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Goodwood is a Baseball club playing in the South Australian Baseball League. [1] Known as the Indians, their home ground is Mortlock Park in Colonel Light Gardens. [1] The Goodwood Baseball Club was founded in 1889 and is the oldest baseball club in existence in South Australia and the oldest continuous baseball club in Australia. [2]

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  1. 1 2 "Goodwood Baseball Club". sacommunity.org. SAcommunity. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. Matt Turner (9 April 2014). "Goodwood Baseball Club Celebrates Its 125th Anniversary". The Advertiser. Retrieved 10 September 2019.