Early baseball in Australia/Game 1
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|Location=Australia | |Location=Australia | ||
- | |Year= | + | |Year=1855 |
- | |Month= | + | |Month=9 |
- | |City= | + | |Date=22 |
- | |Country= | + | |City=Hobart |
+ | |Country=Australia | ||
|NYBaseball=Doubtful | |NYBaseball=Doubtful | ||
|Locals=Unknown | |Locals=Unknown | ||
- | |Approved= | + | |First=No |
+ | |Approved=Yes | ||
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+ | |Pagetext=From Protoball Entry #1855.29 – Even the Australians Are Bothered by Sunday Baseball | ||
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+ | "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." | ||
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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. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:24, 14 April 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 | Australia |
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.