Early baseball in Malta/Game 1
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Location | Malta |
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Year | 1890 |
Month | 4 |
Date | 29 |
Country | Malta |
Site | Malta Polo Grounds |
Was NY rules baseball | Yes |
Played by | Non-locals |
Team 1 | Atlanta team |
Team 2 | Boston team |
"Malta received its first taste of baseball on 29 April 1890 when teams from Boston and Atlanta played a 'hotly contested match on the Malta polo grounds,' according to Spalding's 1891 Official Base Ball Guide. "The [attending military ] Englishmen seemed very much mystified all throughout the game, but the ladies enjoyed it very much.'"
Josh Chetwynd, Baseball in Europe (McFarland, 2008), pages 216-216.