Surrey Cricket Club side 1 v Surrey Cricket Club side 2 on 9 July 1878

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Date of Game	Tuesday, July 9, 1878
Location	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Field	Add Field Page Moore Park
Home Team	Add Club Page Surrey Cricket Club side 1
Away Team	Add Club Page Surrey Cricket Club side 2
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Description	"The first recorded baseball match, played at Sydney's Moore Park on July 9, 1878, was a pickup game, with both teams drawn up from members of the Surrey Cricket Club. For the occasion they called themselves the Surrey Base-Ball Club." Joseph Clark, Australia: Baseball Down Under, in G. Gmelch, Baseball Without Borders (U Nebraska Press, 2006), page 291.
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Comment	The Sydney Morning Herald, June 14 and 15, 1878, ran advertisements from the cricket club, asking players to join a new base ball club, to play on the new cricket grounds at Moor Park. [ba] Edit with form to add a comment
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First in Location	New South Wales, Australia
Players Locality	Local
Entry Origin	Sabrpedia
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