Allegheny v Pittsburgh in Allegheny on 9 October 1857
| Date of Game | Friday, October 9, 1857 |
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| Location | Allegheny, PA, United States |
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| Field | West Common |
| Home Team | Add Club Page Allegheny |
| Away Team | Add Club Page Pittsburgh |
| Score | 98 - 77 |
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| Number of Players | 13 |
| Game Officials | |
| NY Rules | Doubtful |
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| Description | Alleghany 98 Pittsburgh 77 (suspended in third inning due to darkness; game was scheduled to be completed on Saturday afternoon) (Porter’s Spirit of the Times: “The match was played by thirty men, equally divided, and consisted of three innings.” The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, Oct. 10, 1857 page 3 carries an account of this game, giving a list of the players. Headlined "The Match of Base ball" |
| Sources | (1) “Out-Door Sports: Base Ball: Alleghany vs. Pittsburgh,” Porter’s Spirit of the Times, vol. 3, no. 7 (17 Oct 1857), p. 108, col. 3 Daily Pittsburgh Gazette, Oct. 8, 10, 12, 1857 |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Has Source On Hand | No |
| Comment | For more details on this non-Knickerbocker-rules game, see http://protoball.org/Alleghany_Club_v_Pittsburg_Club_on_9_October_1857undefined --- In August 2017, in response to a query from the Baseball HOF, we revisited this unusual find. Bruce Allardice later reported (email of 8/12/2017): "Larry: There were RR connections east. But the traffic was more in riverboats west. Bruce" Bruce's general point was that in 1857, Pittsburgh was more regularly connected to Ohio Valley locations than those in the eastern USA. The players were Allegheny: Bolling, Barrand, Stephens, McClellan, Haslett, Lynch, Cutler, Falkner, Miller, Stubbs, Ludwick, Miller, McChesney For Pittsburgh: Lesley, Tatland, Parks, Cappy, Anderson, Reece, Elliott, Vierheller, Cochrane, Noble, Vick, Freyvogel and Reece The Pittsburgh Gazette, Nov. 13, 1857, reported that another game was be played on the West Common Thanksgiving Day, between the Pittsburgh and Allegheny clubs. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Found by | Craig Waff |
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| Players Locality | Local |
| Entry Origin | Games Tab |
| Entry Origin Url | http://protoball.org/Games Tab:Pittsburgh#date1857-10-9 |
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