Meteor Club of New Bern

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Nick Name Meteor
Earliest Known Date December 1866
Location New Bern, NC, United States
Description

The New Bern Weekly Journal of Commerce, Jan. 18, 1867, reports that the Meteor Club of New Bern defeated the Unknowns of Beaufort 57-39, and gives a box score. The Wilmington Daily Journal, Jan. 1, 1867, quotes the New Bern Journal as saying the Meteor Club was formed the week before.

The Petersburg Index, March 11, 1867 noted a game in Raleigh between the National Base Ball Club of Raleigh and the Meteor Base Ball Club of New Bern, won by the home team.

Raleigh NC (1860 pop. 4800; 1870 pop. 7800) is in the north central part of NC, about 55 miles from the VA border.

New Bern NC (1860 pop. about 5400, 1870 pop. about 5800) is on the Atlantic coast, about 100 miles SE of Raleigh.

Sources

The New Bern Weekly Journal of Commerce, Jan. 18, 1867,

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location New Bern, NC
Entry Origin Sabrpedia

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