Publications ——— The Anthony Taylor collection ——— The Stretford Saints archive ——— Dean Whiting's "Baseball Days" collection ——— Other artefacts ——— British Pathé video clips ——— Cartoons Content © 2008-2010

Printed materials and other artefacts provide a crucial record of what baseball in Britain was like in the past. While it is likely that there is a wealth of such materials in personal collections, unless they are placed in a publicly accessible archive their historical usefulness is limited and their preservation is not guaranteed. —————————— This area of the website provides links to digitized materials of historical importance made available through Project Cobb, including those from personal collections. If you wish to make a comment or have materials that you would like to be added to this section, please send an email to the address at the right of the menu bar above. Publications Below are some historically important publications that have been made available online through Project Cobb. If you have materials you would like added, please send an email to the address at the right of the menu bar above. IMAGE MATERIALS LINK(S) A nearly complete collection of Baseball Mercury The British baseball publication Baseball Mercury was edited by baseball historian William Morgan from 1972 until 1989. Fifty-one issues were produced in all, and the publication's scope covered both domestic and international baseball, as well as softball. Click here Issue 3 of the short-lived Baseball (in Britain) Monthly The British baseball publication Baseball (in Britain) Monthly was edited by Ernie Mathews of Benfleet, Essex in 1950. Only a few issues are believed to have been published, but the publication's scope covered domestic baseball in great detail. Click here Baseball News: A News Sheet of Baseball Baseball News: A News Sheet of Baseball was published by the South Eastern Baseball League in the 1950s. 06-06-1953 16-07-1953 21-08-1954 28-05-1955 -Back to top- The Anthony Taylor collection Anthony Taylor, a British-based baseball collector, has kindly digitized the programmes from his collection relevant to Project Cobb. DATE GAME LINKS 10 October 1917 198th Battalion (Canadian Buffs) versus Epsom Canadian Convalescent Hospital, in Godalming, Surrey File 1 - File 2a File 2b - File 3 File 4 31 July 1935 Yorkshire versus Lancashire, at Headingley cricket ground File 1 - File 2 9 May 1936 Romford Wasps versus Hackney Royals, at Romford Stadium File 1 - File 2 File 3 - File 4 16 May 1936 West Ham versus Catford Saints, at West Ham Stadium File 1 - File 2 File 3 - File 4 File 5 28 June 1936 White City versus Harringay, at White City Stadium File 1 - File 2 File 3 - File 4 9 August 1936 White City versus Ashton Hawks, at White City Stadium File 1 - File 2 File 3 20 August 1936 West Ham versus the 1936 USA Olympic baseball team, at West Ham Stadium File 1 - File 2 File 3 - File 4 June 1937 Sheffield Dons versus York City Maroons, at Owlerton Stadium File 1 - File 2 File 3 27 June 1937 Pirates versus Corinthians (Romford), at West Ham Stadium File 1 - File 2 File 3 8 June 1938 Leeds/Sheffield versus Hull/York in the League Cup, at Headingley (the Lancashire-Yorkshire league held a League Cup competition at the start of the season when players from two clubs played on a combined side; other pairings in 1938 were Liverpool/Bolton and Rochdale/Oldham) File 1 - File 2 6 July 1938 Leeds versus Sheffield, at Headingley (probably the rugby league ground) File 1 - File 2 19 July 1938 Rochdale/Oldham versus US Navy, at Spotland soccer ground File 1 - File 2 23 July 1938 Halifax versus Greenfield (Bradford) Giants, at the Shay soccer ground File 1 - File 2 2 August 1938 Bolton Scarlets versus Leeds, at Raikes Park File 1 - File 2 17 August 1938 Yorkshire versus USA, at Owlerton Stadium File 1 - File 2 File 3 - File 4 19 August 1938 England versus USA (5th Test), at Headingley rugby league ground File 1 - File 2 File 3 - File 4 5 August 1939 National Baseball Association Challenge Cup Final, at the Shay soccer ground File 1 - File 2 File 3 - File 4 File 5 - File 6 File 7 - File 8 21 June 1950 Ashton Seagulls versus Burtonwood Bees, at Hurst Cross File 1 - File 2 File 3 26 July 1952 England versus Canada, at Leatherhead FC soccer ground File 1 - File 2 -Back to top- The Stretford Saints archive This collection of materials relating to the Stretford Saints (1947-1973) was digitized by Dave Allen using materials provided by Harold Booth and George C Livsley. To access the archive click here. -Back to top- Dean Whiting's "Baseball Days" collection Dean Whiting's father Barry Whiting and Barry's brother Maurice Whiting played baseball for various teams in the London area during the 1950s and 1960s. Dean has digitized photos and newspaper clippings from the family collection and supplemented this with press cuttings from research he conducted into the 1949-1951 period of the West London Pioneers. A PDF created by Dean from his collection for Project Cobb can be downloaded here (the file may take a short while to download as the PDF is over 2 megabytes). -Back to top- Other artefacts Below are other digitized artefacts from the history of British baseball that have been made available online through Project Cobb. If you have materials you would like added, please send an email to the address at the right of the menu bar above. YEAR DESCRIPTION LINK 1936 Programme from a game in the London Cup between West Ham and the Romford Wasps Click here 1958 Programme, with a completed linescore, from a game between the Hull and the US Navy Click here 1959 Programme, with a completed linescore, from a game between Hull and the Chelveston Cowboys, a US Air Force side Click here 1959 Programme, with a completed linescore, from the national final between the East Hull Aces and Thames Board Mills Click here 1962 Programme, with completed linescores, from the four-team National Baseball Club Trophy Click here 1963 Scorecard, with completed names, from a game between the Southern League and the National League Click here 1964 Programme, with a completed linescore against unidentified opposition, for three of the Hull Aces' home league games Click here 1965 Programme, with a completed linescore, from a game between the Hull Aces and the US Navy Click here 1965 Programme, with completed scoresheet, from the game in 1965 between Great Britain and The Netherlands Click here 1966 Annotated programme, with a press cutting, from a game played in 1966 under floodlights between a British all-star team and the Mormon Elders Click here 1966 Programme from the 1966 all-star game between the North of England and the South of England Click here 1967 Programme from the 1967 Brighton Festival, in which England took on a US base side from Wethersfield Click here 1976 Programme from the 1976 national final, which pitted Kensington Spirit of '76 against the Liverpool Trojans Click here 1977 Programme from the 1977 Yankees' National Baseball League Click here 1986 Programme for the Crawley Giants Baseball Club's Annual Invitational Tournament Click here 1986 Programme for the national final between the Hull Mets and the Cobham Yankees Click here 1987 Programme celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Sutton Braves Click here 1987 Signed programme for the Major League Alumni versus GB game Click here 1992 Programme for the European Baseball Cup of Cups (B-Pool), featuring the Humberside Mets Click here -Back to top- British Pathé video clips Project Cobb has set up a workspace on British Pathé's digital news archive to highlight historical video clips of baseball in Britain. To view the workspace click here. Most of the clips are of either touring teams or service personnel, but the first clip in the workspace is on women and men playing domestic baseball in Yorkshire in 1949. -Back to top- Cartoons Below are some collections of British baseball-themed humorous cartoons that have been made available online through Project Cobb. If you have materials you would like added, please send an email to the address at the right of the menu bar above. IMAGE MATERIALS LINK Cartoons by Ken Pyne from Baseball: A Cricketer's Guide Among a number of baseball titles published for a British audience around the time of Scottish Amicable's sponsorship deal was 1987's Baseball: A Cricketer's Guide, which contained a series of cartoons on British baseball by Ken Pyne. Pyne's work has featured in Private Eye and The Times. Click here Cartoons by Rex Phillips from Linedrive! During the independent breakaway league of 1992-1994, a fanzine titled Linedrive! was edited by London Warriors supporter Phil Ross, with contributions from Rex Phillips that included cartoons offering British baseball humour. Click here -Back to top-