Unknown Club of Weeksville

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Nick Name	Unknown
Earliest Known Date	Tuesday, November 15, 1859
Last Known Game
Location	Weeksville, Brooklyn, NY, United States
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Nine Class	Senior
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Description	Brooklyn colored NYSM 601014 [ba] This club played the Henson Club of Jamaica, Nov. 15, 1859, losing to the Henson 54-43. the article gives a box score. The Unknown club members (as given in the box score) were: Poole, p H. Smith, c Ricks, fb Anderson, sb J. Thompson, tb J. Smith, ss A. Thomson, rf Wright, cf Johnson, lf Weeksville was a largely African-American section of Brooklyn. This club may have played a July 4, 1859 game as well (see "firsts") but I have not been able to verify this.
Sources	NYSM 601007 New York Weekly Anglo-African, Dec. 10, 1859
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Found by	Bruce Allardice, Richard Hershberger
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First in Location	Weeksville, NY
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Entry Origin	Richard Hershberger Spreadsheets
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Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties
1860	1 Played	1 Won	0 Lost	0 Tied

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Page	Date	City	Borough	State	Team 1	Team 2	Score	First in	Contributor
Ballgame	1860-09-28	Brooklyn	Brooklyn	NY	Unknown Club of Weeksville	Colored Union Club of Williamsburg	11 - 10		Craig Waff

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