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{{Club
{{Club
|Coordinates=43.26650890000001, -79.95686849999998
|Coordinates=43.26650890000001, -79.95686849999998
|Name=Club of Dundas
|Name=Mechanics Club of Dundas
|Club Name=Dundas
|Club Name=Mechanics
|Type of Date=Year
|Type of Date=Year
|Date=1870/08/01
|Date=1865/01/01
|Date of Dissolution Type=Day
|Date of Dissolution Type=Day
|Country=Canada
|Country=Canada
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|City=Dundas
|City=Dundas
|Nine Class=Senior
|Nine Class=Senior
|Description=<p>The St. Catharines&nbsp;<em>Constitutionalist</em>, Thursday July 7, 1870, under the headline "The Base Ball Match," reports that the Frontier Club of St. Catharines was defeated by Dundas 63 to 9 on Dominion Day (July 1). By 1876, two Dundas clubs, the Young Canadian and Independent, existed. See Bryce's Canadian Base Ball Guide for 1876, p. 31.</p>
|Description=<p>The St. Catharines&nbsp;<em>Constitutionalist</em>, Thursday July 7, 1870, under the headline "The Base Ball Match," reports that the Frontier Club of St. Catharines was defeated by Dundas 63 to 9 on Dominion Day (July 1). By 1876, two Dundas clubs, the Young Canadian and Independent, existed. See Bryce's Canadian Base Ball Guide for 1876, p. 31. Nancy Bouchier, "For the Love of the Game: Amateur Sport in Small Town Ontario, 1838-1895," p. 107, has the Dundas "Mechanics" losing in 1866 to the Woodstock Young Canadians. This may be the same club as the 1870 team.</p>
|Sources=<p>The St. Catharines&nbsp;<em>Constitutionalist</em>, July 7, 1870</p>
|Sources=<p>The St. Catharines&nbsp;<em>Constitutionalist</em>, July 7, 1870. Nancy Bouchier, "For the Love of the Game: Amateur Sport in Small Town Ontario, 1838-1895," p. 107.</p>
|Has Source On Hand=No
|Has Source On Hand=No
|Comment=<p>Lindsay, "A History of Sport in Canada" says a Dundas BBC formed in 1865.</p>
|Reviewed=Yes
|Reviewed=Yes
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice
|Entered by=Bruce Allardice
|First in Location=Dundas, Ontario, Canada
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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Nick Name Mechanics
Earliest Known Date 1865
Location Dundas, Ontario, Canada
Nine Class Senior
Description

The St. Catharines Constitutionalist, Thursday July 7, 1870, under the headline "The Base Ball Match," reports that the Frontier Club of St. Catharines was defeated by Dundas 63 to 9 on Dominion Day (July 1). By 1876, two Dundas clubs, the Young Canadian and Independent, existed. See Bryce's Canadian Base Ball Guide for 1876, p. 31. Nancy Bouchier, "For the Love of the Game: Amateur Sport in Small Town Ontario, 1838-1895," p. 107, has the Dundas "Mechanics" losing in 1866 to the Woodstock Young Canadians. This may be the same club as the 1870 team.

Sources

The St. Catharines Constitutionalist, July 7, 1870. Nancy Bouchier, "For the Love of the Game: Amateur Sport in Small Town Ontario, 1838-1895," p. 107.

Comment

Lindsay, "A History of Sport in Canada" says a Dundas BBC formed in 1865.

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Found by Bruce Allardice
Entered by Bruce Allardice
First in Location Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Win/Loss Records As Far As We Now Know

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Year Games Wins Losses Ties
1865 1 Played 0 Won 1 Lost 0 Tied

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Page Date City Borough State Team 1 Team 2 Score First in Contributor
Ballgame 1865-09-15 Hamilton Ontario Maple Leaf Club of Hamilton Mechanics Club of Dundas 36 - 28 Martin Lacoste

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