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Metropolitan Baseball League
Week Twenty-Three: Saturday 27 August 1870
The championship could be won next week for the City of London Club after a big victory today at Angel Islington. Angel actually led after one inning but the City Club turned it around with two in the second and then kept adding to the lead, going on to take it 9-1.
Kensington Victoria ended their recent poor run by overcoming Marylebone, one run in the first putting them ahead and three more in the eighth making it safe. Clapham Common are now alone in third place after a comeback win over the Old Westminsters. Three runs in the second put the Westminsters in charge but Clapham tied it in the fifth and won it with a two-run sixth inning.
Meanwhile, Greenwich have now caught Marylebone at the foot of the standings after recording a third successive win. Runs in the first, fourth and eighth innings were enough to defeat the Royal Artillery Barracks.
Scores:
City of London Club 9-1 Angel Islington
Old Westminsters 3-5 Clapham Common
Royal Artillery Barracks 0-3 Greenwich Meridian
Marylebone Regents 0-4 Kensington Victoria
Standings:
City of London Club 20-3
Kensington Victoria 14-9
Clapham Common 12-11
Angel Islington 11-12
Old Westminsters 10-12
Royal Artillery Barracks 8-14
Greenwich Meridian 8-15
Marylebone Regents 8-15
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