Block:English Baseball in Norfolk on June 2 1860
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| Data | “Base ball” was one of the games played at a Whitsuntide treat hosted in Carrow, Norfolk, by J. J. Colman, Esq., for his employees and their families, numbering nearly 1300 people altogether, on the meadows behind Carrow Abbey. A newspaper article reported that: “The young men had a game of cricket, the boys played at base ball and other games. Kissing in the ring appeared to be the favorite sport of the girls and children, while the men smoked their pipes and watched the games in calm enjoyment.” |
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| Sources | Norfolk News, June 2, 1860, p. 5 |
| Block Notes | The village name “Carrow” no longer exists, with the site and the ancient abbey having been incorporated into Bracondale, a neighborhood of northeast Norwich. |
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