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The earliest known reference to 'Baseball' was in 1791. The context of the report was that the game of 'baseball' wasn't to be allowed within 80 yards of the town's (Pittsfield, Massachusetts) new meeting hall.
The first documented game, however, didn't come up until 1838.
Cricket is first referenced to in 1300. It was called 'creag' then. It is reported that Edward I's son, Prince Edward, played this game.
So, in answer to your question:
No one knows exactly when cricket 'officially' became a sport, but it can be inferred that cricket came along as long as 500 years before baseball did.
=More likely the other way around. Cricket has been around in some form or another since the 1500's and perhaps earlier. The basic idea of a batter, pitcher (bowler) and catcher and scoring runs can all be found in cricket.==Baseball was generally believed to come from 'rounders'=
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Definately baseball! It's America's Pastime! If you look in a history book there is stuff about baseball but not softball! Baseball is more well known there for it came first It's better too!That depends on how you define each sport. Organized team contests involving the kicking or carrying of a ball across a line have existed for centuries, but when these games became what we now call "American football" can be debated. However, it would be difficult for anyone watching a game, in which passing the ball forward was illegal, to think of that as modern American football. That innovation came about in 1905.
If people of today watched a baseball game played in the 1870s, most would agree it is pretty similar to the game of today. Since 1893, when the mound was moved to 60' 6", the game has not changed that much.
So I'll go with baseball.
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