London Base Ball Club v Club of Delaware Township on 12 September 1856
| Date of Game | Friday, September 12, 1856 |
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| Location | London, Ontario, Canada |
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| Home Team | London Base Ball Club |
| Away Team | Add Club Page Club of Delaware Township |
| Score | 34 - 33 |
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| Innings | 2 |
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| NY Rules | Unknown |
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| Description | From Protoball Entry #1856.18 – First Reported Canadian Base Ball Game Occurs, in ONT "September 12, 1856 –"The first reported game of Canadian baseball is played in London, Ontario, with the London Club defeating the Delaware club 34-33." Charlton, James, ed., The Baseball Chronology (Macmillan, 1991), page 13. No reference is given. Craig Waff has identified the source for this item: "Base Ball in Canada," The Clipper Volume 4, number 23 (September 27, 1856), page 183. "London (ON), Sept. 15, 1856. Editor Clipper: Within the past few months several Base Ball clubs have been organized in this vicinity, and the first match game was played between the London and Delaware clubs, on Friday, the 12th inst." The box score reveals that the 34-33 score eventuated when the clubs stood at 26-23 after the first inning, and then London outscored Delaware 11-7 in the second inning. Note: is it likely that the New York rules would have produced this much scoring per inning . . . or was the match set up as a two-inning contest? Can we confirm/disconfirm that this was the first modern Canadian game in some sense (keeping in mind that Beachville report of a predecessor game at Protoball #1838.4?) From the box score, it appears this game was played under the 2-inning 11 a side custom then prevailing in Canada. |
| Sources | Protoball Entry #1856.18 at http://protoball.org/Chronology:_1840_-_1870. New York Clipper, Volume 4, number 23 (27 September 1856), page 183, courtesy Bill Humber and Craig Waff |
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| Has Source On Hand | No |
| Comment | As of April 2021 this game is also listed under "predecessor games." The Delaware is a club of Delaware Township, 10 km west of London, Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
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| Entered by | Bruce Allardice |
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| Players Locality | Local |
| Entry Origin | Sabrpedia |
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