Block:English Baseball in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire on August 13 1859
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| Data | "Base ball" was again to be played at a grand birthday celebration for the Duchess of Kent, this time her 73rd. A newspaper announced that the party would be held on the grounds of the Ankerwycke estate in Wraysbury, Buckinghamshire, near the spot where the Magna Carta was signed: "The Amusements will consist of Dancing, Archery, Cricket, Quoits, Trap-Bat and Ball, Foot and Base Ball, Swings, &c., 4-oared and Sculling Matches, and an entertainment under the direction of Mr. Nelson Lee, the caterer for the nobility's and Crystal Palace fetes." |
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| Sources | Reading Mercury, Aug. 13, 1859, p. 5 |
| Block Notes | Wraysbury was transferred to Berkshire in 1974. |
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