Early baseball in England/Club 2

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|Pagetext=Birmingham Amateur Base Ball Club is believed to be the first official club to be organized in England (and Britain), although a group of men were said to have assembled in Derby in the summer of 1889 to play baseball.
|Pagetext=Birmingham Amateur Base Ball Club is believed to be the first official club to be organized in England (and Britain), although a group of men were said to have assembled in Derby in the summer of 1889 to play baseball.
|Sources=Gray, Joe. ''What about the Villa?: Forgotten figures from Britain's pro baseball league of 1890''. Ross-on-Wye, UK: Fineleaf Editions (2010).
|Sources=Gray, Joe. ''What about the Villa?: Forgotten figures from Britain's pro baseball league of 1890''. Ross-on-Wye, UK: Fineleaf Editions (2010).
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Location England
Year 1889
Month 12
City Birmingham
Country England
Nickname None ("Birmingham Amateur Base Ball Club")

Birmingham Amateur Base Ball Club is believed to be the first official club to be organized in England (and Britain), although a group of men were said to have assembled in Derby in the summer of 1889 to play baseball.

Sources

Gray, Joe. What about the Villa?: Forgotten figures from Britain's pro baseball league of 1890. Ross-on-Wye, UK: Fineleaf Editions (2010).

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