Early baseball in England/Club 2
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Location | England |
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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).