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April 2018
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Rhodesia national baseball team
The Rhodesia National Baseball Team were the national baseball team of Southern Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe. The team represented Rhodesia in inter-provincial competitions in Southern Africa along with exhibition games against other teams from outside of Africa.

1930's
Rhodesian Baseball is believed to have been founded in 1934, at Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe(formerly Southern Rhodesia).

1940's
In 1949, Chicago White Sox played Rhodesia.

1950's
Following the Second World War, a Rhodesian side managed by Ted Ferraris and captained by Charlie Ferguson, joined Northern Rhodesia, South West Africa and nine South African Provinces to compete at the Rosebank Oval in the 1952 Van Riebeeck Festival Baseball Tournament when 'provincial baseball returned and the first large national tournament was held in Cape Town and Johannesburg'. According to the official programme, the team wore 'Bottle Green' sweatshirts and stockings with white caps, pants and tunic and 'RHODESIA' written across the chest in green. The tournament was won by Western Province.

Rhodesia would continue to go on to compete as a province in South Africa's inter-provincial Currie Cup.

During the 1955/56 Season, Jack English managed the Rhodesian side who took on an American All-Star Team who 'were not superstars but a solid combination of amateur and college players' as well as two Major League Baseball players, namely Brooklyn Dodgers' Hall of Famer and World Series Runner Up(1953) Don Thompson, and two-time All Star(1961) and World Series Champion(1960) Dick Stuart who went on to become the first first-baseman in Major League history to record three assists in one inning(1963).

At Raylton Club Ground in Salisbury, the US side went on to beat Rhodesia 9-2 'before a crowd of 4000, then repeated the performance at Que Que 14-7 in one of the best games of their tour on a field which they rated the best on which they had played during their entire tour'. The cinemagazine Rhodesia Spotlight reported 'His Excellency the Governor of Southern Rhodesia is introduced to both teams when the USA All Stars play Southern Rhodesia in Salisbury. The Americans are a very fine combination and Pete Walski’s pitching had Ken Wood completely at sea. Far and away the most successful Rhodesian to face this battery was Alf Davidovics. But most batsmen if they connected were put out at first. The Americans won by 9 runs to 2. Don Thompson was pegged on the home plate otherwise the winning margin would have been greater. But at any rate Rhodesians were glad to see really fine baseball team in action'.

1960's
In the 1965 South African Championship staged in Durban, Rhodesia came third place, with two players selected for the All-Star Team, including Player of the Tournament Duncan Cocksedge and Russell McKinley who later went on to represent South Africa on their 1969 European Tour.

1970's
In 1971, 'South Africa invited the European Baseball Federation to send a team dubbed the 'Continental Cavaliers' to tour the country' and on 28 March 1971, the European Team also played Rhodesia, at Alexandra Sports Club, Harare(formerly Salisbury) and was 'composed mostly of American, German and Belgium players'.

Rhodesia took part in South Africa's first Under-21 Inter-Provincial Tournament, held in 1975, when Bruce Grobbelaar won the pitching award for 63 strike-outs in the tournament.

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