Category: Welsh Baseball

WLBU Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Premier Division 2019

Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Logo [References: 1]

Table

WLBU Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Premier Division 2019

PosTeamWDLFFPtsStrk
1Newport (C)1202024L1
2Llanrumney1103022W4
3Diamonds1002120W7
4Gower A605312W1
5St. Joseph's607112W1
6Canton Cross608-12L2
7Railway40918L1
8Fairwater Ladies001130L14

Table Compiled from Results Grid in Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Facebook Page. For Official Table please vist WLBU Facebook Page at [References: 2] Note: One Game between Diamonds and St. Joseph’s was a double forfeit.

Recap

Despite a strong end-of-season surge that saw Diamonds win seven games in a row to dominate the second half of the season, Newport picked up the last Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Premier Division title in 2019 before the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic struck, cancelling the 2020 and 2021 seasons. Newport had indeed lost their final game of the season, but finished on 24 points from 12 wins, with Llanrumney second on 22 points from 11 wins and Diamonds third on 20 points from 10 wins. [References: 2]

From those three teams there was a large gap back to Gower A, St. Joseph’s and Canton Cross, who each finished with 12 points from 6 wins and then Railway on 8 points from four wins and Fairwater Ladies who lost all 14 matches. [References: 2]

ABOUT WELSH BASEBALL

Welsh Baseball is a version of Rounders and Baseball played primarily in South Wales, and also in Liverpool, where it is known as English Baseball. It is like a cross between Baseball, Rounders and Cricket. During the latter half of the 19th Century, the famous A.G. Spalding of Major League Baseball fame organised a Baseball Tour of England and Ireland, and in the process played a number of games against English and Welsh Rounders teams, who adopted some of the rules (such as tagging a playerout with the ball and two-handed batting). It kept the poles rather than flat bases and left the diamond in an irregular shape with all four sides unequal in length. Welsh Baseball also has a bat more like a Cricket Bat than a Baseball Bat, and it tapers towards the handle. According to sources in referenced in the articles below, Irish immigrants to Liverpool and South Wales were numerous among the Working Classes playing the game in the 20th Century. It is still played in South Wales and Liverpool but is now mostly a Children’s and Teenagers Game. [References: 3]

REFERENCES

Logo References

[1] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Facebook Page (2017) Profile Picture April 12 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/21387949710/photos/a.10154678147744711.1073741828.21387949710/10155257824239711/?type=3&theater [Accessed 30 November 2017]

Results and Table Grid References

[2] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Facebook (2019) Post, July 19, 2019 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10157463399844711&set=pb.100042887265665.-2207520000.. [Accessed 13 May 2022]

About and History References

[3] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Facebook (2017) Around the Bases : Welsh Baseball union April / May 1988 [Internet] Available from: http://www.facebook.com/21387949710/photos/pcb.10155902328909711/10155902302069711/?type=3&theater [Accessed 30 November 2017][Actual Page Reference: https://www.facebook.com/Welsh-Ladies-baseball-Union-21387949710/photos/pcb.10155902328909711/10155902303314711 [Accessed 30 November 2017][Last Accessed 15 October 2021]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Kate Hartnett, Cardiff University.

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Welsh Baseball Union Premier Division – 6th Division Final Tables 1987

Final Tables 1987

Welsh Baseball Union Premier Division 1987

PosTeamWLPts
1Llanrumney14028
2Alexandra Old Boys9518
3Caerau8616
3St. Michael's8616
5Old Illtydians5910
5Rumney RFC5910
7Grange Albion4108
8Gower Sports3116

Welsh Baseball Union County Division 1987

PosTeamWLPts
1St. Peter's11322
2Ninian Spurs10420
3Grange Catholic9518
4Llandaff North8616
5Tavistock7714
6St. Alban's5910
7Newport Civil Service4108
8Penylian2124

Welsh Baseball Union 1st Division 1987

PosTeamWLPts
1Bridgend Street10220
2Clifton9318
3St. Joseph's8416
4Alexandra Old Boys B488
4Caerau B488
4St. Michael's B488
7Llanfrechfa396

Welsh Baseball Union 2nd Division 1987

PosTeamWLPts
1Grange Albion B12124
2Fitzalan10420
3Machen RFC9518
4Llanrumney B8616
5Newlands7714
6Whitechurch RFC4108
7Grange Catholics B397
8Gower Sports B1132

Welsh Baseball Union 3rd Division 1987

PosTeamWLPts
1Rumney RFC B11022
2Tongwyndale9318
3Old Illtydians B8416
4Falrook6612
5St. Michael's C396
6Newport Civil Service B2104
6Whitechurch294

Welsh Baseball Union 4th Division 1987

PosTeamWLPts
1Hendre14028
2Newport Dockers10420
3Caerau C8616
4Wiggins Teape7714
5Newbridge6812
6Clagon Coronation5910
7Ninian Spurs B4108
8Tarelblack Saracens2124

Welsh Baseball Union 5th Division 1987

PosTeamWLPts
1Llandaff North B12224
2New Park Liberals10420
3Asko Salvage8616
3St. Alban's B8516
3St. Phillip Expos (WBU)8516
6St. Peter's B4108
7Penylian B2124
8Llanrumney C1132

Welsh Baseball Union 6th Division 1987

PosTeamWLPts
1Grange Catholics C12224
2Caerndron RFC11322
3Essefador10420
4Bridgend Street B7714
5Cowden FC6812
6St. Fallon's499
7Llandalen4108
8Morganstown RFC0131

Recap

The 1987 Welsh Baseball Union (Men’s) season featured 62 teams across 8 Divisions, from the Premier Division to the County Division, and then from the 2st Division down to the 6th Division. There were a couple of teams who forfeited the season but otherwise it was a successful season, with Lllanrumney finishing by far the best team, picking up the Premier Division title with a maximum 28 points from 14 games. St. Peter’s won the County Division on 22 points (11-3), Bridgend Street were the 1st Division winners on 20 points, Grange Albion took the 2nd Division honours on 24 points (12-1). The lower tables were won by Rumney RFC B on 22 points (11-0) in the 3rd Division, Hendre 28 Points (14-0) in the 4th Division, Llandaff North B were 5th Division winners with 24 points (12-2) and Grange Catholics C won the 6th Division title with 24 points (12-2).

The names hark back to a bygone era in South Wales, not just teams such as Grange Catholics and St. Peter’s, which would have had a large Irish Catholic contingent on their rosters, but also teams with names referencing Major League Baseball (a different, but similar sport) such as St. Phillip’s Expos, no doubt a nod to Montreal Expos. Other references to other sports include Ninian Spurs, based in the same neighbourhood as the old Cardiff City Football Club ground Ninian Park, and also Rugby Football Club and Association Football Club (Soccer) teams such as Rumney RFC and Cowden FC. New Park Liberals, Newport Civil Service also make reference to a political and administrative climate which has no doubt shifted radically since. Then there are the Old Boys teams such as Old Illtydians and Alexandra Old Boys, past pupils of Schools in South Wales and the teams with Llan in their name, a popular Welsh-language prefix. Very few, if any, of these teams are still in existence now as the League has become a Schools League.

Welsh Baseball [Picture credit: Pexels.com]

References

[1] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Facebook (2017) Around the Bases : Welsh Baseball union April / May 1988 [Internet] Available from: http://www.facebook.com/21387949710/photos/pcb.10155902328909711/10155902302069711/?type=3&theater [Accessed 30 November 2017][Actual Page Reference: https://www.facebook.com/Welsh-Ladies-baseball-Union-21387949710/photos/pcb.10155902328909711/10155902303314711 [Accessed 30 November 2017][Last Accessed 15 October 2021]

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Eddie Brasil

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Welsh Baseball Union Premier Division 2012-2014

WBU Premier Division 2012

PWDLPts
St. Peter’s RFC10100020
Rumney RFC1090118
Grange Catholics1051411
Grange Albion1042410
St. Michael’s104159
Llanrumney101092
Welsh Baseball Union Premier Division 2012 {Reference: 1

WBU Premier Division 2013

PWDLPts
Grange Albion870114
Grange Catholics860212
St. Alban’s RFC960312
St. Peter’s RFC950410
Welsh Baseball Union Premier Division 2013 [Reference: 2]

WLBU Premier Division 2014

PWDLPts
St. Alban’s880016
Grange Albion760112
Grange Catholics850310
Rumney RFC84048
Welsh Baseball Union Premier Division 2014 [Reference: 3

Report

The Welsh Baseball Union governs the Men’s game in Wales, currently only running leagues at underage level. St. Peter’s (2012), Grange Albion (2013) and St. Alban’s (2014) won the last three titles in the Men’s League before it was abandoned.

About Welsh Baseball

Welsh Baseball is the Welsh version of Rounders or Baseball and is their Traditional Celtic Sport. It is played like Baseball or Rounders on a diamond, with the original posts instead of bases like in Medieval Rounders, and the diamond is assymetrical. The bat is more like a cricket bat than a baseball or rounders bat, being slightly flat and tapers from the base to the handle. Points are scored for each base reached and also a point for getting all the way round back home.

The sport is played in mostly working class areas of South Wales and Liverpool, particularly in neighborhoods with a strong Irish Catholic population.

The game was originally Rounders but a visiting American Baseball team led by the legendary A.G. Spalding, played matches in Liverpool against local teams at the turn of the 20th Century (early 1900s), and the English Rounders Association (Liverpool) adopted some of the innovations in Baseball, thus deciding it was no longer Rounders and changed the name. It instructed its counterparts in the Welsh Baseball Union and Gloucester Baseball Union (no longer active) to do the same, thus leading to a hybrid Rounders-Baseball code unique to Wales and Liverpool.

References

Websites

[1] Wayback Machine Internet Archive – Welsh Baseball Union (2013) Premier Division [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20130122204111/http://www.welshbaseball.co.uk/ [Accessed 11 April 2017]

[2] Wayback Machine Internet Archive – Welsh Baseball Union (2013) Premier Division [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20130908075104/http://www.welshbaseball.co.uk/ [Accessed 11 April 2017]

[3] Wayback Machine Internet Archive – Welsh Baseball Union (2014) Premier Division [Internet] Available from: https://web.archive.org/web/20141016050038/http://www.welshbaseball.co.uk/ [Accessed 11 April 2017]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Hugh Mulcahy.

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Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2012-2018

Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Logo
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Logo [Reference: 1]

WLBU Division 1 2012

PWDLRFRAPts
Grange Catholics (P)14110322
Grange Albion12100220
Whitechurch Robins1060412
Rumney Ladies1150610
Canton Cross114078
Fairwater Social104068
Gower Sports124088
Peter Lea Ospreys1420124
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2012 [Reference: 2]

WLBU Division 1 2013

PWDLRFRAPts
Gower Sports (P)14130126
Grange Albion14120224
Canton Cross1490518
Whitechurch Robins1480616
Fairwater Ospreys144199
Fairwater Social144199
St. Peter’s B1430116
Rumney Ladies1420124
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2013 [Reference: 3]

WLBU Division 1 2014

PWDLRFRAPts

WLBU Division 1 2015

PWDLRFRAPts
Fairwater Ladies (C)12100220
Canton Cross1270514
Rumney Ladies1270514
Malpas Ladies1250710
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2015 [Reference: 4]

WLBU Division 1 2016

PWDLRFRAPts
Fairwater Ladies (P)962114
Rumney Ladies952212
Starlets1042410
Canton Cross93248
Eastern Ladies10010010
Malpas Ladies90272
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2016 [Reference: 5]

WLBU Division 1 2017

PWDLRFRAPts
Starlets (P)12120024
Railway Ladies12100220
Gower Sports B1260612
Llandaff North RFC1260612
St. Albans1250710
Splott Sluggers123096
St. Peter’s1200120
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2017 [Reference: 6]

WLBU Division 1 2018

PWDLPct
Railway Ladies (P)16140288
Caerau Nomads16110569
Malpas RFC15100567
St. Albans15100567
Llandaff North RFC1680850
Splott Sluggers1680850
Fairwater Social1570847
Gower Sports B1510147
St. Peter’s RFC1610156
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 2018 [Reference: 7]

Report

The Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Division 1 was the second level of Welsh Baseball from 2012 to 2018, and the Division Champions gained automatic promotion to the Premier League. The Division 1 Champions fron 2012 to 2018 were Grange Catholics (2012), Gower Sports (2013), Fairwater Ladies (2015 and 2016), Stalets (2017) and Railway Ladies (2018).

About Welsh Baseball

Welsh Baseball is a version of Rounders played primarily in South Wales, and also in Liverpool, where it is known as English Baseball. It is like a cross between Baseball, Rounders and Cricket. During the latter half of the 19th Century, the famous A.G. Spalding of Major League Baseball fame organised a Baseball Tour of England and Ireland, and in the process played a number of games against English and Welsh Rounders teams, who adopted some of the rules (such as tagging a playerout with the ball and two-handed batting). It kept the poles rather than flat bases and left the diamond in an irregular shape with all four sides unequal in length. Welsh Baseball also has a bat more like a Cricket Bat than a Baseball Bat, and it tapers towards the handle. According to sources in referenced in the articles below, Irish immigrants to Liverpool and South Wales were numerous among the Working Classes playing the game in the 20th Century. It is still played in South Wales and Liverpool but is now mostly a Children’s and Teenagers Game.

References

Logos

[1] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Facebook Page (2017) Profile Picture April 12 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/21387949710/photos/a.10154678147744711.1073741828.21387949710/10155257824239711/?type=3&theater [Accessed 30 November 2017]

Internet Archive

[2] Internet Archive – Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2014) 2012 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20120722134948/http://www.wlbu.co.uk/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=12 [Accessed 11 August 2017]

Websites

[3] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2013) 2013 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://www.wlbu.co.uk/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=13 [Accessed 17 December 2016]

[4] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2015) 2015 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2015-league-tables/ [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[5] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2016) 2016 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2016-league-tables/ [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[6] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2017) 2017 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2017-league-tables/ [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[7] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2018) 2017 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2017-league-tables-2/ [Accessed 16 September 2018

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kate Hartnett, Cardiff University.

About this document

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Eirball | GAA World Archive

Last Updated: 11 November 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2019-2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Reserved.

Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Premier Division 2012-2018

Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Logo
Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Logo [Reference: 1]

WLBU Premier Division 2012

PWDLPts
Pill Harriers13110222
Llandaff Ladies11100120
Llanrumney United1160512
St. Peter’s A1060412
Pengam Moors A1250710
Fairwater Ladies84048
Caerau A113086
St. Joseph’s A1200120

[2]

WLBU Premier Division 2013

PWDLPts
Llandaff Ladies14140028
Pill Harriers14100420
Llanrumney United14100420
Caerau A1490518
Grange Catholics1450910
Pengam Moors1450910
St. Joseph’s1430116
St. Peter’s A1400140

[3]

WLBU Premier Division 2014

PWDLPts

WLBU Premier Division 2015

PWDLPts
Llanrumney United14140028
Caerau Ladies14120224
Llanishen RFC1490518
St. Joseph’s RFC1360712
Gower Sports A1420124

[4]

WLBU Premier Division 2016

PWDLPts
Llanrumney United962114
Newport Ladies1462114
Llanishen RFC1042410
Gower Sports A92256
Caerau Ladies10010010
St. Joseph’s90272

[5]

WLBU Premier Division 2017

PWDLPts
Newport Ladies14140028
Fairwater Ladies14101321
Llanrumney United14101321
Gower Sports A1480616
St. Joseph’s1470714
Canton Cross1430116
Rumney Ladies1430116
Fairwater Social1400140

[6]

WLBU Premier Division 2018

PWDLPct
Newport Ladies13111185
Llanrumney United1290375
St. Joseph’s Ladies1280467
Diamond Ladies1160555
Gower Sports A1341831
Canton Cross1231825
Rumney Ladies1301120

[7]

About Welsh Baseball

Welsh Baseball is a version of Rounders played primarily in South Wales, and also in Liverpool, where it is known as English Baseball. It is like a cross between Baseball, Rounders and Cricket. During the latter half of the 19th Century, the famous A.G. Spalding of Major League Baseball fame organised a Baseball Tour of England and Ireland, and in the process played a number of games against English and Welsh Rounders teams, who adopted some of the rules (such as tagging a playerout with the ball and two-handed batting). It kept the poles rather than flat bases and left the diamond in an irregular shape with all four sides unequal in length. Welsh Baseball also has a bat more like a Cricket Bat than a Baseball Bat, and it tapers towards the handle. According to sources in referenced in the articles below, Irish immigrants to Liverpool and South Wales were numerous among the Working Classes playing the game in the 20th Century. It is still played in South Wales and Liverpool but is now mostly a Children’s and Teenagers Game.

References

[1] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union Facebook Page (2017) Profile Picture April 12 2017 [Internet] Available from: https://www.facebook.com/21387949710/photos/a.10154678147744711.1073741828.21387949710/10155257824239711/?type=3&theater [Accessed 30 November 2017]

Websites

[2] Internet Archive – Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2014) 2012 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20120722134948/http://www.wlbu.co.uk/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=12 [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[3] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2013) 2013 League Tables [Internet] Available from: http://www.wlbu.co.uk/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=13 [Accessed 17 December 2016]

[4] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2015) 2015 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2015-league-tables/ [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[5] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2016) 2016 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2016-league-tables/ [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[6] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2017) 2017 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2017-league-tables/ [Accessed 11 August 2017]

[7] Welsh Ladies Baseball Union (2018) 2017 League Tables [Internet] Available from; http://www.wlbu.org/2017-league-tables-2/ [Accessed 16 September 2018

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Kate Hartnett, Cardiff University.

About this document

Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | Irish North American and World Sports Archive

Last Updated: 10 November 2020

(c) Copyright Enda Mulcahy and Eirball 2020

You may quote this document in part provided that proper acknowledgement is given to the authors. All Rights Resereved.