Wellington Base Ball Club v Hicks-Sawyer Minstrel Co. on 10 November 1888

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Date of Game	Saturday, November 10, 1888
Location	Wellington, New Zealand
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Field	Newtown Park
Home Team	Add Club Page Wellington Base Ball Club
Away Team	Add Club Page Hicks-Sawyer Minstrel Co.
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Description	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. This game was played Nov. 11th at Newtown Park, a rugby venue, by the Minstrel Club and picked players from Wellington. Evening Post, Nov. 8, 1888
Sources	Evening Post, Nov. 8, 1888
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Found by	Bruce Allardice
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Entered by	Bruce Allardice
First in Location	Wellington, New Zealand
Players Locality	Non-local
Entry Origin	Sabrpedia
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