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Chronology:MA game?
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Chronology:MA game
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Atwater Club of Westfield, MA v Atwater Club of Westfield, MA on 29 May 1858
|Name=Atwater Club of Westfield, MA v Atwater Club of Westfield, MA on 29 May 1858 |State=MA

686 bytes (102 words) - 14:58, 11 December 2015
Batton
{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

361 bytes (57 words) - 09:14, 28 November 2012
Larry McCray
|Location=Lexington, MA |Regional Focus=Boston, MA; Syracuse, NY

353 bytes (49 words) - 13:05, 2 March 2014
1855.26
|Headline=Tolland CT 265, Otis-Sandisfield MA 189 In Wicket Match |State=MA

1 KB (216 words) - 06:55, 20 April 2020
1859.40
|Headline=Devotion to MA Game Erodes Significantly |State=MA

600 bytes (83 words) - 18:34, 14 October 2015
In Falmouth on 4 July 1857
|State=MA ...July 7, 1857 reports that the 4th of July was celebrated "at Falmouth by a game of base ball" in which many from Barnstable participated.

680 bytes (105 words) - 05:52, 28 June 2023
1859.8
|State=MA |Game=Wicket

773 bytes (119 words) - 10:58, 24 June 2019
A History of the Boston Baseball Club
|Game=Baseball ...ose, including the rise and fate of the Massachusetts game and the initial MA clubs playing by Association rules.

465 bytes (70 words) - 07:31, 28 July 2019
Pioneer Club of Springfield v Atwater Club of Westfield, MA on 25 October 1858
|Name=Pioneer Club of Springfield v Atwater Club of Westfield, MA on 25 October 1858 |State=MA

537 bytes (77 words) - 09:28, 25 February 2024
Hampden Park, Springfield, MA
|Name=Hampden Park, Springfield, MA |State=MA

267 bytes (38 words) - 05:18, 22 May 2018
Before the Curse: The Glory Days of New England Baseball, 1858-1918
|Place Published=Hyannis, MA |Game=Baseball

338 bytes (45 words) - 18:52, 28 July 2019
Predecessor Game in Lowell in 1859
{{Predecessor Game |Name=Predecessor Game in Lowell in 1859

690 bytes (103 words) - 13:19, 12 December 2015
The Hurrah Game: Baseball in Northampton, 1791-1953
|Title=The Hurrah Game: Baseball in Northampton, 1791-1953 |Place Published=Northampton MA

476 bytes (61 words) - 08:12, 28 July 2019
Game of ball in Williamstown in 1858
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

1 KB (173 words) - 07:33, 4 March 2024
Hampden Club of Chicopee v Amateur Club of Springfield on 14 October 1865
|Name=Hampden Club of Chicopee v Amateur Club of Springfield, MA on 14 October 1865 |State=MA

604 bytes (88 words) - 05:40, 14 April 2024
Base in Cambridge in 1858 - 2
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

490 bytes (67 words) - 05:45, 13 April 2020
Bowlywicket
{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

1 KB (167 words) - 19:37, 8 May 2013
1850c.36
|Headline=Wicket Ball in Amherst MA |Game=Wicket,

746 bytes (109 words) - 19:25, 29 January 2013
1862.14
|Headline=22nd MA beats 13th NY in the Massachusetts Game ...number from the Thirteenth New York, to a game of base-ball, Massachusetts game. We beat the New-Yorkers, 34 to 10."

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1845.22
|Headline=Barre MA Skips the "Old Annual Game of Ball" on Election Day ...and there was an imposing parade of 'boy's training.' Even the old annual game of ball was forgotten, and the holiday was guiltless of any other display o

969 bytes (162 words) - 17:49, 6 September 2012
Base in Cambridge in 1842
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

813 bytes (120 words) - 05:44, 13 April 2020
1858.32
|Headline=Ballplaying Interest Hits New Bedford MA |State=MA

1 KB (189 words) - 18:31, 14 October 2015
Hickory Club of Spencer
|State=MA |Description=The Worcester (MA) Spy, Sept. 1, 1858, reports that in East Brookfield on 8/27, Spencer beat

645 bytes (96 words) - 07:31, 8 July 2020
1856.34
|Headline=A Three-Inning Game of Wicket at Great Barrington |State=MA

999 bytes (155 words) - 08:33, 11 January 2020
Club of North Brookfield
|State=MA ...l. It reports that North Brookfield defeated Hardwick, 69 to 41. Under the MA rules. Gives the names and tallies of the 15 players for North Brookfield.<

869 bytes (127 words) - 06:34, 13 March 2020
Massachusetts Baseball and Cricket, 1840-1870
|Place Published=Westfield, MA |Game=Baseball

439 bytes (55 words) - 18:44, 28 July 2019
In New Marlborough in 1859
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

962 bytes (143 words) - 14:41, 27 February 2024
Round Ball in MA in 1780
{{Predecessor Game |Name=Round Ball in MA in 1780

645 bytes (91 words) - 14:24, 15 November 2020
1848.10
|Headline=Ballgame Marks Anniversary in MA |State=MA

1 KB (170 words) - 18:57, 14 October 2015
Base in MA in 1750
{{Predecessor Game |Name=Base in MA in 1750

578 bytes (78 words) - 10:13, 31 January 2022
1860.50
|Headline=A Truly "Grand" Game of Massachusetts Base Ball |State=MA

662 bytes (93 words) - 18:37, 14 October 2015
1842.3
|Headline=Harvard Man George Hoar Writes of Playing "Simple Game We Called Base" |State=MA

977 bytes (141 words) - 18:02, 4 November 2016
Predecessor Game in Cambridge in 1781
{{Predecessor Game |Name=Predecessor Game in Cambridge in 1781

984 bytes (157 words) - 05:46, 13 April 2020
The Lawrence Club
|State=MA ...e Lawrence Club of Lawrence and the Clipper Club of Lowell "played a match game at the Fair Grounds yesterday."

690 bytes (105 words) - 18:24, 6 June 2020
Webster Club of Salem
|State=MA ...ral young men of this city," under "the New England method of playing this game."

701 bytes (107 words) - 18:36, 6 June 2020
Naquag Club of Barre
|State=MA ...re challenged, then played, the BBC of Hardiwck, to a game of 100 tallies. MA Rules?

851 bytes (132 words) - 07:31, 8 July 2020
Hancock Club of Boston
|State=MA ...le, Brown & Company; 1908, cited in Kittel Protoball article on the MA game.

892 bytes (132 words) - 11:31, 7 September 2021
1859.23
|Headline=Base Ball Would be Welcome in Lowell MA, Town of Factories |State=MA

762 bytes (114 words) - 18:33, 14 October 2015
New Marlboro Rules Baseball
{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

1 KB (155 words) - 04:28, 30 September 2022
Williams College Club of Williamstown
|State=MA |Description=Students at Williams College played a game among themselves in 1858.

950 bytes (131 words) - 05:19, 24 July 2023
Joanne Hulbert
|Regional Focus=Eastern MA |Special Interest=Massachusetts Game

177 bytes (25 words) - 13:04, 2 March 2014
First Recorded College Game at Williams College
|Name=First Recorded College Game at Williams College |State=MA

914 bytes (136 words) - 15:15, 3 December 2015
Union Club of Literary Association of Boston
|State=MA See games tabulation. MA rules for 1858 game.

458 bytes (67 words) - 13:50, 11 December 2015
1850s.33
|Headline=Round Ball, Old Cat Played in Northwest MA Town ...ch ("g.stanley hall" "boy life"). Hall grew up on a large farm in Ashfield MA, which is in the NW corner of the commonwealth, and about 55 miles east of

1 KB (201 words) - 07:08, 29 January 2013
1857.28
|Headline=Boston Sees Eight Hour Match of the Massachusetts Game |State=MA

998 bytes (147 words) - 18:29, 14 October 2015
Eagle Base Ball Club of Salem, MA v Mugfords of Marblehead on 2 June 1870
|Name=Eagle Base Ball Club of Salem, MA v Mugfords of Marblehead on 2 June 1870 |State=MA

792 bytes (112 words) - 19:27, 27 September 2020
1762.2
|Headline=Salem MA Ordinance Outlaws Bat-and-Ball, Cricket |State=MA

2 KB (291 words) - 16:55, 4 November 2016
In MA Circa 1845
{{Predecessor Game |Name=In MA Circa 1845

650 bytes (87 words) - 14:38, 27 February 2024
1791.3
|Headline=Salem MA Diary Covers "Puerile Sports" Including Bat & Ball, and "Rickets" |Game=Bat-Ball

1 KB (181 words) - 17:34, 6 September 2012
Predecessor Game in Worcester in 1859
{{Predecessor Game |Name=Predecessor Game in Worcester in 1859

539 bytes (75 words) - 14:22, 3 March 2017
1829 -- The Rise and Fall of New England-Style Ballplaying
|Game=Mass. Game |State=MA

320 bytes (43 words) - 07:31, 28 July 2019
Eagle Base Ball Club of Salem, MA v Hibernian Club of Salem on 20 June 1870
|Name=Eagle Base Ball Club of Salem, MA v Hibernian Club of Salem on 20 June 1870 |State=MA

820 bytes (122 words) - 19:27, 27 September 2020
Eagle Club of Westbrook
|State=MA |Description=NYC Aug. 28, 1858. See game tabulation.

467 bytes (66 words) - 14:02, 5 December 2015
Young America Club of Grafton
|State=MA ...g. 30, 1858 reports the Young America Club of Grafton played an intersquad game.

918 bytes (133 words) - 08:36, 21 June 2022
Excelsior Club of Upton
|State=MA ...t Ashland, MA between the Union of Medway, MA, and the Excelsior of Upton, MA, won by the latter.

1 KB (182 words) - 12:54, 3 March 2024
In Williamstown in 1820
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

329 bytes (42 words) - 14:53, 27 February 2024
ProtoPix:Pittsfield 1791 law
|Description=1791 Pittsfield MA bylaw banning baseball in town |Source=Our game blog, Aug. 3, 2011

367 bytes (47 words) - 12:47, 25 June 2023
1863.48
|Headline=11th MA and 26th PA Play by Mass Game Rules for $50 a Side. ...n: underline;">Clipper reported a match following the Massachusetts game rules played for $50 a side between Massachusetts’ Eleventh Regiment

1 KB (219 words) - 06:14, 2 April 2024
Round Cat
{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

708 bytes (111 words) - 20:07, 25 May 2022
In MA in 1800undefined
{{Predecessor Game |Name=in MA in 1800undefined

1 KB (191 words) - 15:20, 27 February 2024
1858.29
|Headline=First Recorded College Game at Williams College |State=MA

1 KB (174 words) - 12:13, 11 January 2020
Atwater Club of Westfield, MA
|Name=Atwater Club of Westfield, MA |State=MA

1 KB (219 words) - 21:11, 29 February 2016
Game of ball in Boston in 1849
{{Predecessor Game |Name=Game of ball in Boston in 1849

622 bytes (94 words) - 16:17, 17 May 2019
Atalanta Club of Boston
|State=MA ...n=The New York Clipper, Aug. 13, 1859 reports on a game, under MA rules, between the Pythian and Atalanta Clubs of Boston.

698 bytes (107 words) - 18:00, 30 November 2015
Sons of Ocean Club of New Bedford
|State=MA ...rom Protoball Entry #1858.32 – Ballplaying Interest Hits New Bedford MA

2 KB (237 words) - 18:36, 21 April 2024
1840.44
|Headline=Hartford Players Best Granville MA Players at Wicket |Game=Wicket

1 KB (210 words) - 18:19, 14 October 2015
Cricket -- US
{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

2 KB (268 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2021
In MA in 1800
{{Predecessor Game |Name=In MA in 1800

1 KB (187 words) - 14:38, 27 February 2024
South Shore Club of North Weymouth
|State=MA ...that C. T. Robins, of the South Shore Club of North Weymouth, refereed the game.

705 bytes (108 words) - 23:35, 1 February 2016
First Interscholastic Ball Game
|Name=First Interscholastic Ball Game |State=MA

1 KB (200 words) - 20:22, 5 April 2013
1863.2
|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

943 bytes (140 words) - 08:39, 7 April 2016
1755 -- 'The Bat and Ball;' A Distinct Game or a Generic Term?
|Title=1755 -- 'The Bat and Ball;' A Distinct Game or a Generic Term? |Game=Bat-and-Ball,

328 bytes (46 words) - 07:31, 28 July 2019
1849.14
|State=MA |Game=Wicket,

2 KB (260 words) - 18:19, 14 October 2015
1800c.4
|Headline=Four Old Cat and Three Old Cat Well Known in MA ...a modification of Round Ball for a less number of players than the regular game required."

1 KB (200 words) - 17:35, 6 September 2012
1856.25
|Headline=Boston Paper Reports 192-187 Squeaker in Western MA |Game=Wicket

995 bytes (155 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2014
1862.88
|Headline=21st MA "played ball a good deal..." |Game=Wicket

1 KB (157 words) - 09:24, 22 January 2022
In Natick in 1858
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

1,014 bytes (147 words) - 14:40, 27 February 2024
In Exeter in 1853
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

2 KB (264 words) - 14:31, 27 February 2024
1846.16
|Headline=Base Ball as Therapy in MA? |State=MA

895 bytes (129 words) - 18:56, 14 October 2015
Bat-Ball
{{Game |Game Family=Hook-em-snivy

789 bytes (130 words) - 09:30, 7 April 2016
1865.17
|Headline=Mass Game Survived the Civil War |State=MA

616 bytes (88 words) - 19:15, 14 October 2015
1840c.39
|State=MA |Game=Cricket

1 KB (213 words) - 17:44, 4 November 2016
Freshmen of Tufts College v Sophomores of Tufts College in October 1865
|State=MA |Description=The New York Clipper, Oct. 28, 1865 reports on a game played by the Freshman vs. the Sophomores of Tufts College, at "College Hil

792 bytes (121 words) - 07:23, 2 April 2024
Pioneer Club of Springfield
|State=MA ...Charter Oak Club of Hartford lost 45-37 to the Pioneer Club of Springfield MA.

1 KB (223 words) - 07:36, 27 May 2023
Lincoln Club of Albany
|Description=The Pitttsfield (MA) Sun, Aug. 10, 1865 reports on a game Aug. 8th at Chatham, NY between the Lincoln Club of Albany and the Columbia The Albany Evening Journal, Aug. 9, 1865 reports on a game between the Columbia Club of Chatham and the Lincoln of Albany.

741 bytes (117 words) - 09:32, 10 May 2018
Union Club of Medway
|State=MA ...t Ashland, MA between the Union of Medway, MA, and the Excelsior of Upton, MA, won by the latter.

2 KB (271 words) - 06:39, 5 January 2022
Town Ball
{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

1 KB (169 words) - 15:44, 12 January 2017
1863.84
|Headline=1st MA versus 16th MA ...officers of the 16th Mass. to play a game; the challenge was accepted; the game came off yesterday, and resulted in favor of the 16th, they winning in thir

1 KB (186 words) - 10:18, 16 June 2019
In New Bern on 27 June 1865
...soldiers of the 27th Massachusetts. in camp at New Bern, played a game of MA baseball to 45 points.

540 bytes (80 words) - 20:01, 27 September 2020
In MA in 1829
{{Predecessor Game |Name=In MA in 1829

1 KB (226 words) - 14:38, 27 February 2024
Zouave Club of Stoneham
|State=MA  They played teh NE game in 1860, 14 a side.

539 bytes (78 words) - 05:51, 28 May 2023
Olympic Club of Boston v Elm Tree Club of Boston on 31 May 1855
|State=MA "Bat and Ball--The Olympic was challenged by the Elm Tree Club, at a game of ball to be played on the Common, which was accepted and played this morn

910 bytes (145 words) - 06:41, 4 January 2016
1846.13
|State=MA |Game=Bat-and-Ball, Cricket

1 KB (185 words) - 19:02, 6 March 2024
Game at Ball in Cambridge in 1781
{{Predecessor Game |Name=Game at Ball in Cambridge in 1781

1 KB (211 words) - 05:45, 13 April 2020
In New Bedford in 1858
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

2 KB (244 words) - 14:40, 27 February 2024
1859.12
|Headline=MA Championship: Unions 100, Winthrop 71, in 101 Innings |State=MA

978 bytes (141 words) - 21:37, 14 October 2015
How's Your Pa Club of Brooklyn v How's Your Ma Club of Brooklyn on 11 October 1865
|Name=How's Your Pa Club of Brooklyn v How's Your Ma Club of Brooklyn on 11 October 1865 |Away Team=How's Your Ma Club of Brooklyn

537 bytes (82 words) - 17:50, 8 March 2024
Play ball in Greenfield in 1844
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

1 KB (209 words) - 10:20, 31 January 2022
The Lawrence Club v Young Mechanics Club of North Andover on 9 August 1867
|State=MA |Game Number=

983 bytes (146 words) - 19:27, 27 September 2020
1861.63
|Headline=Thanksgiving game of 25th Massachusetts |Game=

1 KB (172 words) - 06:12, 2 September 2021
1859.31
|Headline=New Orleans Leans Toward MA Game? |Game=Base Ball,

1 KB (170 words) - 18:33, 14 October 2015
Benicia Club of Milford
|State=MA ...shland accepts the challenge of the Benicia of Milford to a game under the MA rules.

602 bytes (92 words) - 06:18, 1 December 2015
1860.1
|Headline=75 Clubs Playing Massachusetts Game in MA |State=MA

962 bytes (135 words) - 18:35, 14 October 2015
1820s.25
|Headline=In Western MA, Election Day Saw Town vs. Town Wicket Matches |Game=Wicket

1,007 bytes (160 words) - 17:39, 6 September 2012
Olympic Club of Boston v Green Mountain Club of Boston on 14 May 1856
|State=MA The Boston Traveler, May 14, 1856, reports on a game to 100 tallies, "this morning" on the Commons, where the "Olympic Ball Comp

1 KB (163 words) - 14:21, 23 April 2020
Club of Enfield
...base ball club was defeated by the Comet club of Thompsonville in a match game, on Saturday, by a score of 85 to 24." |Sources=The Springfield [MA] Republican, May 15, 1867

622 bytes (93 words) - 23:17, 7 December 2013
Bay State Club of Boston
|State=MA ...ll Game" reports that the Bay State Club defeated the Excelsiors by 9, the game played on the Boston Commons on Tuesday, June 3. See games tab.

1 KB (162 words) - 05:26, 2 July 2016
Winnehassett Club of Woburn
|State=MA |Description=In 1860 they played the New England game, 14 a side.

613 bytes (88 words) - 05:50, 28 May 2023
Riding Park
|State=MA The 1869 game with the Red Stockings was played here.

262 bytes (41 words) - 13:04, 13 April 2020
1863.14
|Headline=Sergeant from 15th MA Plays Round Ball with 34th NY |Game=Round Ball,

2 KB (338 words) - 10:09, 16 June 2019
In Kingston on 4 April 1817
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

1 KB (209 words) - 14:36, 27 February 2024
Pioneer Club of Springfield v Atwater Club of Westfield, MA on 4 October 1858
|Name=Pioneer Club of Springfield v Atwater Club of Westfield, MA on 4 October 1858 |State=MA

2 KB (268 words) - 08:28, 27 February 2024
Predecessor Game in Williamstown in 1796
{{Predecessor Game |Name=Predecessor Game in Williamstown in 1796

624 bytes (81 words) - 10:21, 31 January 2022
1865.26
|Headline=Otis MA Bests Lee MA at Wicket, 236 - 232 |State=MA

2 KB (272 words) - 12:36, 12 April 2016
1857.45
|Headline=Sharon MA Victory in Boston Seen As State Championship |State=MA

1 KB (209 words) - 18:30, 14 October 2015
Hawkswood Club of Newburyport
|State=MA ...outing of Essex County citizens. The Hawkswood won, 27-22 in a nine inning game.

1 KB (181 words) - 09:54, 27 September 2020
Club of Coldbrook
|State=MA ...ook defeated the BBC of Smithville 60-54 "last Saturday" at Coldbrook, the game to 60 tallies.

650 bytes (96 words) - 07:31, 8 July 2020
Game with wickets in Sheffield in 1800
{{Predecessor Game |Name=game with wickets in Sheffield in 1800

2 KB (264 words) - 10:20, 31 January 2022
Crescent Club of South Danvers v Creighton Club of Salem on 20 June 1867
|State=MA |Game Number=

856 bytes (123 words) - 19:27, 27 September 2020
In Charlestown in 1837
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

910 bytes (123 words) - 14:12, 27 February 2024
Chapter 2 -- Wicket Ball: The Predecessor to 'The New York Game'
|Title=Chapter 2 -- Wicket Ball: The Predecessor to 'The New York Game' |Game=Baseball, Wicket Ball

495 bytes (66 words) - 13:51, 1 June 2022
In MA in 1780
{{Predecessor Game |Name=In MA in 1780

1 KB (241 words) - 14:38, 27 February 2024
Club of Smithville2
|State=MA ...ook defeated the BBC of Smithville 60-54 "last Saturday" at Coldbrook, the game to 60 tallies.

662 bytes (96 words) - 07:31, 8 July 2020
Playing ball in Newburyport in 1813
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

941 bytes (127 words) - 08:43, 31 January 2022
1858.60
|Headline=Natick MA Company Introduces the "Figure 8" Base Ball Stitching |State=MA

1 KB (217 words) - 19:03, 14 October 2015
In Boston in 1844
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

360 bytes (54 words) - 14:11, 27 February 2024
Franklin Club of New Bedford
|State=MA ...he two sides of the Frankiln BBC. It was 11 a side, evidently under the MA game rules, as the score was 100-73.

909 bytes (139 words) - 20:07, 24 July 2022
In Barre in 1855
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

529 bytes (77 words) - 14:10, 27 February 2024
1862.58
|Game=Massachusetts Game |Text=The men of the Wisconsin 3d challenged our men to a game of base ball & this afternoon it was played & at the end the tally

2 KB (248 words) - 05:58, 20 September 2020
In Pittsfield in 1859
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

428 bytes (62 words) - 14:45, 27 February 2024
Mountain Club of Conway
|State=MA ...ription=The Greenfield Gazette, Aug. 13, 1866, gives the box score of a game where the Notunck BBC of Greenfield defeated the Mountain of Conway, 54-25.

748 bytes (114 words) - 14:38, 10 March 2023
1797.2
|Headline=Newburyport MA Bans Cricket and Other Ball Games |State=MA

1 KB (165 words) - 10:59, 28 January 2020
1858.28
|Headline=The MA Ball: Smaller, Lighter, "Double 8" Cover Design |Game=Base Ball,

1 KB (187 words) - 19:03, 14 October 2015
Alpha Club of Ashland
|State=MA ...shland accepts the challenge of the Benicia of Milford to a game under the MA rules.

2 KB (248 words) - 14:35, 18 June 2021
Club of Athol
|State=MA ...rday last at Athol. Gives the club roster, and officers. 14 a side in this game.

707 bytes (106 words) - 07:31, 8 July 2020
1864.34
|Headline=Tenth MA Plays Inter-regimental Games of Base Ball and Wicket in VA ...re to have a grand match of Base Ball to day. a few days ago they played a game of Wicket with the 37th and our boys beat them handsomely . . .

2 KB (314 words) - 10:19, 16 June 2019
1830.3
|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

1 KB (167 words) - 06:06, 18 July 2022
Club of Amherst v Club of Williamstown on 30 June 1859
|State=MA |Description=College clubs. First game between colleges. Under MA rules. See Chron 1859.1

670 bytes (91 words) - 12:21, 2 March 2024
1858.45
|Headline=1000 Watch November Base Ball in New Bedford MA. Brr. |State=MA

1 KB (166 words) - 18:31, 14 October 2015
In Worcester in 1816
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

983 bytes (133 words) - 14:54, 27 February 2024
Creighton Club of Somerville
|State=MA A game was played by the Bunker Hill Club in Somerville in 1857.

703 bytes (104 words) - 09:11, 6 March 2016
Leader Base Ball Club of Thompsonville
...club of Thompsonville defeated the Eagle Club of Windsor Locks in a match game at Thompsonville, on Saturday, the score standing 31 to 30." |Sources=The Springfield [MA] Republican, Sept. 11, 1867

750 bytes (108 words) - 23:17, 7 December 2013
Ball in MA in 1778
{{Predecessor Game |Name=Ball in MA in 1778

985 bytes (132 words) - 12:54, 30 January 2022
1859.10
|Headline=Philadelphia Man Interested in Forming MA Game Club ...decoration: underline;">Tribune to-day indicates your Massachusetts game is the best we shall be glad to introduce it here."

907 bytes (133 words) - 18:33, 14 October 2015
1854.3
|Headline=Organized Round Ball in New England Morphs Toward the "MA Game" |State=MA

2 KB (300 words) - 18:25, 14 October 2015
Alert Club of Roxbury v Essex Club of Andover on 13 September 1866
|State=MA ...y by the Alerts, who in four innings scored 60 to their adversaries 4. The game was a result of a challenge from the Essex.

654 bytes (99 words) - 07:20, 21 April 2020
Predecessor Game in New Bedford in 1858
{{Predecessor Game |Name=Predecessor Game in New Bedford in 1858

1 KB (157 words) - 19:25, 4 December 2015
In MA in 1830
{{Predecessor Game |Name=In MA in 1830

1 KB (196 words) - 14:38, 27 February 2024
1820s.22
|Headline=MA Boy Played One Old Cat, Base Ball in Early Childhood |State=MA

1 KB (208 words) - 07:58, 31 January 2020
In Westfield in 1844
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

1 KB (213 words) - 14:53, 27 February 2024
1846.7
|Headline=Amherst Juniors Drop Wicket Game, 77 to 53: says Young Billjamesian |Game=Wicket

1 KB (226 words) - 17:50, 6 September 2012
Diamonds are a Game's Best Friend
|Name=Diamonds are a Game's Best Friend |State=MA

720 bytes (106 words) - 05:53, 15 November 2020
Phillips Academy Club of Andover
|State=MA ...this year the switch was made away from the MA, plugging, game, to the NY game.

2 KB (264 words) - 04:09, 25 June 2022
Pythian Club of Boston
|State=MA The New York Clipper, Aug. 13, 1859 reports on a game, under MA rules, between the Pythian and Atalanta Clubs of Boston.

762 bytes (118 words) - 05:52, 1 December 2015
1860.9
|Headline=Fly Game Wings Its Way to Boston |State=MA

705 bytes (103 words) - 08:29, 13 September 2018
Williams College v Harvard University on 27 July 1866
|State=MA |Description=The Boston Daily Advertiser, July 28, 1866, reports on a game in Worcester July 27th between Williams College and Harvard, won by the for

966 bytes (142 words) - 07:35, 2 April 2024
1860.10
|Headline=Atlantics Are Challenged to Play MA Game for $1000 Stake, But Decline |Game=Base Ball,

2 KB (312 words) - 18:35, 14 October 2015
Wicket in Deerfield in 1825
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

502 bytes (70 words) - 05:39, 13 April 2020
Massachusetts Game
{{Game |Term=Massachusetts Game

1 KB (224 words) - 05:47, 27 May 2022
In Amherst in 1846
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

2 KB (278 words) - 14:09, 27 February 2024
In Newtonville in 1823
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

1 KB (219 words) - 14:43, 27 February 2024
In Great Barrington on 11 April 1856
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

799 bytes (128 words) - 08:43, 11 January 2020
1760s.1
|Location=MA, |State=MA

1 KB (176 words) - 08:44, 7 March 2022
In Westfield in 1831
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

690 bytes (104 words) - 14:53, 27 February 2024
1836.8
|Headline=New Bedford MA: "No Person Shall Play at Ball" ...play at ball, fly a kite, or slide down hill upon a sled, or play at other game so as to incommodate peaceable citizens or passengers, in any street, lane,

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M. T. Club of Lowell
|State=MA ...f the Salem Clubs, and eight of the M.T. Base Ball Club, of Lowell..." The game was a nine inning tie.

710 bytes (114 words) - 17:26, 6 June 2020
Massachusetts (Chapter Five of Morris' "Baseball Founders")
|Game=Baseball |State=MA

291 bytes (40 words) - 07:39, 7 January 2020
1781 -- Protoball at Harvard: From Pastime to Contest
|Game=Baseball |State=MA

321 bytes (43 words) - 07:31, 28 July 2019
In Nantucket in 1867
|State=MA |Game Number=

1,008 bytes (142 words) - 16:14, 16 August 2022
In Cambridge in 1760
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

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In Cambridge in 1846
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

1,014 bytes (143 words) - 14:12, 27 February 2024
1842.13
|Headline=Cricket and Bass Long Played in Pittsfield MA |State=MA

5 KB (756 words) - 09:50, 11 June 2021
1859.9
|Headline=Excelsiors and Union Club play for $500 and MA Championship |State=MA

2 KB (346 words) - 07:26, 26 May 2022
In Boston in 1809
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

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Fleetfoot Club of South Braintree
|State=MA ...tion=The Boston Evening Transcript, Sept. 4, 1866 reports on a game at South Braintree last Saturday where the Fleetfoot of that town defeated

800 bytes (117 words) - 08:04, 27 May 2023
Baseball in the Berkshires: A County's Common Bond
|Game=Baseball |State=MA

275 bytes (39 words) - 07:31, 7 January 2020
In Worcester in 1822
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

2 KB (259 words) - 14:54, 27 February 2024
Old Boston Boys and the Games They Played
|Game=Baseball |State=MA

414 bytes (61 words) - 18:45, 28 July 2019
1791 -- The Pittsfield 'Baseball' Bylaw -- What it Means
|Game=Baseball |State=MA

324 bytes (44 words) - 05:12, 9 May 2020
Boston Chapter of SABR
...ork game in Massachusetts and the evolution and fate of the "Massachusetts Game in the 1850s and 1860s. |Special Interest=The Massachusetts Game; the conversion to the New York Game

855 bytes (130 words) - 12:42, 12 September 2014
In Salem in 1762
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

1 KB (152 words) - 14:48, 27 February 2024
1862.107
|Headline=Army Commander Watches Baseball game |Game=Baseball

885 bytes (130 words) - 11:42, 28 May 2022
1861.12
|Game=Base Ball, |Text="The national game of base-ball was introduced in 1861."

538 bytes (81 words) - 18:39, 14 October 2015
Kearsarge Club of Stoneham
|State=MA ...on Daily Advertiser, Sept. 17, 1866 has the following clubs forming a MA Rules Base Ball Assn.: Excelsior of Upton, Peabody of Danvers, Alpha of Ash

1 KB (178 words) - 17:12, 17 March 2021
Club of Coldbrook v Club of Smithville on 4 August 1860
|State=MA ...ook defeated the BBC of Smithville 60-54 "last Saturday" at Coldbrook, the game to 60 tallies.Both are hamlets southeast of Barre.

688 bytes (101 words) - 12:34, 3 March 2024
1853c.13
|State=MA |Game=Cricket, Base Ball, Old-Cat Games

1,022 bytes (140 words) - 18:20, 14 October 2015
1863.156
|Game=Base Ball ...outside of town on the Ticktown Pike." June 12th saw another "grand match game of base-ball..." 

638 bytes (95 words) - 05:27, 15 April 2024
First Night Game Played Under Lights
|Name=First Night Game Played Under Lights |State=MA

1 KB (194 words) - 14:55, 15 November 2020
In Worcester in 1846
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

1 KB (157 words) - 14:54, 27 February 2024
1726 -- Ballplaying and Boston Common: A Town Playground for Boys . . . And Men
|Game=Baseball |State=MA

343 bytes (47 words) - 07:31, 28 July 2019
Enterprise Club of Dorchester
|State=MA ...sp;Boston Journal, June 12, 1867: "Dorchester. Base Ball. A match game of base ball was played Saturday afternoon in Dorchester between the first

820 bytes (123 words) - 15:49, 1 December 2015
1859.50
|Headline=Rain, Peevishness Disrupt 100-Tally Mass Game at Barre |State=MA

4 KB (641 words) - 18:34, 14 October 2015
1857.47
|Location=MA, |State=MA

1 KB (173 words) - 06:13, 6 March 2022
1864.99
|State=MA ...t this forenoon. Gilbreth and Palmer and a mess of them went out and had a game of ball this p.m.

879 bytes (142 words) - 18:18, 17 June 2023
Fast Day: Boston's Original Opening Day
|Game=Baseball |State=MA

291 bytes (40 words) - 13:20, 28 July 2019
1859.21
|Headline=Porter's: MA Game Will Surely Die ...England clubs come to realize the superiority of base ball, "The New York Game," as played under the rules adopted by the NABBP."

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Bristol County Club of New Bedford
|State=MA ...858) reported on the Thanksgiving Day ball game: "At the conclusion of the game, Mr. Cook, in a few appropriate remarks in behalf of the Bristol County Clu

1 KB (191 words) - 18:39, 21 April 2024
Plymouth Rock Base Ball Club of Plymouth
|State=MA ...Club switched to the Plymouth Rock BBC in 1863, playing the New York rules game

822 bytes (121 words) - 16:28, 16 August 2022
1820.2
|Headline=Round Ball played in Upton, MA ...lliman, but has no ref to Holliman or to George Stoddard, who reported the game to the Mills Commission. Also quoted at Henderson, p. 150.

328 bytes (50 words) - 17:38, 6 September 2012
In Boston Circa 1850
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

562 bytes (79 words) - 14:10, 27 February 2024
Predecessor Game in Newburyport in 1797
{{Predecessor Game |Name=Predecessor Game in Newburyport in 1797

867 bytes (121 words) - 10:21, 31 January 2022
Somerset Club of Boston
|State=MA See game summary, Eon Club of Portland, Maine

755 bytes (120 words) - 06:04, 5 March 2016
1854.11
|Headline=The Game in Ontario Resembled the MA Game, with Variations |Game=Canadian Game,

1 KB (226 words) - 05:55, 15 April 2020
1845c.24
|State=MA |Game=

2 KB (329 words) - 18:10, 23 February 2021
Mechanics Club of Worcester v Club of Spencer on 1 September 1860
|State=MA |Game Number=

1 KB (157 words) - 17:08, 4 July 2021
Outalauchet Base Ball Club of Lynn v Granite Club of Lynn on 17 June 1860
|State=MA |Game Number=

1 KB (162 words) - 20:01, 14 February 2022
1849.9
...ame of Wicket came off between the ball-players of Westfield and Granville MA on Thursday, at which the Westfield boys won the first three games by 10, 2 ...cience players" from Granville, which had played Hartford CT and Blandford MA [about 20 miles west of Springfield]. 

944 bytes (142 words) - 17:52, 6 September 2012
1860.15
|Headline=Adolescent Novel Describes Base Ball Game |State=MA

662 bytes (95 words) - 18:36, 14 October 2015
1855.45
|State=MA |Game=Base Ball, Foot Ball

2 KB (324 words) - 09:06, 6 May 2020
Picked nine of Salem clubs v M. T. Club of Lowell on 7 August 1866
|State=MA ...f the Salem Clubs, and eight of the M.T. Base Ball Club, of Lowell..." The game was a nine inning tie.

786 bytes (128 words) - 06:24, 8 July 2020
F.A.J. Ball Club
|State=MA |Description=“The Game at East Cambridge,” New York Clipper,&nbsp

878 bytes (135 words) - 20:06, 27 September 2020
1857.30
|Headline=Olympic Club's Version of MA Game Rules Published |State=MA

2 KB (274 words) - 18:29, 14 October 2015
Nichols Club of Sandwich
|State=MA |Description=According to www.sandwichhistory.org, the first game was played in Sandwich in Nov. 1865. The Nichols team was officially formed

1,023 bytes (155 words) - 07:02, 11 June 2016
1851.3
|Headline=Wicket Players in MA Found Liable |State=MA

972 bytes (145 words) - 18:19, 14 October 2015
1830c.27
|State=MA |Game=Wicket

2 KB (271 words) - 10:13, 8 January 2022
1864.6
|Headline=Officers in 30th MA Play Base Ball In February 1864 |Text=“February 12, 1864. Officers played a game of base ball this afternoon.”

4 KB (729 words) - 10:19, 16 June 2019
Amherst College Club of Amherst
|State=MA ...herst defeats Williams 73-32 in 26 innings, played under the Massachusetts Game rules, 13 a side, July 1, 1859. The contest is staged in Pittsfield, Massac

2 KB (273 words) - 12:35, 29 March 2022
Excelsior Club of Upton v Eliot Club of Natick on 15 October 1858
|State=MA ...n=(Boston Herald: “The game was of one hundred tallies, …. The game was played in pursuance of a challenge from the Natick Club.”)

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Single Men v Married Men on 4 August 1859
|State=MA |Description="North Adams -- On  Thursday afternoon there was a match game of Bass Ball between the married and single men of the North Adams Club --

912 bytes (143 words) - 06:00, 4 March 2024
1863.83
|Game= ...games for the superiority are constantly taking place." The 44th and 25th MA are to play tomorrow, and "great interest is manifested by both regiments a

1 KB (188 words) - 11:50, 29 May 2022
Play at ball in Cambridge in 1810
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

1 KB (176 words) - 06:20, 30 January 2022
Beep Baseball
{{Game |Game Family=Baseball

2 KB (417 words) - 09:45, 8 July 2017
Wicket in Granville in 1840
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

1 KB (164 words) - 08:51, 29 April 2018
1858.5
|Game=Base Ball, ..., formed to play the Massachusetts Game, the Takewambait BB Club of Natick MA.

650 bytes (100 words) - 15:49, 5 March 2014
Base ball in Worcester in 1849
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

742 bytes (99 words) - 14:21, 3 March 2017
Waverly Club of Framingham
|State=MA ...has the Waverly of Framingham losing 102-75 to the Alpha of Ashland, in a game of 67 innings.

862 bytes (125 words) - 17:13, 4 July 2021
Essex Club of Newburyport v Rockinghams Club of Portsmouth on 4 July 1867
|State=MA |Game Number=

873 bytes (117 words) - 19:27, 27 September 2020
Orion (Milford) 41 tallies v Hassanamiscos (Grafton) 29 tallies on 31 August 1860
|Name=Orion Base Ball Club of Milford, MA v Hassanamisco Club of Grafton on 31 August 1860 |State=MA

1 KB (243 words) - 08:14, 3 March 2024
In Williamstown Circa 1847
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

616 bytes (87 words) - 14:53, 27 February 2024
In Westfield in 1848
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

610 bytes (79 words) - 14:53, 27 February 2024
Second Best Nine of Turner Falls
|State=MA ...n=The Turner(s) Falls Reporter, Aug. 12, 1874, gives the box score of a game played Aug. 6 between the Tigers of nearby Greenfield, and the "Second Best

915 bytes (137 words) - 17:13, 4 July 2021
In Worcester Circa 1841
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

621 bytes (89 words) - 14:54, 27 February 2024
1866.12
|Headline=Club Claims County Championship in MA |State=MA

2 KB (226 words) - 18:43, 14 October 2015
Warren Club of Roxbury v Webster Club of Randolph on 23 May 1860
|State=MA ...so members of the Warren, and their play, pitching and catching, made the game all one way.)

957 bytes (149 words) - 07:25, 26 May 2013
1858.24
|State=MA |Game=Base Ball,

1 KB (185 words) - 18:31, 14 October 2015
Courtland v Randolph in Randolph in 1859
{{Predecessor Game |Game=Massachusetts Game

982 bytes (146 words) - 14:08, 27 February 2024
Worcester Ball Club
|State=MA This club may have played "round ball" or the "Massachusetts Game."

935 bytes (136 words) - 17:10, 14 August 2021
Mechanics Ball Club of Waltham
|State=MA ...r in the year [1858] a Mechanics Ball Club was organized and played a game on the Common with the Olympics of Boston. They were beaten by a score of 5

2 KB (271 words) - 10:19, 11 July 2022
1863.18
...st a “game of our favorite baseball” with the 37th [MA?] – p.252. The next day the 10th beat the Jersey Brigade, ...It was on [May] 3rd that Company I played Company G and won the game by twelve tallies, and with that day came orders to march in the morning at

3 KB (515 words) - 10:09, 16 June 2019
Harvard Club of Cambridge v Lowell Club of Boston on 15 July 1865
|State=MA |Game Official=Chandler of Tri-Mountain of Bos

558 bytes (80 words) - 17:54, 8 March 2024
Base-ball (retro) in MA in 1824
{{Predecessor Game |Name=base-ball (retro) in MA in 1824

1 KB (189 words) - 10:14, 31 January 2022
1791.1
|Headline="Bafeball" Among Games Banned in Pittsfield MA - also Cricket, Wicket |Location=New England, MA

2 KB (386 words) - 09:36, 13 April 2013
Club of Pittsfield
|State=MA ...ampion Club played by NY rules, and in fact scheduled a game using the fly game in September 1859.

1 KB (187 words) - 07:18, 5 February 2022
In New Bedford in 1868
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

834 bytes (115 words) - 14:40, 27 February 2024
In Boston Circa 1800
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

540 bytes (77 words) - 14:10, 27 February 2024
In Hamilton in 1854
{{Predecessor Game |Game=Massachusetts Game

858 bytes (117 words) - 14:33, 27 February 2024
In Mattapoisett in 1833
{{Predecessor Game |State=MA

628 bytes (81 words) - 14:39, 27 February 2024
Niagara Club of East Cambridge v Niagara Club of East Cambridge on 5 September 1859
|State=MA |Description=NY rules. 1st nine played the catch game, 2nd nine the bound game

597 bytes (85 words) - 15:33, 26 February 2024
Appleton Academy of New Ipswich v Riverside Base Ball Club of Nashua on 18 June 1870
|State=MA |Game Official=one umpire and two scorers

1 KB (182 words) - 19:28, 27 September 2020
1621.1
|Location=MA, |State=MA

2 KB (299 words) - 18:03, 25 January 2020

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