Block:English Baseball in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire on July 17 1895
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| Data | “Baseball” was one of the games played by children attending the “Brethren” Sunday school of Maidenhead, Berkshire, on a half-day outing to the Burnham Beeches woodland in nearby Bucks. A newspaper reported that “About eighty children and friends started arriving in conveyances at about 1 o'clock, and arriving at the Beeches various games, including cricket, baseball, skipping, &c., were indulged in, after which tea was provided.” |
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| Sources | Maidenhead Advertiser, July 17, 1895, p 3. |
| Block Notes | The “Brethren” could refer to any one of several religious organizations that adopted that title. |
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