Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York v Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York on 6 October 1845
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| Date of Game | Monday, October 6, 1845 |
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| Location | Hoboken, Hudson County, NJ, United States |
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| Field | Elysian Fields |
| Home Team | Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York |
| Away Team | Knickerbocker Base Ball Club of New York |
| Score | 8 - 11 |
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| Innings | 3 |
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| Description | From Protoball Entry #1845.2 – Knicks Play First Recorded [Intramural] Game By The New Rules In their first intrasquad game, seven Knickerbocker players (captained by Duncan Curry) win 11-8 over seven of their fellows (captained by Alexander Cartwright); the umpire is William R. Wheaton, a pioneering cricket and base ball player of the New York Base Ball Club who helped to formulate the Knickerbocker rules. This three-inning game is the first recorded game employing the Knickerbocker rules as drafted on September 23, 1845. Another intramural game was played on November 18. |
| Sources | (1) Knickerbocker game book (2) Peterson, The Man Who Invented Baseball, pp. 72-73 (3) Zoss and Bowman, Diamonds in the Rough, p. 57 |
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| Found by | Craig Waff & Larry McCray |
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| Entry Origin | Games Tab |
| Entry Origin Url | http://protoball.org/Games Tab:Greater New York City#date1845-10-6 |
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