The Beginning of Match Play Among Organized Clubs

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Date	Tuesday, June 3, 1851
Location	NYC, NY, United States
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Description	In what appears to be the first game played between organized base ball clubs, the Knickerbocker Club outscored the Washington Club, 21-11, at the Red House grounds on June 3, 1851.  They played again two weeks later.
Sources	John Zinn, "Match Play: Knickerbockers of New York vs. Washington of New York," in Bill Felber, ed.,Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (SABR, 2013), pages 8-9.  This is game #4 of the SABR 19th Century Committee's top 100 games of the 1800s. See Chronology item #1851.9
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