Footscray Baseball Club

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Footscray Bulldogs Baseball Club
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League Baseball Victoria Summer League - Summer Melbourne Winter Baseball League - Winter (Division 3 - Summer, D2 grade - Winter)
Location Yarraville, Victoria
BallparkHanks Reserve , Yarraville
Year founded1925
ColorsRed, Blue, White, Grey
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The Footscray Bulldogs Baseball Club is a Baseball Club based in the inner Melbourne suburb of Yarraville. The club was formed in 1925 [1] .

The Club currently fields senior teams in Summer in the Baseball Victoria Summer League in Division 3, Women's teams in Division 1 and 2 and Junior teams. In winter the club fields 3 senior men’s teams in the Melbourne Winter Baseball League C and C reserve section and D grade.

During the 2012-2013 Summer Season, the Bulldogs were successful in winning the Men's Divisions 3 Reserves and Women's Division 2 Premierships.

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References

  1. Club for Footscray The Argus, 30 March 1925