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Game	Gate-ball (Thorball)
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
Location
Regions	Europe
Eras	Predecessor
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Description	Bowen (1970) writes that “Gate-ball (‘Thorball’), as found in the early Dutch and Danish accounts is “obviously but wicket [cricket], again.”
Sources	R. Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development Throughout the World (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1970), page 36. Bowen does not give dates or sources for the Dutch/Danish accounts.
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-|Description=<p>Bowen (1970) writes that &ldquo;Gate-ball (&lsquo;Thorball&rsquo;), as found in the early Dutch and Danish accounts is &ldquo;obviously but wicket [cricket], again.&rdquo;</p>
+|Game Regions=Europe
-|Sources=<p><span>R. Bowen,&nbsp;</span><em>Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development Throughout the World (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1970), page 36.</em></p>
+|Description=<p>Bowen (1970) writes that “Gate-ball (‘Thorball’), as found in the early Dutch and Danish accounts is “obviously but wicket [cricket], again.”</p>
+|Sources=<p><span>R. Bowen, </span><em>Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development Throughout the World </em>(Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1970), page 36<em>.  </em>Bowen does not give dates or sources for the Dutch/Danish accounts.</p>
+|Game Eras=Predecessor
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