Early baseball in New York (state)/Game 31

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Location	New York (state)
Year	1860
Month	8
Date	17
City	Clifton
State	NY
Country	US
Was NY rules baseball	Unknown
Played by	Unknown
Team 1	Burlington Club (Hamilton ONT)
Team 2	Queen City (Clifton?)
Team 1 Score	25
Team 2 Score	30

This game appears on the Protoball Games Tabulation [WNY Table] compiled by Craig Waff. It was reported as "the first match ever played by Clubs from the United States and Canada." in the Buffalo ME on August 18, 1860.

Clifton NY is no longer found near Buffalo. Perhaps it was the former name of a section of the city. Buffalo is sometimes called the Queen City. Clifton Heights is on Lake Erie SW of Buffalo.