Gotham Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 5 September 1856
Date of Game | Friday, September 5, 1856 |
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Location | Harlem, Manhattan, NY, United States |
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Field | Red House |
Home Team | Gotham Club of New York |
Away Team | Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York |
Score | 21 - 7 |
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Innings | 7 |
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Description | (7 innings – home-and-home match from 1855 season) (Porter’s Spirit of the Times: “both being highly popular clubs, a very large and gay attendance was present to see the sport.”) (New York Clipper: “The match … took place … in the presence of one of the most numerous assemblages that ever witnessed a game of base ball.”) |
Sources | (1) “New-York City: Base Ball Match,” New York Daily Times, vol. 5, no. 1550 (6 Sep 1856), p. 8, col. 1 (2) “Base Ball,” Porter’s Spirit of the Times, vol. 1, no. 1 (6 Sep 1856), p. 13, col. 3 (3) “Ball Play: Gotham vs. Knickerbocker,” New York Clipper, vol. 4, no. 21 (13 Sep 1856), p. 167, col. 2 (4) “Cricket and Base Ball: Base Ball,” Porter’s Spirit of the Times, vol. 1, no. 2 (13 Sep 1856), p. 28, cols. 1-2 (5) “On-Dits in Sporting Circles: Base Ball,” The Spirit of the Times, vol. 26, no. 31 (13 Sep 1856), p. 366, col. 3 (6) “Base Ball: The Pinckney Dispute,” Porter’s Spirit of the Times, vol. 1, no. 3 (20 Sep 1856), p. 37, col. 3 (7) New York Sunday Mercury list (8) Peverelly, pp. 16-17 & 22 (9) Wright, p. 4 |
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Found by | Craig Waff |
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Entry Origin | Games Tab 2 |
Entry Origin Url | http://protoball.org/Games Tab:Greater New York City#date1856-9-5 |
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