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|Year=1841 | |||
|Year Number=11 | |||
|Headline=Scottish Dictionary Calls "Cat and Dog" a Game for Three | |Headline=Scottish Dictionary Calls "Cat and Dog" a Game for Three | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Text=<p>In cat-and-dog, two holes are cut at a distance of thirteen | |Tags=Pre-modern Rules, | ||
<p>Jamieson, < | |Country=Scotland | ||
|Coordinates=56.49067119999999, -4.2026458000000275 | |||
|Game=Cat-and-Dog, | |||
|Text=<p>In cat-and-dog, two holes are cut at a distance of thirteen yards. At each hole stands a player with a club, called a "dog." [. . . ] His object is to keep the cat out of the hole. "If the cat be struck, he who strikes it changes places with the person who holds the other club, and as often as the positions are changed one is counted as won in the game by the two who hold the clubs.</p> | |||
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|Sources=<p>Jamieson, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Scotch Dictionary</span> (Edinburgh, 1841). As cited in A.G. Steel and R. H. Lyttelton, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cricket,</span> (Longmans Green, London, 1890) 4<sup><span style="font-size: small;">th</span></sup> edition, page 4.Detail provided by John Thorn, email of 2/10/2008.</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>Note that this is not described as a team game. A winner is that player who most frequently puts a ball into a goal.</p> | |||
|Query=<p>Does Jamieson describe other ballgames?</p> | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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| Text | In cat-and-dog, two holes are cut at a distance of thirteen yards. At each hole stands a player with a club, called a "dog." [. . . ] His object is to keep the cat out of the hole. "If the cat be struck, he who strikes it changes places with the person who holds the other club, and as often as the positions are changed one is counted as won in the game by the two who hold the clubs.
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| Sources | Jamieson, Scotch Dictionary (Edinburgh, 1841). As cited in A.G. Steel and R. H. Lyttelton, Cricket, (Longmans Green, London, 1890) 4th edition, page 4.Detail provided by John Thorn, email of 2/10/2008. |
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| Comment | Note that this is not described as a team game. A winner is that player who most frequently puts a ball into a goal. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | Does Jamieson describe other ballgames? Edit with form to add a query |
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