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|Title=English Baseball in London on July 18 1868
|Title=English Baseball in London on July 18 1868
|Type of Date=Day
|Date=1868/07/18
|Block Game=English Baseball
|Block Game=English Baseball
|Date=1868/7/18
|Type of Date=Day
|Block Location=London
|Block Location=London
|Coordinates=51.5073509, -0.1277583
|Block Data=<p>&ldquo;Base ball&rdquo; was again to be featured at the annual rural f&ecirc;te staged by the Uxbridge Muitual Improvement Society of West London. A local newspaper reported that &ldquo;bands will parade the streets, and march in procession to the grounds, where Aunt Sally, bat and trap, base ball, archery, quoits, and other pastimes will be provided and a quadrille band has been specially engaged to enhance the pleasures of the dance.&rdquo;</p>
|Block Data=<p>“Base ball” was again to be featured at the annual rural fête staged by the Uxbridge Muitual Improvement Society of West London. A local newspaper reported that “bands will parade the streets, and march in procession to the grounds, where Aunt Sally, bat and trap, base ball, archery, quoits, and other pastimes will be provided and a quadrille band has been specially engaged to enhance the pleasures of the dance.”</p>
|Sources=<p>Uxbridge &amp; West Drayton Gazette, July 18, 1868, p. 5</p>
|Sources=<p>Uxbridge & Drayton Gazette, July 18, 1868, p. 5</p>
|Comment=<p>It was played in Uxbridge, a suburb of London, on July 22, on the grounds of Major Hilliard, Cowley House. [ba]</p>
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“Base ball” was again to be featured at the annual rural fête staged by the Uxbridge Muitual Improvement Society of West London. A local newspaper reported that “bands will parade the streets, and march in procession to the grounds, where Aunt Sally, bat and trap, base ball, archery, quoits, and other pastimes will be provided and a quadrille band has been specially engaged to enhance the pleasures of the dance.”

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Uxbridge & West Drayton Gazette, July 18, 1868, p. 5

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It was played in Uxbridge, a suburb of London, on July 22, on the grounds of Major Hilliard, Cowley House. [ba]

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