Block:English Baseball in Kent, Surrey on July 19 1890

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Data	“Base ball” was one of many amusements made available to employees of a large firm on a summer's day outing provided for them by their employer, Mr. Alderman Allder of Croydon, Surrey. The gathering was held on the grounds of a country residence in Edenbridge in nearby Kent, where a newspaper reported that “every amusement conceivable was here supplied, swings, lawn tennis, cricket, base ball, cocoanuts, quoits, and many other games being indulged in by the company.”
Sources	Croydon Advertiser and East Surrey Reporter, July 19, 1890, p. 8
Block Notes	Croydon was then in Surrey but is now part of London. The article does not mention the nature of Mr. Allder's business. The game of “cocoanuts” mentioned in the article is somewhat obscure, and apparently involved players throwing objects (balls? rocks?) at cocoanuts attached to stakes from a distance of thirty feet and trying to get them to fall into small baskets underneath.
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