Bunker Hill Club of Charlestown

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Nick Name	Bunker Hill
Earliest Known Date	Thursday, May 14, 1857
Last Known Game
Location	Charlestown, MA, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	The Boston Herald, May 18, 1857 reports the Bunker Hill Club of Charlestown has been formed. Same, July 8, 1857: "Charlestown.... The Bunker Hill Club met in the morning, at Somerville, where they played a game of base ball." Boston Evening Transcript, Oct. 17, 1858, says a match game of base ball will be player "tomorrow afternoon" on the Common between the Bunker Hill Club of Charlestown and the Bay State Club of Boston. Charlestown had 25,065 residents in 1860. It was annexed by Boston in 1874.
Sources	The Boston Herald, May 18, 1857, July 8, 1857 PSOT, May 30, June 20, 1857
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Charlestown, MA
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1857	1 Played	0 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied
1858	2 Played	0 Won	1 Lost	0 Tied

Ballgames

Page	Date	City	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	Contributor
Ballgame	1857-07-04	Somerville	MA	Bunker Hill Club of Charlestown	Bunker Hill Club of Charlestown		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1858-10-15	Boston	MA	Bay State Club of Boston	Bunker Hill Club of Charlestown	77 - 56	Craig Waff
Ballgame	1858-10-18	Boston	MA	Bunker Hill Club of Charlestown	Bay State Club of Boston		Bruce Allardice

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Boston annexed Charlestown in 1874.