1855.47

Newark Club Hosts Jersey City -- Earliest Knick-rules Tilt in NJ?

Salience	Prominent
Tags	Antedated FirstsAntedated Firsts
Location
City/State/Country:	Newark, NJ, United States
Modern Address
Game
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	AdultAdult
Holiday
Notables
Text	A Newark club defeated the (NJ) Olympic Club in July 1855 at the club's grounds in Newark. “The first match in New Jersey … some very spirited play on the part of the Newark club, …”)
Sources	[1] "New-Jersey Base Ball, NYDT, July 18, 1855 [2] "Base Ball: Newark vs Olympic Club, Spirit of the Times, July 21, 1855 [3] "The Newark and Olympic Clubs, NYC {?}, July 1855. For context, see also: See https://protoball.org/Games_Tab:Greater_New_York_City#1855 https://protoball.org/Club_of_Newark, which includes 21 of the club's games, 1855-1864 PBall item 1855.35 New Jersey Comes over to the NY Game PBall item 1855.36 African Americans Play in NJ PBall item 1855.40 First Junior Base Ball Club Founded ]]
Warning	Note: as of January 2023, we are uncertain whether this game was played by modern (Knickerbocker) rules.
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Query	[] Can we add any details, or context, for this early game? [] Do we know whether it was played by Knick rules, in fact? Edit with form to add a query
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Submitted by	Craig Waff
Submission Note
Has Supplemental Text

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