Bandy-Wicket

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Game	Bandy-Wicket
Game Family	Baseball Baseball
Location	England
Regions	Britain, US
Eras	Predecessor, 1800s
Invented	No
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Description	According to Gomme [1894], Bandy-Wicket is Cricket played with a bandy (a curved club) instead of a cricket bat. This name was evidently once used in Norfolk and Suffolk. "Bandy Wicket" was also used in the US.
Sources	Alice Bertha Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1 (London: David Nutt, 1894)., page 17.
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Comment	Protoball has the sense that bandies were heavier and sturdier than cricket bats. Edit with form to add a comment
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