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British baseball, also known colloquially in Wales as Welsh baseball (Welsh: Pêl Fas Gymreig), is a bat-and-ball game played in Wales, England, and to a lesser extent in Ireland and Scotland. The game emerged as a distinct sport in Merseyside, Gloucester and South Wales at the end of the 19th century, drawing on the much older game of rounders .
The Welsh Baseball Union (WBU) (founded 1892) is the national governing body of the traditional code of British baseball (or Welsh baseball) in Wales. [1]It is a member of the International Baseball Board.
Welsh Baseball Union (WBU), formed in 1892, is the governing body of men's British baseball in Wales. It is based in Heath, Cardiff. [22] [23] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (WLBU) is the governing body of women's British baseball in Wales. It was formed in 2006 when the WLBU decided to break away from the men's WBU.
Welsh baseball (Welsh: Pêl Fas Gymreig) or British baseball, is a bat-and-ball game played in south Wales and formerly in parts of England. It is closely related to the game of rounders, and emerged as a distinct sport when governing bodies in Wales and England agreed to change the name of the game from "rounders" when the rules were codified ...
The Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (WLBU) is the governing body of the traditional code of women's British baseball in Wales. It was formed in 2006 when the WLBU decided to break away from the men's WBU (formed 1892). [2] [3] The WLBU headquarters are at the Grangetown Catholic Club, Grangetown, Cardiff. [1]
Ted Peterson MBE (6 May 1916 – 19 December 2005) was a baseball (English/Welsh) player, whose unparalleled achievements in the sport earned him the title ‘Mr Baseball’. [ 1 ] A formidable bowler, his international appearances for Wales stretched from the 1930s to the 1960s, and when his playing days were over, he devoted his energies to ...
Major League Baseball players from Wales (3 P) Pages in category "Welsh baseball players" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
George Charles Whitcombe (21 January 1902 – 30 April 1986) was a Welsh footballer.He also captained Wales at baseball, winning a total of five caps.. A product of the Welsh club, Bargoed, He was then discovered by the club of his native town, Cardiff City in 1922, before he was sold on to Stockport County in 1925.