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|Text=<p>In his memoirs, the Rev. Thomas Wilson, a Puritan divine of Maidstone, England, states: "Maidstone was formerly a very profane town, in as much as I have seen morrice-dancing, cudgel-playing, stool-ball, cricketts, and many other sports openly and publicly indulged in on the Lord's Day." </p>
|Text=<p>In his memoirs, the Rev. Thomas Wilson, a Puritan divine of Maidstone, England, states: "Maidstone was formerly a very profane town, in as much as I have seen morrice-dancing, cudgel-playing, stool-ball, cricketts, and many other sports openly and publicly indulged in on the Lord's Day." </p>
<p><b>Note:</b>  Henderson covers Wilson, but doesn't reference him.  In the text, he says that Wilson wrote a memoir in 1700, but doesn't use a year for the events that were then recalled.  I assume that the 1672 date is taken from date clues in the whole text.  Henderson's source may be his ref #167: see Woodruff, C.H., "Origin of Cricket," <u>Baily's Magazine</u> [London, 1901], Vol. 6, p. 51. David Block [page 173ff] describes how "base ball" was substituted for "stool-ball" in later accounts of Wilson' s biography, which he cites as Swinnick, George, <u>The Life and Death of Mr. Tho. Wilson, Minister of Maidstone</u> [London].</p>
<p><b>Note:</b>  Henderson covers Wilson, but doesn't reference him.  In the text, he says that Wilson wrote a memoir in 1700, but doesn't use a year for the events that were then recalled.  I assume that the 1672 date is taken from date clues in the whole text.  Henderson's source may be his ref #167: see Woodruff, C.H., "Origin of Cricket," <u>Baily's Magazine</u> [London, 1901], Vol. 6, p. 51. David Block [page 173ff] describes how "base ball" was substituted for "stool-ball" in later accounts of Wilson' s biography, which he cites as Swinnick, George, <u>The Life and Death of Mr. Tho. Wilson, Minister of Maidstone</u> [London].</p>
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In his memoirs, the Rev. Thomas Wilson, a Puritan divine of Maidstone, England, states: "Maidstone was formerly a very profane town, in as much as I have seen morrice-dancing, cudgel-playing, stool-ball, cricketts, and many other sports openly and publicly indulged in on the Lord's Day."

Note: Henderson covers Wilson, but doesn't reference him. In the text, he says that Wilson wrote a memoir in 1700, but doesn't use a year for the events that were then recalled. I assume that the 1672 date is taken from date clues in the whole text. Henderson's source may be his ref #167: see Woodruff, C.H., "Origin of Cricket," Baily's Magazine [London, 1901], Vol. 6, p. 51. David Block [page 173ff] describes how "base ball" was substituted for "stool-ball" in later accounts of Wilson' s biography, which he cites as Swinnick, George, The Life and Death of Mr. Tho. Wilson, Minister of Maidstone [London].

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