Early baseball in Australia/Game 1
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| Location | Australia |
|---|---|
| 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.
