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... STOOLBALL. To the EDITOR Of TIIE GAZETTE DEAR SlR,—Vour special correspondent's ignorance ''f Sussex must he abysmal if he thinks Stoolball is now an extinct pastime. I hope his information on cricket is more truisMorth. Stoolball was flourishing in ...
... STOOLBALL AT FULHAM. THE BISHOP OF LONDON HE OS HIS TEAM. At a stoolhall match played at Fulham 1 _Lice the following scores were matde. It will be noted that the Bishop to.tk an active part in the game: MAJOR GRANTHAM'S TEAM. Major Grantham, out 7 Mr ...
... STOOLBALL IN SURREY. ancient game of stoolhall spreading In Surrey. and the 28th inst. a Pitney team is to play Sussex on the recation ground at the Whiteley Village Home. The return match is to take place 5 Jul) , at Henfield . Surrey are also play ...
... Stool-Ball Revival. Can it be that the craze for vigorous sports is creating its own reaction? Certainly it is curious that stool-ball, which the modern generation might have been expected to regard as dull, is spreading rapidly in popularity in the South ...
... STOOLBALL FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS. Anoncr stoolball match ha 4 been arranged by Nlr. W. \V. Grantham, to be played between i. team of Veterans and others against Convaleset nt Oversea s Officers at Lord's on Saturday :liter-noon next under the patronage ...
... STOOLBALL SOME EXPLANATORY NOTES ON THE GAME. ...
... • freak Mattlics, which surely ought not to I,- e ncouraged. home Sidelights on Stoolball. An attempt is now being made to revue the old outdoor Sussex game of stoolball—regarded by some authorities as the precursor of cricketv:hich, in the opinion of ...
... A STOOL-BALL MATCH. GAME UNDER UNIQUE CONDITIONS AT BRIGHTON. (Special to the Westminster Gasette.l An interesting - event, unique in the lung nals of English •port, took place on Saturday in the Royal l'aviliod Gardens. Brighton. It took the form of ...
... STOOLIALL AT BATTERSEA PAIR. The annual stoolball match between members of the L.C.C. and their staff took place in Battersea Park on Saturday, and resulted in a win for the staff—their third successive victory. Stoolball is the ancestor of cricket, in which ...
... Westminster Casette.) And then to Lord's, where I and my wife attire was greatly admired) witnessed ye n,iente game of stoolball between teams of honourable gentlemen of the London County council and soldiers broken in our late wars, not improbably ...
... have seen murrice-dancing, cudgel-playing, stool-ball, crickets, and many other sports openly and publicly on the Lord's Day. This passage is very interesting because it demonstrates most clearly that stool-ball and cricket were separate games; whereas ...
... introduction of the old English pastime of Stoolball as an ideal recreation for wounded men, and an exhibition match was played at Lord's in August. An account of the proceedings and an appeal for stoolball sets, which range in price from £1 to 255., ...