In Rabaul on 6 June 1937

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Date of Game	Sunday, June 6, 1937
Location	Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
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Innings	9
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Description	A volcano eruption interrupted a baseball game at Rabaul, island of New Britain (now part of Papua New Guinea) on June 6, 1967. Cairns Post, Queensland, June 7, 1937. Gamble, "Invasion Rabaul" p. 37 notes that Rabaul in the 1930s, while under Australian occupation, had a baseball diamond.
Sources	Cairns Post, Queensland, June 7, 1937.
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
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