1586c.1

Sydney Cites Stoolball

Salience	Peripheral
Tags	FamousFamous
Location	EnglandEngland
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Game	StoolballStoolball
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Age of Players	AdultAdult
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Notables	Sir Philip Sydney; Lady Mary Dudley
Text	"A time there is for all, my mother often sayes When she with skirts tuckt very hie, with gyrles at stoolball playes" Sir Philip Sydney, Arcadia: Sonnets [1622], page 493. Note: citation needs confirmation.
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Comment	Sir Philip Sydney (1554-1586) died at age 31 in 1586. As of October 2012, this early stoolball ref. is the only one I see that can be interpreted as describing baserunning in stoolball - but it still may merely describe running by a fielder, not a batter. (LMc, Oct/12) Sydney's mother was the sister of Robert Dudley, noted in item #1500s.2 above as a possible stoolball player in the time of Eliizabeth I. Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Further interpretations are welcome as to Sydney's meaning. Edit with form to add a query
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