Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge

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Nick Name	Lawrence BBC
Earliest Known Date	1858 -- Day and month unknown
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Location	Cambridge, MA, United States
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Description	From Protoball Entry #1858.51 – At Harvard, Two Clubs Play Series of Games by New York Rules The Lawrence Base Ball Club and a club from the Harvard Law School played "regular matches" on campus. The Lawrence Club's 1858 Constitution stipulated that "the Game played by this Club shall be that known under the name of the �New York Game of Base Ball'" under its March 1858 rules, and that it would play no other game. The dates of the games against the law school and the nature of that club as not known, but accounts exist of intramural games in 1858. "The Lawrence Base Ball Club," The Harvard Graduates' Magazine, Volume 25 (March 1917), pp 346-350. Accessed 2/16/10 via Google Books search ("lawrence base"). "The Lawrence Base Ball Club forms; members are chiefly from the Lawrence Scientific School, a part of Harvard University. It plays the "New York" style of the game."
Sources	"Harvard University Base Ball Club. Records of Organized Baseball at Harvard: an inventory". HUD 9500, Harvard University Archives. Summary of "Records of the Lawrence Base Ball Club", HUD 9600, Harvard University Archives.
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

Warning: Users should not rely on a team's won-loss record as a reflection of its "standing" among all base ball clubs. Team schedules were not balanced, and a good record against mostly weak opponents does not signify a leading club.

Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1858	4 Played	0 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied
1859	1 Played	0 Won	1 Lost	0 Tied

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Page	Date	City	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1858-11-08	Cambridge	MA	Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge	Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge	27 - 9	Cambridge, MA	Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1858-11-11	Cambridge	MA	Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge	Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge	33 - 11		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1858-11-14	Cambridge	MA	Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge	Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge	32 - 39		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1858-11-18	Cambridge	MA	Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge	Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge	54 - 65		Bruce Allardice
Ballgame	1859-07-14	Cambridge	MA	Lawrence Base Ball Club of Cambridge	Dane Club of Harvard	48 - 54		Bruce Allardice

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Field	Years	Edit Association with Club
Cambridge Common	1858

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