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The following is a complete transcription of an article that reviews three baseball games --
Simcoe vs Walsingham Centre, Farlow's Team vs Boyd's Team, Printers vs Harnessmakers -- published in the 10 Jul 1884 issue of the British Canadian newspaper.
[Scoring math errors in the source were not corrected in this transcription]

Base Ball Matches

WALSINGHAM CENTRE vs SIMCOE

A league match of base ball was played on Thursday, between the Walsingham Centre and Simcoe clubs. Only eight innings could be played on account of rain. The score then stood -- Simcoe 21, Walsingham Centre 17. The following is the score:--

SIMCOE

R.

O.
Brady
Knowles
McCrimmon
Boyd
Fenton
Tripp
Stephen
Duncombe
Ritz

4
4
5
4
2
2
0
0
1
---
22

2
2
1
2
3
3
4
4
3
---
24

WALSINGHAM 

 R. O.
Ellison
Caldwell
Christmas
Terry
Kearn
Armstrong
Wilson
Anger
Smith		 4
4
3
1
1
1
2
2
0
---
18		 1
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
4
---
24
Innings
Simcoe
Wal. C.		 1
4
4		 2
1
2		 3
3
3		 4
0
0		 5
3
2		 6
2
3		 7
4
0		 8
5
5
22
18




 

FARLOW vs BOYD

A The following is the score of an interesting match which was played on Friday afternoon:--

FARLOW'S TEAM

R.

O.
J. B. Farlow
W. Burt
L. Jackson
Rev. Mr. McGrath
F. H. Young
H. B. Donly
W. Y. Wallace
W. Counter
W. Dunlop
R. Tisdale

6
3
5
4
5
3
6
4
4
6
---
46

1
3
3
4
2
5
1
3
3
2
---
27

BOYD'S TEAM

 R. O.
J. C. Boyd
W. S. Perry
O. M. Jones
L. J. Potts
Rev. Mr. Parker
G. S. Canfield
Dr. Bowlby
R. Murphy
J. Dixon
G. H. Luscombe		 4
3
3
1
4
4
3
4
0
2
---
28		 1
4
3
4
2
2
2
1
6
2
---
27
Innings
Farlow's
Boyd's		 1
5
1		 2
2
2		 3
4
6		 4
5
2		 5
2
2		 6
11
4		 7
6
10		 8
2
1		 9
9
0
26
28



 

PRINTERS vs HARNESSMAKERS

This  match oon Monday afternoon was a thoroughly scientific one, and proved to be very exciting as it was a good day for runs. At first the odds were in favor of the harnessmakers, but te typos were good on the home stretch and they waxed their opponents right handsomely. The following is the Score:--

PRINTERS

R.

O.
A. Munro
H. Johnson
L. Betts
F. Pearce
R. B. Matheson
A. Young
G. R. Cook
G. Thoroughgood
W. Donly

11
10
10
4
10
8
6
6
9
---
74

0
1
2
8
2
3
5
4
2
---
27

HARNESSMAKERS

 R. O.
R. Whitside
E. Bacon
J. Porter
H. Brown
J. Healey
H. Wood
A. Porter
G. Tune
F. Brown		 9
8
8
7
9
6
6
7
6
---
66		 2
3
2
3
1
4
5
2
4
---
27
Innings
Printers
Harnessm		 1
4
6		 2
2
12		 3
2
2		 4
5
11		 5
6
10		 6
17
0		 7
10
12		 8
13
11		 9
15
1
74
66



 
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