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Metropolitan Baseball League
Week Three: Saturday 22 March 1873
The Marylebone Regents haven't had much to cheer since winning the inaugural Metropolitan League title eight years ago and two seasons ago had the worst record ever seen in the league, but they look good this season and now have three wins to start the campaign after scoring two runs in both the sixth and seventh innings to overcome Angel Islington.
The Regents are now the only undefeated team in the league, after Peckham Rye failed to recover from giving up three runs in the second at Clapham Common. Kensington Victoria remain winless, although they might have thought a first victory would come after they tied their game with the Royal Artillery Barracks at 3-3 in the eighth. The Artillery however replied with two in the ninth for the win.
Hackney are also without a win, the Exiles having given up runs in the first two innings in falling to defeat at the Old Westminsters, who look a much better team than the one which made such a poor attempt to defend the championship last year. Elsewhere today, the City of London Club earned their second win as a three-run fourth inning gave them control of their game at Greenwich Meridian.
Scores:
Peckham Rye 2-5 Clapham Common
City of London Club 4-0 Greenwich Meridian
Royal Artillery Barracks 5-3 Kensington Victoria
Angel Islington 1-5 Marylebone Regents
Hackney Exiles 1-3 Old Westminsters
Standings:
Marylebone Regents 3-0
City of London Club 2-1
Clapham Common 2-1
Old Westminsters 2-1
Royal Artillery Barracks 2-1
Peckham Rye 1-1
Angel Islington 1-2
Greenwich Meridian 1-2
Hackney Exiles 0-2
Kensington Victoria 0-2
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