Baseball at the Australian University Games

The AUG Cup was first awarded in 1925

Baseball at the Australian University Games has been part of the Australian University Games program since the 2004 games. The games are held in the last week of September during mid-Semester break. The reigning champions and most successful team is The University of Sydney who are members of the Sydney Uni Baseball Club.

History

The first university baseball was established by the Sydney Uni Baseball Club when it formed in 1899. By 1904, it was playing in the New South Wales Baseball Association Second Grade. ^[1] The next earliest reports of university baseball was the University of Melbourne playing in the Victorian league in 1908. ^[2] Inter-varsity baseball started in Australia in 1923 when Sydney, Adelaide and Melbourne played a triangular inter-varsity series. ^[3]

List of Champions

Year	City	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Teams Competing
2004	Perth	Edith Cowan University	Monash University	University of Wollongong	14
2005	Brisbane	Queensland University of Technology	University of Melbourne	Macquarie University	11
2006	Adelaide	University of Sydney	Monash University	University of Western Australia	11
2007	Gold Coast	University of Western Australia	University of Melbourne	Macquarie University	14
2008	Melbourne	University of Melbourne	University of Sydney	Macquarie University	9
2009	Gold Coast	University of Sydney	Griffith University	Monash University	8
2010	Perth	University of Sydney	Monash University	University of Melbourne	4
2011	Gold Coast	Monash University	University of Queensland	Griffith University	10
2012	Adelaide	University of Melbourne	University of Newcastle	Monash University	10
2013	Gold Coast	University of Melbourne	Monash University	Griffith University	12
2014	Sydney	University of Sydney	Monash University	University of Melbourne	10
2015	Gold Coast	Griffith University	University of Sydney	Queensland University of Technology	13
2016	Perth	University of Melbourne	Griffith University	University of Sydney	10
2017	Gold Coast	Griffith University	Queensland University of Technology	University of Sydney	14
2018	Gold Coast	University of Sydney	Griffith University	University of Technology Sydney	9

Historical results

• 1923 – Adelaide ^[4]
• 1924 – Sydney
• 1925 – Sydney
• 1926 – Sydney ^[5]
• 1927 – Sydney
• 1928 – Adelaide/Sydney
• 1931 – Adelaide ^[6]

Wollongong 1994

The 1994 Australian University Games were hosted by the University of Wollongong. The baseball was held at Fred Finch Reserve at Berkeley, Wollongong. A massive 16 teams from around Australia participated. The finals were contested with –

• The University of Newcastle winning Gold against the University of Melbourne, Silver.
• The University of Wollongong won the Bronze medal beating the University of New South Wales coming in 4th.

Perth 2004

The 2004 Australian University Games were held in Perth, Western Australia. Edith Cowan University won the gold medal match over Monash University. University of Wollongong won bronze over University of Western Australia.

14 teams participated including University of Wollongong, University of Sydney, University of Ballarat, University of Western Sydney, RMIT University, University of New South Wales, University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, Melbourne University, Monash University and University of Notre Dame Australia. ^{[7] [8]}

Brisbane 2005

The 2005 Australian University Games was hosted in Brisbane, Queensland. Griffith University were the overall winners, while the Queensland University of Technology won the baseball sports program.

Results

2005 AUG Results

26 September	Macquarie University	6–1	University of Western Sydney	Pool B

	University of Wollongong	4–4	University of Sydney	Pool A

	Monash University	6–2	University of Queensland	Pool B

	University of Western Australia	9–6	University of Western Sydney	Pool B

	University of Wollongong	8–8	Southern Cross University	Pool A

	University of Western Australia	6–2	University of New South Wales	Pool B

	Queensland University of Technology	1–5	University of Melbourne	Pool A

	Macquarie University	2–6	University of New South Wales	Pool B

	Queensland University of Technology	1–5	University of Melbourne	Pool A

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27 September	University of Wollongong	3–5	University of Melbourne	Pool A

	Southern Cross University	7–2	University of Sydney	Pool A

	University of Wollongong	4–10	Monash University	Pool B

	University of Queensland	1–7	University of Western Sydney	Pool B

	Queensland University of Technology	8–5	Southern Cross University	Pool A

	University of Melbourne	2–1	University of Sydney	Pool A

	Macquarie University	7–1	University of Queensland	Pool B

	Monash University	1–8	University of New South Wales	Pool B

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28 September	University of New South Wales	11–2	University of Western Sydney	Pool B

	University of Western Australia	3–11	University of Queensland	Pool B

	Queensland University of Technology	11–0	University of Wollongong	Pool A

	Macquarie University	13–3	Monash University	Pool B

	University of Queensland	2–8	University of New South Wales	Pool B

	University of Melbourne	16–3	Southern Cross University	Pool A

	Macquarie University	6–2	University of Western Australia	Pool B

	Monash University	15–0	University of Western Sydney	Pool B

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29 September	University of Sydney	8–1	University of Western Sydney	9th Playoff

	University of Wollongong	7–4	University of Western Australia	7th Playoff

	University of Queensland	2–1	University of Western Sydney	10th Playoff

	Southern Cross University	1–5	Monash University	5th Playoff

	University of Melbourne	10–0	Macquarie University	Semi-Final

	University of New South Wales	10–0	Queensland University of Technology	Semi-Final

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30 September	Macquarie University	11–4	University of New South Wales	Bronze Playoff

	University of Melbourne	5–8	Queensland University of Technology	Final

Adelaide 2006

The 2006 Australian University Games was hosted in Adelaide, South Australia. The University of Adelaide, University of South Australia and Flinders University were the overall winners, while the University of Sydney won the baseball sports program.

Results

Final Standings Rank University Points 1st University of Sydney   27 2nd Monash University   24 3rd University of Western Australia   22 4th Macquarie University   21 5th University of Melbourne   19 6th Griffith University   18 7th University of New South Wales   17 8th Australian National University   16 9th University of Ballarat   14 10th Victoria University   12 11th University of Western Sydney   11

Gold Coast 2007

The 2007 Australian University Games was hosted on the Gold Coast, Queensland. Griffith University were the overall winners, while the University of Western Australia won the baseball sports program. The baseball program was split into two divisions.

Results

Division 1 Standings Rank University Wins Draws Losses Points 1st University of Western Australia   5   1   0   17 2nd University of Melbourne   4   1   1   15 3rd Macquarie University   4   0   2   14 4th Monash University   3   1   2   13 5th University of Sydney   2   1   3   11 6th Griffith University 1   1   0   5   8 7th QUT   0   0   6   6

Division 2 Standings Rank University Wins Draws Losses Points 1st Australian College of PE   4   1   0   14 2nd Southern Cross University   3   1   1   12 3rd Macquarie University   3   1   1   12 4th Griffith University 2   3   0   2   11 5th University of Western Sydney   3   0   2   11 6th University of New South Wales   1   0   4   7 7th Victorian University   0   0   5   5

Melbourne 2008

The 2008 Australian University Games was hosted in Melbourne, Victoria. Victoria University and Monash University were the overall winners, while the University of Melbourne won the baseball sports program. Silver went to The University of Sydney.

Pool A Standings Rank University Wins Draws Losses Points 1st Macquarie University   4   0   0   12 2nd Flinders University   2   0   2   8 3rd University of Sydney   1   1   2   7 4th La Trobe University   1   1   2   7 5th Griffith University   1   0   3   6

Pool B Standings Rank University Wins Draws Losses Points 1st University of Melbourne   3   0   0   9 2nd Monash University   2   0   1   7 3rd Victoria University   1   0   2   5 4th University of New South Wales   0   0   3   3

2008 AUG Results

29 September	Flinders University	8–3	University of Sydney	Pool A

	Griffith University	7–3	La Trobe University	Pool A

	Victoria University	2–12	University of Melbourne	Pool B

	Monash University	8–0	University of New South Wales	Pool B

	La Trobe University	0–8	Macquarie University	Pool A

	Flinders University	4–3	Griffith University	Pool A

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30 September	Griffith University	2–7	Macquarie University	Pool A

	University of New South Wales	1–14	Victoria University	Pool B

	Monash University	5–6	University of Melbourne	Pool B

	Flinders University	2–4	La Trobe University	Pool A

	University of Sydney	1–5	Macquarie University	Pool A

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1 October	La Trobe University	8–8	University of Sydney	Pool A

	Victoria University	3–10	Monash University	Pool B

	University of Melbourne	10–0	University of New South Wales	Pool B

	Macquarie University	13–3	Monash University	Pool B

	Macquarie University	9–1	Flinders University	Pool A

	Griffith University	4–7	University of Sydney	Pool A

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2 October	University of New South Wales	1–13	Griffith University	Group J (7th–9th)

	Flinders University	1–4	Victoria University	Repechage – A2 vs B3

	University of Sydney	10–1	Monash University	Repechage – A3 vs B2

	Macquarie University	2–7	University of Sydney	Semi Final – A1 vs Winner R2

	University of Melbourne	31–6	Victoria University	Semi-Final – B1 vs Winner R1

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3 October	Griffith University	12–2	La Trobe University	Group J (7th–9th)

	La Trobe University	15–3	University of New South Wales	Group J (7th–9th)

	Flinders University	13–11	Monash University	5th Playoff

	Macquarie University	12–2	Victoria University	3rd Playoff

	University of Sydney	3–12	University of Melbourne	Final

Repechage

Semi-Finals

Grand-Final

B1

University of Melbourne

31

A2

Flinders University

1

R1

Victoria University

6

B3

Victoria University

4

S1

University of Melbourne

12

S2

University of Sydney

3

A1

Macquarie University

2

A3

University of Sydney

10

R2

University of Sydney

7

B2

Monash University

1

Gold Coast 2009

The 2009 Australian University Games were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland from 27 September – 2 October between 8 teams.

The University of Sydney won gold at with an 8–5 victory over Griffith University at Sir Bruce Small Park.

Pool A Standings Rank University Wins Draws Losses Win% 1st Monash University   3   0   0   100% 2nd University of Melbourne   2   0   1   66% 3rd Flinders University   1   0   2   33% 4th University of New England   0   0   3   0%

Pool B Standings Rank University Wins Draws Losses Win % 1st Macquarie University   3   0   0   100% 2nd Griffith University   2   0   1   66% 3rd University of Sydney   1   0   2   33% 4th University of New South Wales   0   0   3   0%

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

A1

Monash University

2

B4

University of New South Wales

1

A1

Monash University

8

B2

Griffith University

9

A2

University of Melbourne

2

B3

University of Sydney

9

B2

Griffith University

5

B3

University of Sydney

8

A3

Flinders University

5

B2

Griffith University

8

B3

University of Sydney

10

A1

Macquarie University

6

A4

University of New England

9

B1

Macquarie University

23

Perth 2010

The 2010 Australian University Games were held at Perth, Western Australia from 26 September to 1 October 2010. University of Sydney defeated Monash University 8–7 for the gold medal. The games had the lowest number of entrants since its inception, with only hosts University of Western Australia and bronze medallists University of Melbourne being the other two entrants.

Gold Coast 2011

The 2011 Australian University Games were held on the Gold Coast, Queensland from 25 to 30 September 2011. There was a total of 10 teams competing with Monash University defeating University of Queensland 8–7 in the final game. Griffith University won the bronze.

Adelaide 2012

The 2012 Australian University Games were hosted in Adelaide, South Australia from 23 to 28 September 2012. A total of 10 teams competing with University of Melbourne defeating University of Newcastle 9–2. The previous year's winners Monash University were awarded the bronze.

Gold Coast 2013

The 2013 Australian University Games were hosted on the Gold Coast, Queensland from 29 September to 4 October 2013. A total of 12 teams competed, the most since 2007, with University of Melbourne defeating Monash University 9–5 to win their second consecutive gold. Griffith University won the bronze.

Sydney 2014

The 2014 Australian University Games were held in Sydney, New South Wales, the first time since 2001, from 28 September to 3 October 2014 with 10 teams competing. The University of Sydney won gold with a 15–10 win over Monash University in the championship game, while The University of Melbourne defeated University of Newcastle 13–3 in the bronze medal match.

Gold Coast 2015

The 2015 Australian University Games were hosted on the Gold Coast, Queensland from 28 September to 2 October 2015. A total of 13 teams competed, the most since 2013, with Griffith University defeating University of Sydney 9–4 to win their first gold medal since 2005. Queensland University of Technology won the bronze with a 9–8 win over Monash University.

Perth 2016

The 2016 Australian University Games will be held in Perth, Western Australia from 26 to 30 September 2016. A total of 9 teams will compete in the tournament being held at Kingsway Regional Sporting Complex, the home of the Wanneroo Giants Baseball Club.

See also

• Baseball in Australia
• Australian University Games
• Australia National Youth Championships (baseball)
• Baseball awards#Australia

References

1. "New South Wales Association Annual Meeting". The Sydney Morning Herland. 15 April 1904. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
2. "BASEBALL". Melbourne, Victoria: The Argus. 24 August 1908. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
3. "Baseball". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 August 1923. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
4. "22 Aug 1923 – BASEBALL. – Trove". Nla.gov.au. 22 August 1923. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
5. "21 Aug 1926 – INTER-UNIVERSITY BASEBALL. – Trove". Nla.gov.au. 21 August 1926. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
6. "22 Aug 1931 – BASEBALL. – Trove". Nla.gov.au. 22 August 1931. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
7. UWA Go For Bronze – Baseball WA
8. W. A. Baseball Umpires Association (Inc.) Australian University Games – Perth 2004 – Baseball WA

External links

• Australian University Games Baseball