User:JRA/Baseball in Queensland

Pre 1900's

 * 1857 - First reports of Australian baseball in Melbourne

1900's

 * 1905 - First Queensland Baseball meeting, 16 May.
 * 1910 - Baseball had become increasingly popular for cricketers in the off-season
 * 1912 - Summer baseball was tried but was unsuccessful
 * 1922 - Queensland vs NSW Baseball Series, played before large crowds due to high interest. NSW won 5-0, 25-0, 5-0. Some Queensland players were not avaliable for the Sunday game. Brisbane Exhibition Ground
 * New South Wales: Asprey, Emmerick, Freestone, Robison, Flattery, James, Waddington, Gates, Brown
 * Queensland: Nip Roper, A. Smith, Roger Hartigan, Doan, F.C Thompson, Bill Cain, Alan Marshall, Syd Ayres, Noel Beeston.


 * 1932 Roy Levy & Roy Hartigan, persuaded Jack Hutcheon, president of Queensland Cricket, to call a meeting at Brisbane YMCA Hall for men interested in playing baseball.
 * 1933 Queensland vs Newcastle at Brisbane Exhibition Ground. Queensland won 14-7
 * Queensland: Rod Levy, T. Larking, T. Reeve, K. Leak, I. Schwenke, W.C. Alexander, A. Rofe, G. Warlow, A.E. Sharman, W. Larking, G. Mollah, R. Miller.


 * 1954 Queensland played Tokyo Giants
 * 1954 Queensland played Tokyo Giants

Roy Levy

 * Roy Mark Levy - born Sydney, 1906 died Brisbane 1965
 * LH Batter, right hand medium pace, pitcher
 * Shortstop and pitcher
 * Waverly cricket and baseball coach, Alan Kippax
 * Assisted Waverly to win Sydney Baseball Premiership in 1924-28.
 * Represented NSW 1924-1928
 * First player to be offered a scholarship to play and study in the US. Declined and continued insurance studies in Aus
 * Fielding compared to all-time shortstops Neil Harvey and Norm O'Neill
 * Averaged 40 cricket
 * Valleys in 1928, but later played with Eastern Suburbs
 * Scored 129 for Queensland against Victoria at Brisbane Exhibition Ground
 * Scored 85* against South Australia
 * Captained Queensland Sheffield Shield 11 out of 25 appearances.
 * Seriously considered for selection for Australia cricket
 * Eventually refused by his company to tour outside of Brisbane with Queensland and only played home games
 * Made 86 agaisnt Gilligans English Team
 * In 1932 with Roy Hartigan, persuaded Jack Hutcheon, president of Queensland Cricket, to call a meeting at Brisbane YMCA Hall for men interested in playing baseball.
 * Coached Queensland vs Tokyo Giants in 1954