Tag: Welsh Baseball Union

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

Final Tables 1987

Welsh Baseball Union Premier Division 1987

PosTeamWL
1Alexandra Old Boys95
1Caerau86
1Gower Sports311
1Grange Albion410
1Llanrumney140
1Old Illtydians59
1Rumney RFC59
1St. Michael's86

Welsh Baseball Union County Division 1987

PosTeamWL
1Grange Catholic95
1Llandaff North86
1Newport Civil Service410
1Ninian Spurs104
1Penylian212
1St. Alban's59
1St. Peter's113
1Tavistock77

Welsh Baseball Union 1st Division 1987

PosTeamWL
1Alexandra Old Boys B48
1Bridgend Street102
1Caerau B48
1Clifton93
1Llanfrechfa39
1St. Joseph's84
1St. Michael's B48

Welsh Baseball Union 2nd Division 1987

PosTeamWL
1Fitzalan104
1Gower Sports B113
1Grange Albion B121
1Grange Catholics B39
1Llanrumney B86
1Machen RFC95
1Newlands77
1Whitechurch RFC410

Welsh Baseball Union 3rd Division 1987

PosTeamWL
1Falrook66
1Newport Civil Service B210
1Old Illtydians B84
1Rumney RFC B110
1St. Michael's C39
1Tongwyndale93
1Whitechurch29

Welsh Baseball Union 4th Division 1987

PosTeamWL
1Caerau C86
1Clagon Coronation59
1Hendre140
1Newbridge68
1Newport Dockers104
1Ninian Spurs B410
1Tarelblack Saracens212
1Wiggins Teape77

Welsh Baseball Union 5th Division 1987

PosTeamWL
1Asko Salvage86
1Llandaff North B122
1Llanrumney C113
1New Park Liberals104
1Penylian B212
1St. Alban's B85
1St. Peter's B410
1St. Phillip Expos (WBU)85

Welsh Baseball Union 6th Division 1987

PosTeamWL
1Bridgend Street B77
1Caerndron RFC113
1Cowden FC68
1Essefador104
1Grange Catholics C122
1Llandalen410
1Morganstown RFC013
1St. Fallon's49

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.

About this document

Researched, Compiled and Written by Enda Mulcahy for the

Eirball | GAA World Archive

Last Updated: 13 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 Resereved.