Queen City Club of Buffalo v Burlington Club of Hamilton Ontario on 17 August 1860
| Date of Game | Friday, August 17, 1860 |
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| Location | Clifton (now Niagara Falls), Ontario, Canada |
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| Field | Add Field Page |
| Home Team | Queen City Club of Buffalo |
| Away Team | Burlington Club of Hamilton Ontario |
| Score | 30 - 25 |
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| NY Rules | Yes |
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| Description | "Base Ball -- Queen City of Buffalo vs. Burlington Club of Hamilton -- These two clubs took advantage of the Excursion yesterday to play a match at Base Ball near Clifton. The following is the score: Queen City 30 runs; Burlington 25 runs."
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| Sources | Hamilton Spectator, 18 August 1860. Buffalo Express, same date. Note: Joseph Overton's book also carries an account of this game from a Buffalo newspaper. |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Has Source On Hand | No |
| Comment | This game is the earliest known international game of modern base ball (Ontario was still a British province until Canada formed in 1867.) Bill Humber explains that the cited "Excursion" was a tightrope exhibition over the Niagara Gorge performed by a "Signor Farini" actually a man from Ontario. The village of Clifton ONT, the site of the game, later became Niagara Falls, ONT. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Found by | Bill Humber |
| Submission Note | email of 5/21/2014 |
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| First in Location | Clifton (now Niagara Falls), Ontario, Canada |
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