Early baseball in New Jersey/Game 21

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Location	New Jersey
Year	1855
Month	9
Date	26
Country
Was NY rules baseball	Unknown
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Excelsior Club of Jersey City
Team 2	Fear Not Club of Hudson
Team 1 Score	27
Team 2 Score	7
Found by	John Zinn

"A match was played yesterday between the Excelsior Club of Jersey City and the Fear Not Club of Hudson. The former made 27 runs and the latter, but 7 runs."

Sources

Newark Daily Advertiser, 9/27/1855