Early baseball in Australia/Game 4
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| - | "The first recorded baseball match, played at Sydney's Moore Park on July 9, 1878, was a pickup game, with both teams drawn up from members of the Surrey Cricket Club. For the occasion they called themselves the Surrey Base-Ball Club." | + | |Pagetext="The first recorded baseball match, played at Sydney's Moore Park on July 9, 1878, was a pickup game, with both teams drawn up from members of the Surrey Cricket Club. For the occasion they called themselves the Surrey Base-Ball Club." |
Joseph Clark, Australia: Baseball Down Under, in G. Gmelch, Baseball Without Borders (U Nebraska Press, 2006), page 291. | Joseph Clark, Australia: Baseball Down Under, in G. Gmelch, Baseball Without Borders (U Nebraska Press, 2006), page 291. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:44, 14 April 2010
| Spread of baseball: Home -> Australia -> Early baseball in Australia/Game 4 |
| Location | Australia |
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| Year | 1878 |
| Month | 7 |
| Date | 9 |
| City | Sydney |
| Country | Australia |
| Site | Moore Park |
| Was NY rules baseball | Yes |
| Played by | Locals |
| Team 1 | Surrey Cricket Club side 1 |
| Team 2 | Surrey Cricket Club side 2 |
"The first recorded baseball match, played at Sydney's Moore Park on July 9, 1878, was a pickup game, with both teams drawn up from members of the Surrey Cricket Club. For the occasion they called themselves the Surrey Base-Ball Club."
Joseph Clark, Australia: Baseball Down Under, in G. Gmelch, Baseball Without Borders (U Nebraska Press, 2006), page 291.
