Eckford Club of Brooklyn v Hoboken Club of Hoboken on 17 August 1859

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Date of Game	Wednesday, August 17, 1859
Location	Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ, United States
Modern Address
Field	Elysian Fields
Home Team	Eckford Club of Brooklyn
Away Team	Hoboken Club of Hoboken
Score	40 - 16
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Game Officials	Scorers, Fraser and Brown, Umpire, Bixby of the Eagle Club
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Description	Eckford (Brooklyn) 40 Hoboken (Hoboken) 16 [or 17] (NYT: The Eckford Club “is very strong and in excellent practice, and the consequence is that in most of their trials they are victorious.”)
Sources	(1) “Base Ball: Eckford, of Greenpoint, vs. Hoboken Club,” NYT, vol. 8, no. 2468 (18 Aug 1859), p. 5, col. 3 [states Hoboken had 17 runs] (2) “Eckford vs. Hoboken,” NYC, vol. 7, no. 19 (27 Aug 1859), p. 149, col. [xx] (3) Peverelly, p. 73 (4) Wright, pp. 32 & 38
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Found by	Craig Waff
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Entry Origin	Games Tab
Entry Origin Url	http://protoball.org/Games Tab:Greater New York City#date1859-8-17
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