Early baseball in Australia/Game 5
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| Location | Australia |
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| Year | 1879 |
| City | Melbourne |
| Country | Australia |
| Was NY rules baseball | Yes |
| Played by | Locals |
| Team 1 | Georgia Minstrels music troupe |
| Team 2 | St. Kilda Baseball Club |
"[in 1879] baseball games were organized in Melbourne when the St. Kilda Baseball Club wanted to give some competition to a touring Ammerican Negro music troupe, the Georgia Minstrels."
Joseph Clark, Australia: Baseball Down Under, in G. Gmelch, Baseball Without Borders (U Nebraska Press, 2006), page 291.
