In Gravesend on 15 June 1871
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| Date of Game | Thursday, June 15, 1871 |
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| Location | Gravesend, England |
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| Innings | 9 |
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| NY Rules | Yes |
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| Description | David Block, "Pastime Lost" p. 238 mentions a "first known match [baseball game] played in England, when members of the Sheridan Base Ball Club of Ithaca, Michigan, who were serving as seamen aboard the American frigate USS Franklin, organized a game on June 15, 1871, while on shore leave in the town of Gravesend in Kent." |
| Sources | David Block, "Pastime Lost" p. 238 |
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| Has Source On Hand | No |
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| Found by | David Block |
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| Entered by | Bruce Allardice |
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