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dynaboyj · 09-21-2020, 04:07 PM

The first round of the 1950 English Baseball Cup, featuring the lowest-ranked 24 teams by regular season win percentage, went as expected. Two matchups were between two EDT teams, one was between two EDO teams, and the other nine were cross-league. All EDO teams won against their opponents save for the previously-discussed York and Blackpool, who lost against the fairly unsuccessful but at least equally-matched EDT sides Bournemouth and Coventry. Chesterfield also lost to the notoriously difficult but successful Beeston & Stapleford Motors. Tamworth, the last-place team, pulled off an upset 2-0 series against the moderately successful D2 team Manchester.

Four matchups saw a third game (the entire tournament is best-of-three). Notably, Poole, an EDT team established this year after a scandal involving the league's London and Leicester teams, won a game 11-5 at home against the EDO side Norwich before losing on the road 3-5. Poole 3B Noah Grey, a former Leicester player, splashed four hits and a grand slam in the win. Poole went 44-94 in the regular season.

09-21-2020, 04:07 PM	#5
dynaboyj Major Leagues Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Baltimore Posts: 307	The first round of the 1950 English Baseball Cup, featuring the lowest-ranked 24 teams by regular season win percentage, went as expected. Two matchups were between two EDT teams, one was between two EDO teams, and the other nine were cross-league. All EDO teams won against their opponents save for the previously-discussed York and Blackpool, who lost against the fairly unsuccessful but at least equally-matched EDT sides Bournemouth and Coventry. Chesterfield also lost to the notoriously difficult but successful Beeston & Stapleford Motors. Tamworth, the last-place team, pulled off an upset 2-0 series against the moderately successful D2 team Manchester. Four matchups saw a third game (the entire tournament is best-of-three). Notably, Poole, an EDT team established this year after a scandal involving the league's London and Leicester teams, won a game 11-5 at home against the EDO side Norwich before losing on the road 3-5. Poole 3B Noah Grey, a former Leicester player, splashed four hits and a grand slam in the win. Poole went 44-94 in the regular season.