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... STOOLBALL AT SHEFFILED PARK. return mate+ between Bareombe lolanthe aid Miss If attenbovough's XI. was played on at Sheffield Part, when M. Attenbornullb .l eleven did not bat owing to rain, which stopped further play The Bareonthe opened rather bally ...
... were about to witness, under the heading of Stool-ball, an old Sussex game, similar in many respects to cricket, played by females. It has lately been revived in East Sussex by the establishment of stool-ball clubs in many villages. The game, he adds ...
... STOOLBALL AT SHEFFIELD PARK. A stoolball was played on haturday in Park, between Colonel Dewe's Riugmer Xl. and Miss May Attenborouglir XL, was wou lay the Minister teem by 48 runs. The itief feature of the winning team was the splendid bat• tiny of Nirhohou ...
... were about to witness, under the heading of Stool-ball, an old Sussex game, similar in many respects to cricket, played by females. It has lately been revived in East Sussex by the establishment of stool-ball clubs in many villages. The game, he adds ...
... LLOYD AND SON'S PRICE LIST OF TEE FOLLOWING GAMES, &c., IS NOW READY:— CLIC-JUSTIN°. LAWN TENNIS. FISH' SG TACKLE. STOOLBALL FOOTBALL GOLF. All Clubs should see this List before ordering eleembere. Reduced Mem All goods In mock to select from LIST GRATIS ...
... Clubs a Liberal Discount. A very large Stock to select from. STOOLBALL—This old Suseex game Is now rapidly becoming very popular. L. and S. are the Original and Only Makers of the Sussex Stoolball Bats. Complete Sets from 7.. Full particulars, rules, and ...
... to Clubs a Liberal Discount. A very Stock to select from. STOOLBALL—This old Sussex gam. is now rapidly becoming very popular. L. and S. are the original and Only Makers of the Sussex Stoolball Bats. Complete Sets from 7s. Full particulars. and prices ...
... have known stool-ball, from which amusement I shall attempt to derive the origin of cricket. In truth, Homer only says that Nausicaa played at ball with her maidens, but Chapman puts it thus Nansicaa With other virgins did at stool-ball play, Their ...
... Clubs a Liberal Discount. A very large Stock to select from. STOOLBALL.—This old Sumer game is now rapidly becoming very popular. L. and S. are the Original and Only Makers of the Sussex Stoolball Bats. Complete from 7s. Full particulars, and prices on ...
... prophane town, where stool-ball, cricketts, and other games were practised on the Lord's - Day. Thus, at that early date, a distinction was already taken, even by a Puritan who was no sportsman, between cricket and stool-ball. Then we hear, I really ...
... the Spring quarter, says :— In this Quarter are very much practised the commendable exercises of Nine Pins, Pigeon-boles, Stool-ball, and Barley, by reason, Whitson Holydays and May Day do fall in this Quarter.' But in the almanac for 1707, the game is ...
... ITS FORERUNNERS, As far as we can ascertain, cricket seems to have been evolved out of stool-ball, and tip-cat. or, as it was called, ret and dog. From stool-ball was borrowed the primitive wicket—a stool, or cricketwhich, perhaps, gave its name to the ...