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rman444
02-16-2016, 11:17 PM
Please let me know your thoughts.

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khkco4bls
02-17-2016, 06:05 AM
I would say yes with the lace up jerseys the shoes the hats from the period.also the belts. But it's an ugly team.
Rookiemonster
02-17-2016, 06:22 AM
Looks like a polo game is about to break out .
Leon
02-17-2016, 07:54 AM
Bicycle club....? But probably baseball, just too bad they didn't have any equipment. I really look for equipment to nail these types to baseball.
DHogan
02-17-2016, 09:53 AM
They all look like they are shell shocked.
steve B
02-17-2016, 11:20 AM
Bicycle club....? But probably baseball, just too bad they didn't have any equipment. I really look for equipment to nail these types to baseball.

I was thinking cricket.

Probably not a bike club, most of them would have had a bike or two in the pic, and they were very fond of giving themselves medals. Usually for riding a certain distance, but sometimes just for paying the dues. (especially in the UK, where the cycling club was a more important social organization -sorry orgaisation. :) )

Steve B
drcy
02-17-2016, 11:38 AM
It's impossible to know for sure, but it looks like a baseball team-- in particular since there are nine men. They looked like baseball players to me, then I went and counted the people.
vintagesportscollector
02-17-2016, 12:00 PM
It's impossible to know for sure, but it looks like a baseball team-- in particular since their are nine men. They looked like baseball players to me, then I went and counted the people.

Agreed. Looks like it could be a baseball team, c. 1880, but you would think there would some piece of equipment if it was baseball.
drcy
02-17-2016, 02:45 PM
With photos such as these, people will often ponder if it could be a cricket team. However, except for in the very early days, cricket uniforms are distinctly different looking than baseball uniforms. To start, cricketers didn't wear knickers.
vintagesportscollector
02-17-2016, 03:39 PM
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Rookiemonster
02-17-2016, 04:00 PM
If you look at the guy on the far right and his flamboyant elbow . You can see a fence post , what looks like a frist base line ( or a pitchers mound? ) . Now I don't know when the dug out was first used . If you look in the space of his arm it kinda looks like a dugout . And that's also a flag post back there .
I don't think just any place had a flag post back then . Lol I rarely see them now !