Early baseball in New Jersey/Game 4

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Location	New Jersey
Year	1855
Month	7
Date	13
City	E. Newark
State	NJ
Country	US
Site	Neward BBC Grounds
Was NY rules baseball	Likely
Played by	Locals
Team 1	Newark BBC
Team 2	Olympics of NJ
Team 1 Score	31
Team 2 Score	10

This game appears on the Protoball Games Tabulation [NYC file] complied by Craig Waff. Reports appeared in the Clipper, Spirit, and NY Daily Times.

The Spirit named this game the first inter-club match to be played in New Jersey: perhaps it held Hoboken to be a part of NY?