Early baseball in New Jersey/Club 14
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| Location | New Jersey |
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| Year | 1865 |
| Note on date | No Later than June 1865 |
| City | Irvington |
| State | NJ |
| Country | US |
| Nickname | Irvington |
Peverelly [page 70 and 45] reports that Irvington played the Atlantic Club at home on 6/14/65, winning 23-17 and played the Eclectic at home on 6/20/65, winning 57-18.
The Irvington Club is listed as an NABBP member is 1866: M. Wright, The NABBP, page 121.
Irvington is about 4 miles W of Newark.
