BASEBALL IN CHRISTCHURCH 53 YEARS AGO.—Gross, an American, introduced baseball into New Zealand in 1890, and the game had a brief popularity among cricketers as a winter sport. The Christchurch Baseball Club’s nine, the leading team in Christchurch, consisted largely of members of the Lancaster Park Cricket Club. Left to right; Top row: L. A., Cuff, C. A. Jones, A. E. Ridley. W. D. Digby, W. Butler, Gross (umpire). Bottom row: H. C. Ridley, A. Cant (captain), A. E. Moss, I, Jackman, E. Pavitt.
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Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23914, 5 April 1943, Page 3
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84BASEBALL IN CHRISTCHURCH 53 YEARS AGO.—Gross, an American, introduced baseball into New Zealand in 1890, and the game had a brief popularity among cricketers as a winter sport. The Christchurch Baseball Club’s nine, the leading team in Christchurch, consisted largely of members of the Lancaster Park Cricket Club. Left to right; Top row: L. A., Cuff, C. A. Jones, A. E. Ridley. W. D. Digby, W. Butler, Gross (umpire). Bottom row: H. C. Ridley, A. Cant (captain), A. E. Moss, I, Jackman, E. Pavitt. Press, Volume LXXIX, Issue 23914, 5 April 1943, Page 3
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