History of Baseball in Wagga Wagga

This photo from the Lennon collection RW1574.263 at CSURA was taken in Wagga on 4 May 1956.

A meeting to introduce baseball to Wagga sporting enthusiasts was held at the Wagga School of Arts on 21 June 1935. The meeting was presided over by Mr E Gooch and was well attended.

The first match of the newly formed Wagga Baseball Association was held at the Wagga Cricket Ground later in 1935.

See the CSU Regional Archives “On Record” blog at https://onrecordblog.wordpress.com/2018/06/22/batter-up/ for more interesting details about the development of Baseball in Wagga Wagga.

 

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