Early baseball in South Carolina/Club 22

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Location	South Carolina
Year	1876
Month	6
Date	6
Modern address	Winnsboro SC
City	Winnsboro
State	SC
Nickname	Nameless
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Augusta Chronicle, June 1, 1876, notes: “A match game of base ball will be played Tuesday, June 6, at Winnsboro, between the Nameless Club, of that town, and …”

Winnsboro SC (current pop. about 3600) is about 30 miles N of Columbia SC.

Sources

The Augusta Chronicle, June 1, 1876