Softball in Victoria grew after the bombing of Darwin and the inclusion of Australia in World War II, when American military personnel brought the game with them.
[2][3][4] The organisation came about because of the work of two people, American Special Forces Sergeant William Du Vernet and Melburnian Irene Burrows.
[7] In 1947, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria participated in the first interstate softball competition in the country.
Since then, several competitors from this state have been awarded scholarships including Dianne Clark, Peta Edebone, Jenny Holliday, Kellie Loughman, Belinda Lowing and Nicole Richardson who all had scholarships in the programme's inaugural year.
[13] Melbourne was the home to Australia's second international competition ready softball diamond, complete with lights.
At the 1979 annual meeting for the national softball association, the Victorian delegation moved the organisation should create a long-term plan to improve the men's game.
In 1982, the state organisation's newsletter wrote about the distances some of the men in the state were travelling in order to compete, including one player, Mark Buls, who travelled from Swan Hill, Victoria to Knox, Victoria in order to play in Saturday games.