Early baseball in New Jersey/Game 1

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Location New Jersey
Year 1845
Month 11
Note on date Possibly the 10th
City Hoboken
State NJ
Country US
Site Elysian Fields
Modern address 11th and Washington
Was NY rules baseball Unknown
Played by Locals
Team 1 NYBBC Side 1
Team 2 NYBBC Side 2
Team 1 Score 24
Team 2 Score 23
First in New Jersey Yes

NEW YORK BASE BALL CLUB: The second Anniversary of the Club came off yesterday, on the ground in the Elysian fields.” The game matched two nine-player squads, and ended with a 24-23 score. “The Club were honored by the presence of representatives from the Union Star Cricket Club, the Knickerbocker Clubs, senior and junior, and other gentlemen of note.” NY Club players on the box score included Case, Clair, Cone, Gilmore, Granger, Harold, Johnson, Lalor, Lyon, Murphy, Seaman, Sweet [on both sides!], Tucker, Venn, Wheaton, Wilson, and Winslow. Posted to 19CBB by John Thorn, 3/31/2008. Source: The New York Herald, November 11, 1845.

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