Early baseball in South Africa/Game 1
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| - | "The first baseball game in Africa was played between between American diggers and engineers at the famous Wanderers grounds in Johannesburg, before a mystified audience." | + | |
Eric Rosenthal, Stars and Stripes in Africa (Pubr?, 1968), page 181. Accessed in snippet view via Google Books search, February 2010. The date is excluded from the available snippet. | Eric Rosenthal, Stars and Stripes in Africa (Pubr?, 1968), page 181. Accessed in snippet view via Google Books search, February 2010. The date is excluded from the available snippet. | ||
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| + | Per the city of Johannesburg website: | ||
| + | "Those early diggers were keen on sport: the first baseball match was played on Sunday, 10 February 1895, between Simmer and Primrose and City and Robinson" | ||
| + | |Sources=http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=234&Itemid=51 | ||
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Latest revision as of 02:10, 25 September 2012
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| Location | South Africa |
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| Year | 1895 |
| City | Johannesburg |
| Country | South Africa |
| Site | Wanderers Grounds |
| Was NY rules baseball | Unknown |
| Played by | Non-locals |
"The first baseball game in Africa was played between between American diggers and engineers at the famous Wanderers grounds in Johannesburg, before a mystified audience."
Eric Rosenthal, Stars and Stripes in Africa (Pubr?, 1968), page 181. Accessed in snippet view via Google Books search, February 2010. The date is excluded from the available snippet.
Per the city of Johannesburg website: "Those early diggers were keen on sport: the first baseball match was played on Sunday, 10 February 1895, between Simmer and Primrose and City and Robinson"
Sources
http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=234&Itemid=51
