Americans resident in Calcutta v American sailors in 1924
| Date of Game | 1924 |
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| Location | Kolkata, India |
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| Home Team | Add Club Page Americans resident in Calcutta |
| Away Team | Add Club Page American sailors |
| Score | 2 - 3 |
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| Innings | 9 |
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| NY Rules | Yes |
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| Description | Seymour, "Baseball: The People's Game" vol. 3 p. 353: "Sailors from a flotilla of destroyers at Calcutta, India, in 1924 challenged and won over a group of resident Yankees 3-2." Calcutta is the former name of the modern Kolkata, one of India's largest cities. Note--A game had been played in Ceylon in 1889, and Kathmandu in 1889, when both of these were part of the British colony of India. But they aren't part of India today. On Nov. 1, 1942 a US Army team played a team of local amateurs in Calcutta, winning 11-3. See Lowry, "Baseball's Longest Games", p. 104. The Amateur Baseball Federation of India was established in Dec. 1983. |
| Sources | Seymour, "Baseball: The People's Game" vol. 3 p. 353 |
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| Has Source On Hand | No |
| Comment | https://billstaples.blogspot.com/2023/08/a-history-of-baseball-in-india-1874-1947.html cites an ad for baseball equipment in India in 1874, suggesting (but not proving) that the game was played there. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
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| Entered by | Bruce Allardice |
| First in Location | Kolkata, India |
| Players Locality | Non-local |
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