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  • Block:English Baseball in Suffolk on December 9 1893  + (<p>Even at this very late date, describing baseball as a pastime that is a delight of every true juvenile Briton makes it evident that this is a reference to the original English form of the game.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on July 16 1859  + (<p>Evidently, the writer of these words was so moved by what he/she witnessed that nothing less than this incredibly long sentence could convey his/her enthusiasm.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Norfolk on August 2 1851  + (<p>From the context of the article it is apparent that the baseball incident reported by the witness took place in the early 19th century.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in London on August 9 1913  + (<p>From the setting and location, this would appear to be traditional English baseball.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Suffolk on September 2 1898  + (<p>Given that this is a reminiscence of some 50 years earlier, there is no doubt the reference is to English baseball.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Oxfordshire on July 23 1896  + (<p>Given the context, this was more likely English baseball than American</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Berkshire on December 31 1859  + (<p>Given the early date and the location, it was almost certainly English baseball that the jokester had in mind.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in London on January 22 1859  + (<p>Given the early date, it is almost certain that the game referred to was English baseball.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in London/Suffolk on August 29 1874  + (<p>Given the energetic effort to mak<p>Given the energetic effort to make fun of both the touring American baseball players and the way Londoners received them, it is hard to know how much credence to give Punch's description of Suffolk baseball. It may be that the writer, who was undoubtedly a London-based contributor to Punch, if not a staff person, had some knowledge of Suffolk baseball, although it is also possible that he simply invented a rustic version of the American game. The description makes no mention of soaking, which would have been part of Suffolk baseball, but does suggest that the striker could use a bare hand. This, coupled with the unusual awareness that English baseball was still played in Suffolk, gives the piece a touch of credibility. </p>lk, gives the piece a touch of credibility. </p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Surrey on December 7 1900  + (<p>Given the formality of this elect<p>Given the formality of this election, it is possible the club was playing American-style baseball, notwithstanding that the original English game was still being practiced in Surrey and other southern English counties at the time. The Monotype Athletic Club appears to be have been succeeded long ago by the current Perrywood Sports and Social Club of Salfords.</p>errywood Sports and Social Club of Salfords.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Suffolk on August 30 1924  + (<p>Given the late date, it might see<p>Given the late date, it might seem unlikely that these children were playing English-style baseball. Yet the setting in rural Suffolk, the two-word spelling of the word baseball, and the familiar motif of a church-affiliated children's group playing the game on a country outing, all support the possibility that this could be a rare surviving example of an otherwise extinct form of baseball.</p>le of an otherwise extinct form of baseball.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in East & West Sussex on July 26 1866  + (<p>Hannington's was a major commerci<p>Hannington's was a major commercial enterprise with more than 200 employees, and was nicknamed “the Harrod's of Brighton.” It closed in 2001 after 200 years of operation. It is unlikely that the “weed” being enjoyed at the event was what the term now conveys, but more likely was cigars or some other form of tobacco.</p>ly was cigars or some other form of tobacco.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Leipzig, Saxony (Germany) in 1837  + (<p>I'm not sure how to interpret the translation.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on June 21 1875  + (<p>Identifying baseball as a “favourite game” of the soldiers raises a question of whether this would be the original Engish game or the American version, although there are no specific indicators pointing to the latter.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Kent on November 25 1892  + (<p>If this mind-boggling assertion o<p>If this mind-boggling assertion of 16th century baseball seems too good to be true, be assured that it is. Edward VI, the young, highly intelligent son of Henry VII did, indeed, keep a detailed journal during his short life (he died from pneumonia at the age of 15). The journal entries that Rev. Blore interpreted as baseball were entered by Edward on two days in the year 1550. The first, on March 31st, read: “A chaleng made by me that I, with 16 of my chaumbre, shuld runne at base, shote, and rune at ring with any 17 of my servauntes, gentlemen in the court.” The outcome of the challenge was revealed the next day, April 1st: “The first day of the chaleng at base, or running, the King wane.” Plainly, these entries make reference to the game of prisoner's base, not baseball. Reverend Blore would not be the first nor the last to get the two confused. </p>first nor the last to get the two confused. </p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in London/Berkshire in 1835  + (<p>Illustrating the irregularity of the era's spelling standards, Miss Mitford's works of the 1820's and 30's spell baseball variously as "baseball" (one word), "base-ball" (hyphenated), and "bass-ball."</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Monmouthshire on August 28 1885  + (<p>In January, 1886, a similar reference to the former use of the church wall for baseball appeared in a scholarly article in the Journal of the Cambrian Archæological Association. See below.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Buckinghamshire on July 19 1884  + (<p>In more recent times, a number of popular movies were filmed in Burnham Beeches, including Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves; the Crying Game; First Knight; Goldfinger; the Princess Bride; and two of the Harry Potter films. </p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Scottish Borders on September 11 1879  + (<p>It is a bit unusual to find English baseball played in Scotland</p>)
  • Block:Jane Austen Character Embraces "base ball" In Northanger Abbey: 1818  + (<p>It is believed that Austen initia<p>It is believed that Austen initially drafted the work that would become Northanger Abbey in the years 1798 and 1799, but it was not published until after her death (in conjunction with Persuasion). Austen in her younger days often visited her mother's first cousin, Cassandra Cooke, who also used the term baseball in her writings. In addition, one of Austen's childhood playmates in rural Hampshire County was Mary Russell, the mother of writer Mary Russell Mitford who also mentioned baseball in her works.</p>rd who also mentioned baseball in her works.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Norfolk on July 2 1859  + (<p>It is highly likely that "base" here refers to baseball, as prisoners base by this date was nearly always referred to by its full name, and because there was an established history of baseball being played in East Anglia.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on April 3 1872  + (<p>It is likely that "base" in this instance refers to baseball, as the game of prisoners' base had somewhat faded in popularity by this date. Also, the writer was consistent in not appending the word "ball" to either "base" or "trap."</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on December 5 1889  + (<p>It is not at all clear that the writer had English baseball in mind, but the game had a history on the island the American game had no documented history there at such an early date.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on April 30 1859  + (<p>It is not at all clear what the w<p>It is not at all clear what the writer meant by stating that “trap” (presumably trap-ball) includes cricket, baseball and kiss-in-the-ring. Given that he put the word in quotes, it may have been his attempt at a pun, perhaps implying that the visitors were trapped by the fun of playing these games. Or not. In any case, he exhibited some democratic enthusiasm by stating that these “old English pastimes” were enjoyed by all levels of society.</p>imes” were enjoyed by all levels of society.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Liverpool on September 21 1874  + (<p>It is not certain whether the base-ball matches planned for the fete were to be English baseball, as the game was not known to be played in Merseyside and the touring American players had visited the area seven weeks earlier.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on June 25 1864  + (<p>It is not clear what is meant by the wording “rounders or base-ball,” whether the writer intended to indicate that the words represented two names for the same game, or that attendees could choose between the two.</p>)
  • Block:Ball Bias in East Sussex on June 6 1856  + (<p>It is not quite clear whether use<p>It is not quite clear whether use of the word “ball-bias” was intentional or whether the writer or editor confused it with baseball. This very same newspaper article was reprinted 30 years later, on Jan. 8, 1887, in the Hastings and St. Leonards Observer, and the reprinted article is identical in all respects to the 1856 original excepting that the word "ball-bias" was changed to "base-ball." So which was correct?</p>hanged to "base-ball." So which was correct?</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on May 13 1879  + (<p>It is notable that “base ball” and rounders are mentioned side-by-side, re-confirming they were separate games. </p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in London on March 28 1856  + (<p>It is possible that “bat-ball base” may refer to trap-ball, rather than baseball, because of the mention of a bat and because the ball is described as being hard and made of wood.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Berkshire on June 2 1909  + (<p>It is probable they were playing English baseball as the game had a long history in Maidenhead and environs.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Bedfordshire on May 26 1866  + (<p>It is quite startling that an ad <p>It is quite startling that an ad for baseballs would appear in an 1866 English newspaper. It is improbable that these baseballs would have been for the American version of the game, as the earliest known appearance anywhere in Britain of that form was in northern Scotland in 1870. it is more likely these balls were for English-style baseball, but even that is surprising since there is no evidence the English game was ever organized or used standardized or commercially manufactured equipment.</p>ized or commercially manufactured equipment.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in London/Brussels on September 22 1874  + (<p>It is quite unexpected that baseball of any sort would be played at a Belgian festival at such an early date; it is at least as likely that this would be English baseball as American.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in London on April 14 1880  + (<p>It is unclear to me why the songw<p>It is unclear to me why the songwriter chose to invoke the term "base ball" in this context, although it is worth noting that elsewhere, his lyrics mention other sports, including lawn tennis, polo and cricket. The phrase -- "never mind your sisters, nor your cousins, nor your aunts" -- was an homage to a similar line in Gilbert and Sullivan's popular operetta HMS Pinafore, which had completed its initial run of 571 performances only two months prior to the publication of "Polling." The magazine "Fun" was a rival to the better known "Punch," appealing to a lower middle class audience as compared with Punch's upper class readership.</p>ompared with Punch's upper class readership.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in London on June 25 1878  + (<p>It would seem the base-ball referred to here was English baseball, given that the ball was being thrown at a runner between bases (soaking), a feature that would not be associated with American baseball by a British writer of the period.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Bedfordshire on August 30 1921  + (<p>It's not clear to me whether “sports in which both sexes could take part” included baseball, or whether the ladies played it without men. This is late for English baseball but it seems more likely than American style, given the context.</p>)
  • Block:"Base-ball" Cited in 1819 Science Textbook for Girls  + (<p>Jane Haldimand Marcet was a groundbreaking author who wrote a series of highly popular physics, chemistry, and economics text books aimed at female students that were up-to-date and on the mark with their subject matter, yet also easy to read.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Banffshire on September 22 1891  + (<p>Keith is a small town in northeas<p>Keith is a small town in northeastern Scotland that was located in the former historic county of Banffshire, but since 1975 has been part of the Moray council area. The baseball played on this occasion was likely some form of English baseball, given the nature of the event and the youth of the players.</p>e of the event and the youth of the players.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Buckinghamshire on June 30 1922  + (<p>Late, but possibly English baseball because the players were women.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Devonshire on February 26 1886  + (<p>Like the above entry, this is unusual both in its description of baseball as an against-the-wall game and in its placement of English baseball so far to the west.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Suffolk on August 25 1852  + (<p>Maria Louise Ramé was an English <p>Maria Louise Ramé was an English novelist who wrote under the pen name Ouida. She had 40 works published, including the novel Under Two Flags. Several years' worth of her youthful journals were published among the memoirs of Henry G. Huntington, who was a shameless name dropper. Huntington wrote in 1911 that the original journals were the property of W. Campbell Spence of Florence, but their current whereabouts are unknown. Ms. Ramé was born and raised in Bury St. Edmonds. The picnic location she chose is meaningful in that Ickworth Park then and now surrounds Ickworth House, the hereditary estate of the Hervey family and home for many years of Lady Mary Hervey, author of the well-known 1748 letter mentioning baseball.</p> well-known 1748 letter mentioning baseball.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in London on August 10 1888  + (<p>Mentions of baseball in this type<p>Mentions of baseball in this type of context and appearing in London publications are normally allusions to the American game, but considering that the writer of this example was obviously a woman, and that her complaint of too much force implies the presence of soaking, I suggest that this, more likely than not, was a reference to the original English game.</p>as a reference to the original English game.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in London on August 22 1874  + (<p>Mr. Reed was incorrect in placing baseball in the 16th century and in claiming Shakespeare alluded to it. He most likely was confusing baseball with prisoners base.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in London/Surrey in 1850  + (<p>Mrs. Hubback was born Catherine A<p>Mrs. Hubback was born Catherine Austen. She was the niece of Jane Austen, the daughter of Jane's brother Francis. The Younger Sister is based upon Jane Austen's unfinished manuscript The Watsons which Catherine Hubback took upon herself to complete. By mentioning baseball she becomes the third member of the novel-writing Leigh/Austen family to do so. The story is set in an unnamed village in Surrey, possibly Dorking.</p>unnamed village in Surrey, possibly Dorking.</p>)
  • Block:"Base-Ball" in 1744; Earliest Reference  + (<p>No known copies of the 1744 editi<p>No known copies of the 1744 edition have survived. The earliest known copy is a 1760 10th edition in the British Library; it is assumed, but not certain, that the base-ball page originated with the 1744 edition. The MCC Cricket Museum in London owns a children's handkerchief printed with images from A Little Pretty Pocket-book. It includes the base-ball poem and image, but the latter is a redrawn copy of the one that appears in the book. The handkerchief is undated but appears to date from the 18th century. John Newbery was born and raised in the small Berkshire village of Waltham St. Lawrence.</p>l Berkshire village of Waltham St. Lawrence.</p>)
  • Block:Pize Ball in Northumberland on June 26 1863  + (<p>Notwithstanding their considerabl<p>Notwithstanding their considerable similarities, this was not the same event as the one reported in the same newspaper a day earlier; the parties were difference and Warkworth is a good eight miles distant from Alnwick. The game “tarsey” is the same the one called tersie above. “The widow” is a children's singing game.</p>e. “The widow” is a children's singing game.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on July 3 1858  + (<p>Oakley Hall, the site of this event, was built in 1795 by the Branston family. Jane Austen became close friends with the Branstons and visited them often when she was living with her parents at the rectory in Steventon, only three miles away</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Derbyshire on October 6 1883  + (<p>Of significance because it confirms that English baseball was played without a bat.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in London on November 20 1874  + (<p>One more of the few examples of a Briton pointing out that baseball--in the wake of the tour of American players--was originally English.</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Buckinghamshire on April 11 1903  + (<p>Possibly American baseball, although there is little evidence it had replaced the original English version in Bucks by that date</p>)
  • Block:English Baseball in Buckinghamshire on August 3 1889  + (<p>References to English baseball appeared often in this area of Buckinghamshire, but this is the only documented example where it was played side by side with rounders.</p>)