1855 NYK Season
No Champion Declared
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The Knickerbocker Rules Era (NYK)
1855 NYK Season Overview
In March 1855, the editor of the Clipper listed five teams that were "in good condition" and the locations of their twice-a-week practices – Gothams at Red House, Harlem; Knickerbockers, Eagle, and Empire at Elysian Fields at Hoboken , and the Excelsiors in Brooklyn. New York Clipper, March 3, 1855; provided September 2008 from the Mears Collection by Craig Waff.
The established Knickerbockers, Gothams, and Eagles from New York (Manhattan) play three matches round-robin in June. With the Empires, a local newcomer, they play five matches in September and October, a round-robin less one match.
Articles published later in the New York Clipper, the Spirit of the Times, the New-York Daily Times, and the Brooklyn Daily Eagle announced the first appearance in print of the following 18 new clubs in the Greater NYC region in 1855
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