	12

The game appears in the Protoball Games Tabulation [NYC Table] compiled by Craig Waff. It was reported in the New York Times on July 14, 1859.