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Line 1: {{Short description\|Australian governing body for baseball}} {{~~refimprove~~more citations needed\|date=May 2012}} {{Use Australian English\|date=January 2018}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox sports league ~~[[File:Baseball Victoria Logo.jpg\|thumb\|Baseball Victoria's logo]]~~ \| title = Baseball Victoria \| current_season = <!-- do not wikilink --> \| current_season2 = <!-- do not wikilink --> \| last_season = <!-- do not wikilink --> \| upcoming_season = <!-- do not wikilink; replace with current_season at the start of the new season --> \| logo = Baseball victoria logo.png \| logo_size = 200px \| caption = \| formerly = \| sport = Baseball \| game = \| founded = {{start date and age\|1890}} as the "Victorian Baseball League" <ref>[http://baseballvictoria.com.au/About/Honour-Rolls-and-History/Historical-Timeline Honour rolls and history] on BV website</ref> \| folded = \| replaced = \| owner = \| ceo = Chet Gray \| coo = <!-- chief operating officer --> \| director = http://baseballvictoria.com.au/About/The-Board \| president = Andy Rose \| commissioner = \| fame = <!--what the league is famous for...the "claim to fame"...avoid use if possible--> \| motto = \| inaugural = \| teams = \| singles = \| country = Australia \| venue = \| confed = [[Australian Baseball Federation\|ABF]] \| champion = \| champ_season = \| most_champs = \| classification = \| qualification = \| tv = \| sponsor = \| investor = \| related_comps = \| founder = \| levels = \| promotion = \| relegation = \| domestic_cup = \| website = [http://baseballvictoria.com.au/ baseballvictoria.com.au] \| footnotes = \| current = <!-- wikilink to current season article to put icon and link at the bottom of the infobox --> }} '''Baseball Victoria''' is the governing body of [[baseball]] within [[Victoria (Australia)\|Victoria]]. Baseball Victoria is governed by the [[Australian Baseball Federation]]. The body has teams competing in four divisions. ==Early history== The '''Victorian Baseball League''' (VBL) was constituted in ~~1889~~1890 by J.C. Williamson, Harry Rickards, Harry Musgrove, J.S. Milford and Major [[Benjamin Wardill\|Ben Wardill]] (the longtime secretary of the [[Melbourne Cricket Club]]). J. C. Williamson was the first President and remained in office for six years.<ref name="First Meeting of the VIctorian Baseball League">{{cite web\|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article6276606 \|title=06 Sep 1889 - SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. SPORTING NOTES \|publisher=Trove.nla.gov.au \|access-date~~= \|accessdate~~=2012-06-01}}</ref><ref name="History of the Melbourne Baseball Club">{{cite web\|url=http://www.melbournedemons.baseball.com.au/default.asp?Page=68610&MenuID=History%2F23995%2F68851 \|title=Melbourne Baseball Club (Demons) - MCC Baseball Section \|publisher=Melbournedemons.baseball.com.au \|date=1999-09-26 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2012-06-01 \|~~deadurl~~url-status=~~yes~~dead \|~~archiveurl~~archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504092032/http://www.melbournedemons.baseball.com.au/default.asp?Page=68610&MenuID=History%2F23995%2F68851 \|~~archivedate~~archive-date=2013-05-04 ~~\|df=~~ }}</ref> The teams in the inaugural season of the Victorian Baseball League were: Carlton, Ferguson & Mitchell, [[Fitzroy Baseball Club\|Fitzroy]], [[Geelong Baseball Association\|Geelong]], Kew, [[Melbourne Baseball Club\|M.C.C.]], Melbourne (to be renamed Metropolitans), Richmond, Richmond C.C., St.Kilda, the ~~“Age”~~"Age" and Victoria. They were followed by South Melbourne, East Melbourne and [[Malvern Baseball Club\|Malvern]] in 1893, [[Essendon Baseball Club\|Essendon]] in 1893, Hawkesburn in 1896, and Prahran in 1897.<ref name="History of the Melbourne Baseball Club"/> Line 15 ⟶ 65: Since before the [[First World War]] [[Baseball]] curtain-raisers to League football had been an institution. The Victorian Baseball League A-grade competition fixture was aligned with the [[Victorian Football Association]] fixture and under this system every A grade team also had the backing of a [[District Cricket Club]] with all of the resultant benefits.<ref name="History of the Melbourne Baseball Club"/> In 1896 football in Victoria was split into two sections when eight of the thirteen [[Victorian Football Association]] (VFA) clubs (Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne) broke away to form the Victorian Football League (VFL). This league soon became ~~to be~~ the ~~dominate~~dominant of the two especially given all twenty [[Victorian Football Association]] premierships to that stage had been shared by six of those eight clubs. The VFA continued to be an independent body, with only five of its original clubs (Footscray, North Melbourne, Port Melbourne, Richmond and Williamstown) – but within five years it had expanded to ten clubs, a size it maintained until the 1920s. This split had a significant impact on Victorian Baseball. For several years after football split the Victorian Baseball League debated the need to restructure its constitution to recognize the split between the VFA and VFL. At each annual meeting of the VBL a portion of the business was dedicated to the allocation of teams between A and B grades, following a basic relegation and promotion system. In 1915 this meant that A Grade consisted of six teams playing on league football grounds and four on Association grounds. This caused it to be near impossible to organize a fair fixture of home and away matches matching teams with their respective football club. Further exacerbating the problem was the fact that the VFL played on better grounds to larger crowds. At a special meeting of the Victoria Baseball League on ~~March~~ 25, March 1915 the executive committee submitted a proposition to split the league into one division of ~~“League”~~"League" clubs and one of ~~“Association”~~"Association" clubs. Each section was to compete for its own pennant, the winners to play one game at the end of the season to decide the championship and the right to hold the Frank Laver shield. However a sufficient majority to pass the changes to the constitution was not secured. A Grade delegates contended that they had little voice in the management of the League, being frequently out-voted by the B and C grade delegates. With a feeling of certainty that baseball affairs in Victoria were not controlled by the administrative officers and responsible clubs, the seceding clubs unanimously agreed that there was only one step to take. The Victorian Baseball Union was formed by [[Fitzroy Baseball Club\|Fitzroy]], East Melbourne, Melbourne, South Melbourne, Carlton, Richmond, St Kilda and Collingwood.<ref name="The formation of the Victorian Baseball Union">{{cite web\|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1507819 \|title=05 Apr 1915 - BASEBALL. CLUBS SECEDE FROM LEAGUE \|publisher=Trove.nla.gov.au \|date=1915-04-05 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2012-06-01}}</ref> The Union included every major office holder of the Victorian Baseball League (with the exception of one member of the executive committee).<ref name="The Victorian Split – History of the Trouble">{{Cite web\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ggtiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f7oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3483,3563668&dq=victorian+baseball+union&hl=en\|title = The Sydney Morning Herald - Google News Archive Search}}</ref> In 1925 the League and the Union settled their differences and amalgamated into the Victorian Baseball Association (VBA) under the Presidency of Len Johnston. Line 83 ⟶ 133: The Geelong Winter League, is run by the [[Geelong Baseball Association]] (GBA) and based in [[Geelong, Victoria]]. The GBA is affiliated with Baseball Victoria. Established in 1937, the GBA offers senior and junior competitions to clubs and teams from metropolitan Geelong, [[Colac, Victoria\|Colac]], [[Werribee, Victoria\|Werribee]], [[Bacchus Marsh]], [[Lara, Victoria\|Lara]], Newport and [[Ballarat]]. Competition is conducted from early April through to September. <ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.geelongbaseballassociation.com.au/geelong-baseball-association\|title = Geelong Baseball Association}}</ref> ==External links==▼ * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061004225622/http://www.vic.baseball.com.au/ Baseball Victoria] * [http://mwbl.baseball.com.au/ Melbourne Winter Baseball League Official Website] ==References== {{reflist~~\|colwidth=30em~~}} ▲==External links== * [http://baseballvictoria.com.au/ Official website] {{Baseball in Australia}} {{Melbourne Winter Baseball League\|state=collapsed}}▼ {{Baseball Victoria Summer League\|state=collapsed}} ▲{{Melbourne Winter Baseball League\|state=collapsed}} [[Category:~~Sports governing bodies in~~Baseball Victoria\| ~~(Australia)~~]] [[Category:Sports governing bodies in Victoria (state)]] [[Category:Baseball governing bodies in Australia\|Vic]] [[Category:Baseball in Victoria (~~Australia~~state)]] [[Category:~~Sports~~1890 ~~organizations established~~establishments in ~~1889~~Australia]] [[Category:Sports organizations established in 1890]]