Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on June 20 1895

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“Baseball” was played at an excursion by members of the Portsmouth police force, along with friends and family to the number of 300, to the village of Brockenhurst, Hampshire, in the New Forest area. “Tea was served early in the afternoon, the tables being laid in a large marquee in the park; and here, under the shade of the majestic trees beautifying Mr. Morant's estate, the policemen and their friends afterwards engaged in various sports, cricket, baseball, and races for the children included in the programme.”

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Portsmouth Evening News, June 20, 1895, p. 2

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