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Young Diarist Goes to "Play at Base Ball" in Surrey
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City/State/Country: | Surrey, England |
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Game | Base BallBase Ball |
Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
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Text | On the day after Easter in 1755, 18-year-old William Bray recorded the following entry in his diary: "After Dinner Went to Miss Seale's to play at Base Ball, with her, the 3 Miss Whiteheads, Miss Billinghurst, Miss Molly Flutter, Mr. Chandler, Mr. Ford, H. Parsons & Jolly. Drank tea and stayed till 8."
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Sources | The story of this 2006 find is told in Block, David, "The Story of William Bray's Diary," Base Ball, volume , no. 2 (Fall 2007), pp. 5-11. See also John Thorn's blog entry at http://ourgame.mlblogs.com/2013/09/05/the-story-of-william-brays-diary/. |
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Comment | Block points out that this diary entry is (as of 2008) among the first four appearances of the term "base ball," [see #1744.2 and #1748.1 above, and #1755.4 below]. It shows adult and mixed-gender play, and indicates that "at this time, baseball was more of a social phenomenon than a sporting one. . . . played for social entertainment rather than serious entertainment." [Ibid, page 9.] William Bray is well known as a diarist and local historian in Surrey. His diary, in manuscript, came to light in England during the 2008 filming of Ms Sam Marchiano's award-winning documentary, "Base Ball Discovered." Edit with form to add a comment |
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Submitted by | Sam Marchiano, Tricia St. John Barry |
Submission Note | Sam and Tricia were instrumental in making this find in 2006. |
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