Block:English Baseball in Berkshire on August 7 1884
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| Data | “Base ball” was one of the amusements provided for juveniles associated with one of the local Band of Hope contingents participating in the annual fete of Newbury Temperance Society. A newspaper reported that the 600 persons in attendance first proceeded to the fete grounds, and that “here a variety of sports was provided, including swings for both juveniles and adults, cricket, base ball, cocoa nuts, archery, bran pie, &c.” |
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| Sources | Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser, Aug. 17, 1884, p. 5 |
| Block Notes | “Cocoa nuts” involved throwing stones or other objects at cocoanuts on sticks, a game similar to Aunt Sally. “Bran pie” was a game involving tubs full of bran in which simple presents or sweets were hidden. |
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