Knicks Play NYBBC in First Recorded Match Game

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Date Friday, June 19, 1846
Location Hoboken, NJ, United States
Description

The Knickerbockers meet the New York Base Ball Club at the Elysian Fields of Hoboken, New Jersey, in the first inter-club game played under the 1845 rules. The Knickerbockers lose the contest 23-1. 

Sources

Base Ball Founders, Peter Morris et al, Eds., 2013, p. 12.



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