First Prep School Interscholastic Play

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Date 1858
Location Bloomfield, NJ, United States
Description

Bloomfield Township in New Jersey (borders Newark) was the home to three-four private boarding schools before the Civil War.  Newark newspapers contain accounts of two of three match games played between two of the schools thus making this an instance of early base ball play between schools

Sources

19cbb post by John Zinn, July 15, 2012

Submitted by Bob Tholkes
Submission Note 2/22/2015



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