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REVIVAL OF STOOLBALL

... REVIVAL OF STOOLBALL. A worker on Mrs. Harrison Bell's poultry farm at Welwyn, Herta, making friends with four champion birds. Photopress. Stoolball, the forerunner of cricket, is rapidly returning to popularity. In Sussex Mr. Benjamiu Hallam, aged 96 ...

Published: Wednesday 21 September 1927
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 90 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Stoolball Arrives

... Stoolball Arrives. A NEW SPURT FUR PORT TALBOT. Stoolball is making a.. • sport in Port Talbot, and this once national pastime, which has died out almost completely in recent years, is followed by a large number of enthusiastic players who are discussing ...

Published: Friday 01 September 1933
Newspaper: Glamorgan Gazette
County: Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 125 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

CENTRAL COUNCIL OF RECREATIVE PHYSICAL TRAINING In Co-operation With GLAMORGANSHIRE EDUCATION AUTHORITY YOUNG ..

... COME ALONG AND BRING YOUR FRIENDS TO THE Maesteg Rugby Ground (by kind permission) and Play Games The Games will include Stoolball, Rounders, Rugby Touch, Danish Rounders, Deck Tennis, Skittleball, Baseball, etc. Children under Li years of age not admitted ...

Published: Friday 02 July 1943
Newspaper: Glamorgan Advertiser
County: Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 78 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

EBBW VALE SPORTS GROUND

... districts, are given instruction in sport on a playing field instead of unexciting physical exercities in a school yard. Stool-ball. tennis and basket-ball, for girls ; cricket for bop. Plenty of comfortable seats should he provided for elderly folk, who ...

Published: Saturday 08 June 1940
Newspaper: Merthyr Express
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 94 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

W 1 0 ibIIALL

... W 0 ibIIALL. Stoolball is a seep old game which has this merit about it -that eterytiod es envier in it. even those !to more or les. disabled or who ,re too old for footh il l, lard rrieket. Moir 'ter. ali e n the la.l ro.etioned pastime.. are inconrenient ...

Published: Saturday 02 August 1919
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 122 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

AN OLD-Till OANIL

... AN OLD-Till The gams of stool-ball is still played by SUMICI and girls. Thews is usually a club in every village, managed on the same lines as a village cricket club, and matches between rival villages frequently occasion much interest. The gams is played ...

Published: Thursday 25 February 1909
Newspaper: Flintshire Observer
County: Flintshire, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 91 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

AN OLD-TIMI °AIM

... AN OLD-TIMI °AIM The game of stool-ball is still played by Sussex women and girls. There is usually a club in every village, managed on the same lines as a village cricket club, and matches between rival villages frequently occasion much interest. The ...

Published: Saturday 12 June 1909
Newspaper: Radnorshire Standard
County: Powys, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 92 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

LEAGUE OF NATIONS' UNION

... H. C. Milner. On the girls' side tho winners are the Red House (Capt., Eileen Deasy). Tho competitions include,' hockey, stoolball, netball, captain ball, tennis, agility exercises, relay races. swimming. The football, cricket and hockey tea ms played ...

Published: Saturday 26 March 1927
Newspaper: Merthyr Express
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 268 | Page: 12 | Tags: none

FACE GREW GRIM

... have this sport :surviving as tossing the caber at the Highland Games.) There were people applauding a vigorous game of stoolball. And all about was fun and frolic. It was healthy enough and harmless enough. goodness knows, but the Governor's face was ...

Published: Thursday 22 December 1938
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 343 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

GADLYS SCHOOLS' SPORTS

... Boys 440 Yards Handicap.—lst, T. James; 2nd. E. George . Girls' and Sloon Race.—let, 0. Jones; and. E. Wheatcroft. Throwing Stoolball (Girls).—lst, S. Davies; and. M. Edwards. Boy,' 110 Yards Scratch.-Ist, W. Forward; and. G. Watkins. Girls' Freak Race.—lot ...

Published: Saturday 18 June 1932
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 298 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

SATURDAY'S CEREMONY

... with boys' and girls' gardens, hockey and footbaU in the winter, and cricket in the summer, disco, five-ten, net-ball, stool-ball, etc. If funds will' allow it is also intended to emet a pavilion and tea-house. The ground is surrounded by an unclimbable ...

Published: Friday 12 June 1925
Newspaper: Glamorgan Gazette
County: Mid Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 479 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

PLAY LEADERSHIP

... rprcu reporter visited the park, he found over 350 children playing various which included football, netball, rounders ' stoolball, padda-tennis, volley ball and tentkort. The children take part in any type ' of game they wish, and as they are split up ...

Published: Saturday 10 August 1940
Newspaper: Merthyr Express
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 480 | Page: 4 | Tags: none