The St Kilda Saints Baseball Club is a baseball club based in the inner Melbourne suburb of St Kilda. The club, formed in 1879, is the oldest baseball club in AustraliaBaseball. The Argus, 19 May 1879 and played a series of games against the touring Georgia Minstrels.Baseball. The Argus, 28 July 1879
The Club currently fields senior teams in summer in the Baseball Victoria Summer League in Division 3 and 4. In winter, the club fields senior teams in the Melbourne Winter Baseball League in B and C grades, and Junior Teams in the Little League Mariners Charter.
History The St Kilda Baseball Club was formed in 1879Baseball. The Argus, 19 May 1879 to play against the traveling Hick Georgia Minstrels,Baseball. The Argus, 28 July 1879 However once the Minstrels left Melbourne, Victoria, the club went into recess.Baseball, Base Ball Association. Australian Town and Country Journal, 6 March 1886 The Club reformed in 1889 with the establishment of the Victorian Baseball League.
The St Kilda Baseball Club was one of the 8 clubs that succeeded from the original Victorian Baseball League in 1915 to form the Victorian Baseball Union, the others being Melbourne, East Melbourne, South Melbourne, Fitzroy, Carlton, Richmond, Collingwood, and Hawthorn.Baseball, A Critical Position. The Argus, 5 April 1915
References
External links St Kilda Baseball Club Baseball Victoria Summer League Melbourne Winter Baseball League