Early baseball in Alabama/Club 16

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Location	Alabama
Year	1874
Month	8
Modern address	Meridianville AL
City	Meridianville
State	AL
Country	US
Found by	Bruce Allardice

The Fayetteville (TN) Observer Aug. 27, 1874 notes a game between Fayettteville and Meridianville “last Friday” at Meridianville, won by Fayetteville 48-22

Meridianville AL (pop. about 6000 now)is about 100 miles N of Birmingham near the TN border and about 80 miles SW of Chattanooga TN.

Sources

Fayetteville (TN) Observer Aug. 27, 1874