Block:English Baseball in Bedfordshire on April 27 1889

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A game of “baseball” was played by some of the guests attending a garden party celebrating the season opening of the Lansdowne Tennis Club of Harlington, Bedfordshire. A newspaper covering the event reported that “Early in the forenoon the game was in full swing on the two courts, whilst in the afternoon members and friends turned up in the number of 40, and those who were not able to wield the racquet could participate in a game of baseball, which took place at the farthest end of the ground, or bowls on the lawn.”

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Uxbridge & W. Drayton Gazette. April 27, 1889, p. 7

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Seems likely to be English baseball since it was played by “those who were not able to wield the racquet.”

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