Early baseball in North Carolina/Club 22

From SABR Encyclopedia

SABR Origins Committee project on the
Spread of baseball
Key pages
Project home page Project map History of early baseball Research needs in the spread of baseball
Lists
Earliest games by state Earliest clubs by state All games  ·  All clubs Predecessor games Other firsts in baseball
Help
Researching early baseball Submitting research online

Spread of baseball: Home -> North Carolina -> Early baseball in North Carolina/Club 22

Location	North Carolina
Year	1874
Month	6
Date	12
Modern address	Wison NC
City	Wilson
State	NC
Nickname	Collegiates
Found by	Bruce Allardice

On June 12, 1874, the “Tar Heels” of Tarboro played the Wilson Collegiate Base Ball Club in Tarboro. Tarboro Southerner, June 12, 1874. Cited in Trees of Wilson, June 2001, p. 63.

Wilson NC (current pop. about 50,000) is about 50 miles E of Raleigh NC. Tarboro NC (current pop. about 13,000) is about 25 miles NE of Wilson.

Sources

Tarboro Southerner, June 12, 1874. Cited in Trees of Wilson, June 2001, p. 63.