Brooklyn 22, New York 1: The First-Ever "Modern" Interclub Match
| Date | Saturday, October 11, 1845 |
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| Location | Brooklyn, NY, United States |
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| Description | [A]"The Base Ball match between eight Brooklyn players, and eight players of New York, came off on Friday on the grounds of the Union Star Cricket Club. The Yorkers were singularly unfortunate in scoring but one run in their three innings. Brooklyn scored 22 and of course came off winners." Not counted here as an inter-club match, as the players and their club or clubs are not named. [B]"After this game had been decided, a match at single wicket cricket came off between two members of the Union Star Club - Foster and Boyd. Foster scored 11 the first and 1 the second innings. Boyd came off victor by scoring 16 the first innings." |
| Sources | [A] New York Morning News, Oct. 13, 1845, p.2. [B]The True Sun (New York City), Monday, October 13, 1845, page 2, column 5. Earlier cited in Tom Melville, The Tented Field: A History of Cricket in America (Bowling Green State University Press, 1998), page 168, note 38: "Though the matches played between the Brooklyn and New York clubs on 21 and 25 October 1845 are generally recognized as being the earliest games in the "modern" era, they were, in fact, preceded by an even earlier game between those two clubs on October 12." [In fact this game was played on October 11.] Thanks to Tim Johnson [email, 12/29/2008] for triggering our search for the missing game. See Chronologies items #1845.4 and #1845.5 above. |
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| Has Source On Hand | No |
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| Submitted by | Bob Tholkes |
| Submission Note | 3/17/2015 |
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