<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derby_County_Baseball_Club" class="extiw" title="en:Derby County Baseball Club">Derby County Baseball Club</a> 1890 see <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=Y7tqTcVaawwC&amp;pg=PA269&amp;dq=%22francis+ley%22&amp;hl=en&amp;ei=RyDfS_W7EoLEOM7nofUG&amp;sa=X&amp;oi=book_result&amp;ct=result&amp;resnum=4&amp;ved=0CEIQ6AEwAzge#v=onepage&amp;q=%22francis%20ley%22&amp;f=false">Baseball without borders: the international pastime</a>, George Gmelch, p.268
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&lt;1898 (end of club}
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