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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1855 | |||
|Year Number=29 | |||
|Headline=Even the Australians Are Bothered by Sunday Baseball | |Headline=Even the Australians Are Bothered by Sunday Baseball | ||
| | |Salience=2 | ||
| | |Tags=Ball in the Culture, Bans, | ||
|Location=Australia, | |||
|Country=Australia | |||
|State=Van Diemen's Land | |||
|City=Hobart | |||
|Game=Base Ball | |Game=Base Ball | ||
| | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Age of Players=Youth | |||
|Text=<p>"Sabbath Desecration. - A correspondent requests us to call attention to the practice of a number of boys and young men, who congregate in Mr. Wilkinson's paddock, near Patrick and Murray Streets, on Sunday afternoons, for playing at cricket, base-ball, &c., making a great noise, and offending the eyes and ears of persons of moral and religious feeling."</p> | |Text=<p>"Sabbath Desecration. - A correspondent requests us to call attention to the practice of a number of boys and young men, who congregate in Mr. Wilkinson's paddock, near Patrick and Murray Streets, on Sunday afternoons, for playing at cricket, base-ball, &c., making a great noise, and offending the eyes and ears of persons of moral and religious feeling."</p> | ||
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|Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Colonial Times</span>[Hobart], Saturday, September 22, 1855, page 3.</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>Subsequent comments on 19CBB from Bob Tholkes and Richard Hershberger [11/23/09] led to conjecture that this form of "base-ball" arrived Down Under directly from its English roots, for in 1855 American presence was largely restricted to the gold fields. <strong>Note:</strong> Hobart is on the northern coast of the island that has been known as Tasmania since 1856.</p> | |||
|Submitted by=Eric Miklich | |||
|Submission Note=19CBB posting 11/21/2009 | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |||
|Coordinates=-42.881903, 147.323814 | |||
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| Tags | Ball in the Culture, BansBall in the Culture, Bans |
| Location | AustraliaAustralia |
| City/State/Country: | Hobart, Van Diemen's Land, Australia |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | YouthYouth |
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| Text | "Sabbath Desecration. - A correspondent requests us to call attention to the practice of a number of boys and young men, who congregate in Mr. Wilkinson's paddock, near Patrick and Murray Streets, on Sunday afternoons, for playing at cricket, base-ball, &c., making a great noise, and offending the eyes and ears of persons of moral and religious feeling."
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| Sources | Colonial Times[Hobart], Saturday, September 22, 1855, page 3. |
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| Comment | Subsequent comments on 19CBB from Bob Tholkes and Richard Hershberger [11/23/09] led to conjecture that this form of "base-ball" arrived Down Under directly from its English roots, for in 1855 American presence was largely restricted to the gold fields. Note: Hobart is on the northern coast of the island that has been known as Tasmania since 1856. Edit with form to add a comment |
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| Submitted by | Eric Miklich |
| Submission Note | 19CBB posting 11/21/2009 |
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