Early baseball in North Carolina/Club 5

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Location North Carolina
Year 1873
Month 8
Date 23
Modern address Enfield NC
City Enfield
State NC
Nickname Enfield BBC
Found by Bruce Allardice

The Petersburg Index and Appeal, Aug. 23, 1873, reports an Enfield item dated Aug. 22 of a game between the Enfield base ball club and the Advance of Petersburg “today”.

Enfield NC (current pop. about 2300), a predominantly African-Americana town, is about 65 miles NE of Raleigh NC. Petersburg VA (current pop. about 32,000) is about 80 miles N of Enfield and also has a strong African-American presence.

Sources

Petersburg Index and Appeal, Aug. 23, 1873

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