1586c.1

Sydney Cites Stoolball

Salience	Noteworthy
Tags	Famous, FemalesFamous, Females
Location	EnglandEngland
City/State/Country:	England
Modern Address
Game	StoolballStoolball
Immediacy of Report	Contemporary
Age of Players	Youth, AdultYouth, Adult
Holiday
Notables	Sir Philip Sydney, Lady Mary Dudley
Text	"A time there is for all, my mother often sayes When she with skirts tuckt very hie, with gyrles at stoolball playes"
Sources	Sir Philip Sydney, Arcadia: Sonnets [1622], page 493. Note: citation needs confirmation.
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Comment	Sir Philip Sydney (1554-1586) died at age 31 in 1586. As of October 2012, this early stoolball ref. is the only one I see that can be interpreted as describing baserunning in stoolball - but it still may merely describe running by a fielder, not a batter. (LMc, Oct/2012) Sydney's mother was the sister of Robert Dudley, noted in item #1500s.2 above as a possible stoolball player in the time of Eliizabeth I. Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Further interpretations are welcome as to Sydney's meaning. Edit with form to add a query
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