Captain Lawrence's Team v Captain Lovejoy's Team in April 1858

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Awaiting Review
Date of Game April 1858
Game Massachusetts Game?
Location Waltham, MA, United States
Home Team  Add Club Page Captain Lawrence's Team
Away Team  Add Club Page Captain Lovejoy's Team
Score 50 43
Has Source On Hand No
Number of Players 12
NY Rules No - Predecessor
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"It is interesting to note that on Fast Day, April 1858, there was a ball game played in Trapelo, Captain Lawrence's team defeating Capt. Lovejoy's team by a score of 50 points to 43. Later in the year a Mechanics Ball Club was organized and played a game on the Common with the Olympics of Boston. They were beaten by a score of 54 to 21. Twelve men played on a side." 

 

Trapelo was a neighborhood in Waltham.

 

Sources

Edmund L. Sanderson Waltham as a Precinct of Watertown and as a Town 1630 - 1884. Waltham Hist. Soc. 1936, page 70.

Comment

Games reported in the Waltham Sentinel, April 23, Oct. 29, 1858

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Submitted by David Nevard
Submission Note email of 9/14/2014



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