WLBU Division 1 2012
| P | W | D | L | RF | RA | Pts | |
| Grange Catholics (P) | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 22 | ||
| Grange Albion | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | ||
| Whitechurch Robins | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 12 | ||
| Rumney Ladies | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 10 | ||
| Canton Cross | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 8 | ||
| Fairwater Social | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 8 | ||
| Gower Sports | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 8 | ||
| Peter Lea Ospreys | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
WLBU Division 1 2013
| P | W | D | L | RF | RA | Pts | |
| Gower Sports (P) | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 26 | ||
| Grange Albion | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 24 | ||
| Canton Cross | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 18 | ||
| Whitechurch Robins | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 16 | ||
| Fairwater Ospreys | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | ||
| Fairwater Social | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | ||
| St. Peter’s B | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Rumney Ladies | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 |
WLBU Division 1 2014
| P | W | D | L | RF | RA | Pts | |
WLBU Division 1 2015
| P | W | D | L | RF | RA | Pts | |
| Fairwater Ladies (C) | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | ||
| Canton Cross | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Rumney Ladies | 12 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Malpas Ladies | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
WLBU Division 1 2016
| P | W | D | L | RF | RA | Pts | |
| Fairwater Ladies (P) | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Rumney Ladies | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||
| Starlets | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 10 | ||
| Canton Cross | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| Eastern Ladies | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Malpas Ladies | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
WLBU Division 1 2017
| P | W | D | L | RF | RA | Pts | |
| Starlets (P) | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Railway Ladies | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 20 | ||
| Gower Sports B | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Llandaff North RFC | 12 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 | ||
| St. Albans | 12 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Splott Sluggers | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | ||
| St. Peter’s | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 |
WLBU Division 1 2018
| P | W | D | L | Pct | |
| Railway Ladies (P) | 16 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 88 |
| Caerau Nomads | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 69 |
| Malpas RFC | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 67 |
| St. Albans | 15 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 67 |
| Llandaff North RFC | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 50 |
| Splott Sluggers | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 50 |
| Fairwater Social | 15 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 47 |
| Gower Sports B | 15 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 7 |
| St. Peter’s RFC | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 |
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.
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