Block:English Baseball in Berkshire on August 29 1863
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| Data | A newspaper reported that "base ball" was played at the annual Band of Hope Festival in Reading, Berkshire: "The youthful teetotalers, who numbered several hundred,…then proceeded to a spacious meadow at the rear of the Hospital, where they were soon supplied with an excellent tea, after which, cricket, base ball, French romp, kite flying, and other amusements were indulged until dusk." |
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| Sources | Reading Mercury, Oxford Gazette, Newbury Herald, and Berks County Paper, Aug. 29, 1863, p. 5 |
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