Early baseball in New York (state)/Club 22

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Location	New York (state)
Year	1859
Note on date	No Later than July 1859
City	Canandaigua
State	NY
Country	US
Nickname	Canadaigua BBC
Found by	Larry McCray

Canandaigua played an intramural game on about July 20, 1859, as reported in the Rochester Union and Advertiser. See Protoball Games Tabulation [WNY table] compiled by Craig Waff.

Canandaigue is about 25 mile SE of Rochester NY.