Early baseball in New Zealand/Game 1
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Describing Albert Spalding's "Australian baseball tour of 1888, Joe Clark writes: "The tour's first game outside the United States was in Auckland in 10 December. Only weeks before, in Wellington, the first baseball game had been played in New Zealand by the visiting Hicks-Sawyer Minstrel Company." No source is provided. | Describing Albert Spalding's "Australian baseball tour of 1888, Joe Clark writes: "The tour's first game outside the United States was in Auckland in 10 December. Only weeks before, in Wellington, the first baseball game had been played in New Zealand by the visiting Hicks-Sawyer Minstrel Company." No source is provided. | ||
Joe Clark, A History of Australian Baseball (U Nebraska Press, 2003), page 10. | Joe Clark, A History of Australian Baseball (U Nebraska Press, 2003), page 10. | ||
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| Spread of baseball: Home -> New Zealand -> Early baseball in New Zealand/Game 1 |
| Location | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1888 |
| Month | 11 |
| Note on date | "Weeks before" December 10 |
| City | Wellington |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Was NY rules baseball | Likely |
| Played by | Non-locals |
| Team 1 | Hicks-Sawyer Minstrel Co. side 1 |
| Team 2 | Hicks-Sawyer Minstrel Co. side 2 |
Describing Albert Spalding's "Australian baseball tour of 1888, Joe Clark writes: "The tour's first game outside the United States was in Auckland in 10 December. Only weeks before, in Wellington, the first baseball game had been played in New Zealand by the visiting Hicks-Sawyer Minstrel Company." No source is provided.
Joe Clark, A History of Australian Baseball (U Nebraska Press, 2003), page 10.
