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{{Ballgame | {{Ballgame | ||
|Name=in Vancouver in 1887 | |Name=in Vancouver in 1887 | ||
|Coordinates=49. | |Coordinates=49.2827291, -123.1207375 | ||
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|Type of Date=Year | |Type of Date=Year | ||
|Date=1887/ | |Date=1887/01/01 | ||
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|Country=Canada | |Country=Canada | ||
|State=British Columbia | |State=British Columbia | ||
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|City=Vancouver | |City=Vancouver | ||
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|NY Rules=Yes | |NY Rules=Yes | ||
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|Innings=9 | |Innings=9 | ||
|Description=<p>Humber, "Diamonds of the North" p. 98, cites an 1889 Vancouver newspaper, the <em>News Advertiser</em>, as saying "baseball had first been played in Vancouver two years before." A Vancouver team was defeated in an 1888 baseball tournament at Kamloops. By 1889, flush with the influx of new railroad workers, the Vancouver Terminals BBC was flourishing.</p> | |Innings Note= | ||
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|Description=<p>Humber, "Diamonds of the North" p. 98, cites an 1889 Vancouver newspaper, the <em>News Advertiser</em>, as saying "baseball had first been played in Vancouver two years before." A Vancouver team was defeated in an 1888 baseball tournament at Kamloops. By 1889, flush with the influx of new railroad workers, the Vancouver Terminals BBC was flourishing. It was incorporated in 1886 and had 13,709 residents in 1891.</p> | |||
<p>The small town of Vancouver, situated at the mouth of the Fraser River, was chosen as the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the 1880s and quickly grew to the largest city in British Columbia.</p> | <p>The small town of Vancouver, situated at the mouth of the Fraser River, was chosen as the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the 1880s and quickly grew to the largest city in British Columbia.</p> | ||
<p>The city's first baseball grounds is said by Humber to have been on Cambie Street, ground owned by the CPR and leased to the city.</p> | <p>The city's first baseball grounds is said by Humber to have been on Cambie Street, ground owned by the CPR and leased to the city.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Humber, "Diamonds of the North" p. 98</p> | |Sources=<p>Humber, "Diamonds of the North" p. 98</p> | ||
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|Submitted by=Bruce Allardice | |Submitted by=Bruce Allardice | ||
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|First in Location=Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:52, 24 November 2020
| Date of Game | 1887 |
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| Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Modern Address | |
| Field | Add Field Page |
| Home Team | Add Club Page |
| Away Team | Add Club Page |
| Score | |
| Game Number | |
| Innings | 9 |
| Number of Players | |
| Game Officials | |
| NY Rules | Yes |
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| Description | Humber, "Diamonds of the North" p. 98, cites an 1889 Vancouver newspaper, the News Advertiser, as saying "baseball had first been played in Vancouver two years before." A Vancouver team was defeated in an 1888 baseball tournament at Kamloops. By 1889, flush with the influx of new railroad workers, the Vancouver Terminals BBC was flourishing. It was incorporated in 1886 and had 13,709 residents in 1891. The small town of Vancouver, situated at the mouth of the Fraser River, was chosen as the terminus of the Canadian Pacific Railroad in the 1880s and quickly grew to the largest city in British Columbia. The city's first baseball grounds is said by Humber to have been on Cambie Street, ground owned by the CPR and leased to the city. |
| Sources | Humber, "Diamonds of the North" p. 98 |
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Has Source On Hand | No |
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| Found by | Bruce Allardice |
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| First in Location | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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