Basketball when was it first played

This Day In History. History Vault. Recommended for you. How the Troubles Began in Northern Ireland. How a Canadian Invented Basketball. Who Invented Baseball? Little did James Naismith or of any of his players realize how big this new game would become in a very short amount of time. Team 1: John J. Thompson, Eugene S. Libby, T. MacDonald, William H. Davis, Lyman Archibald, Edwin P.

Ruggles, William R. The final score of the game ended 1 — 0. Team 1 were the victors. William R. Chase scored the only goal of the game from 25 feet away from the basket… becoming the first person to score a goal during a game in basketball history! Naismith observed that in most sports, many injuries tended to happen when the player with the ball ran around, particularly with the other team more or less attacking that player.

This way, the focus would be more on the ball, rather than the player. Now, to be clear, while Will's descendants do not claim that Lambert G. Will invented the game, they do claim that he gave Dr. Naismith several suggestions on improving the game as Dr. Naismith had contact him about the new game, asking for suggestions. However, as another of his grandson's, Lawrence Will, stated, "He came up with some ideas, but I suspect he was not the only one.