Block:English Baseball in Buckinghamshire on August 29 1874
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| Data | “Base ball” was the subject of a brief news squib in the Barnsley (Yorkshire) Independent, in which the paper reported that “English ladies have taken to playing the American base ball game. Eleven ladies of the parish of Nash, Buckinghamshire, have beaten a similar team from Great Harwood, by 115 against 86 runs and an innings to spare.” |
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| Sources | Barnsley Independent, Aug. 29, 1874, p. 6 |
| Block Notes | This curious report undoubtedly reflects the writer's confusion, but also may reveal important details. It is improbable that a group of women in Bucks would be playing American-style baseball in 1874, even taking into account that the English tour of American professional ball players had just concluded. Bucks was among the English counties associated with the indigenous form of the game. The author mentioning eleven players to a side, and use of the term “runs” as a measure of scoring, are significant indicators about the game in that place at that time, assuming the writer wasn't confused about those as well. |
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