Early baseball in Australia/Game 1
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Colonial Times [Hobart], Saturday, September 22, 1855, page 3. Posted to the 19CBB list November 21, 2009, by Eric Miklich. Subsequent comments from Bob Tholkes and Richard Hershberger [11/23/09] led to conjecture that this form of “base-ball” arrived Down Under directly from its English roots, for in 1855 American presence was largely restricted to the gold fields. Note: Hobart is on the northern coast of the island that has been known as Tasmania since 1856. | Colonial Times [Hobart], Saturday, September 22, 1855, page 3. Posted to the 19CBB list November 21, 2009, by Eric Miklich. Subsequent comments from Bob Tholkes and Richard Hershberger [11/23/09] led to conjecture that this form of “base-ball” arrived Down Under directly from its English roots, for in 1855 American presence was largely restricted to the gold fields. Note: Hobart is on the northern coast of the island that has been known as Tasmania since 1856. | ||
+ | From Protoball Entry #1857.17 -- Base Ball in Melbourne? | ||
- | + | Phil Lowry has information on a 3-inning game in Melbourne, Victoria on February 21 or 28, 1857. The score was 350 to 230, and rules called for a run to be counted each time a baserunner reached a new base.” Posting to 19CBB by Phil Lowry 11/1/2006. Note: We seek sources for this item. | |
Protoball record 1857.7 from [http://retrosheet.org/Protoball/chron.htm Protoball project] | Protoball record 1857.7 from [http://retrosheet.org/Protoball/chron.htm Protoball project] |
Revision as of 02:03, 4 March 2010
Spread of baseball: Home -> Australia -> Early baseball in Australia/Game 1 |
Location | Australia |
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Year | 1855 |
Month | 9 |
Date | 22 |
City | Hobart |
Country | AU |
Was NY rules baseball | Doubtful |
Played by | Unknown |
From Protoball Entry #1855.29 – Even the Australians Are Bothered by Sunday Baseball
“Sabbath Desecration. – A correspondent requests us to call attention to the practice of a number of boys and young men, who congregate in Mr. Wilkinson’s paddock, near Patrick and Murray Streets, on Sunday afternoons, for playing at cricket, base-ball, &c., making a great noise, and offending the eyes and ears of persons of moral and religious feeling.”
Colonial Times [Hobart], Saturday, September 22, 1855, page 3. Posted to the 19CBB list November 21, 2009, by Eric Miklich. Subsequent comments from Bob Tholkes and Richard Hershberger [11/23/09] led to conjecture that this form of “base-ball” arrived Down Under directly from its English roots, for in 1855 American presence was largely restricted to the gold fields. Note: Hobart is on the northern coast of the island that has been known as Tasmania since 1856.
From Protoball Entry #1857.17 -- Base Ball in Melbourne?
Phil Lowry has information on a 3-inning game in Melbourne, Victoria on February 21 or 28, 1857. The score was 350 to 230, and rules called for a run to be counted each time a baserunner reached a new base.” Posting to 19CBB by Phil Lowry 11/1/2006. Note: We seek sources for this item.
Protoball record 1857.7 from Protoball project