Kōrero: Softball and baseball

The Hicks-Sawyer Minstrel Baseball Club

The Hicks-Sawyer Minstrel Baseball Club

The Hicks-Sawyer Minstrels were a troupe of African-American performers who toured Australia and New Zealand from 1888 to 1890. A group of talented baseball players among them made up the Hicks-Sawyer Baseball Club, which played games against local teams to promote both the troupe and the sport. This article about the Hicks-Sawyer Baseball Club appeared in the Evening Post on 8 November 1888.

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National Library of New Zealand, Papers Past
Reference: Evening Post, 8 November 1888, p. 2

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Tony Smith and David Green, 'Softball and baseball - Baseball in New Zealand', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/document/39660/the-hicks-sawyer-minstrel-baseball-club (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Tony Smith and David Green, i tāngia i te 5 Sep 2013, updated 1 Jul 2015