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Metropolitan Baseball League
Week Sixteen: Saturday 6 July 1867
Once again there is a tie at the top of the Metropolitan League standings after the sixteenth week of games. Clapham Common drew level again with leaders City of London by comfortably overcoming Angel Islington. Common scored four in the first and two more in the fourth on the way to a big 7-3 win.
The City Club should have maintained their narrow advantage at the top by winning their game against Kensington, as they took a 1-0 lead into the ninth, but Victoria tied the game. After both teams had scored in the tenth, Victoria won it with two runs in the twelfth.
In the day's other game, there was yet another defeat for the struggling Marylebone Regents. A two-run fourth inning swung the game in the direction of the Old Westminsters, who eventually won it 4-1.
Scores:
Kensington Victoria 4-2 City of London Club (12 innings)
Angel Islington 3-7 Clapham Common
Marylebone Regents 1-4 Old Westminsters
Standings:
City of London Club 12-4
Clapham Common 12-4
Angel Islington 8-8
Kensington Victoria 7-9
Old Westminsters 7-9
Marylebone Regents 2-14
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