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{{Chronology Entry | {{Chronology Entry | ||
|Year=1755 | |Year=1755 | ||
|Year Number=3 | |||
|Headline=Young Diarist Goes to "Play at Base Ball" in Surrey | |||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Country=England | |||
|Game=Base Ball, | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Text=<p>On the day after Easter in 1755, 18-year-old William Bray recorded the following entry in his diary:</p> | |Text=<p>On the day after Easter in 1755, 18-year-old William Bray recorded the following entry in his diary:</p> | ||
<p>"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. | <p>"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."</p> | ||
<p>The story of this | <p> </p> | ||
<p>Block points out that this diary entry | <p> </p> | ||
|Sources=<p>The story of this 2006 find is told in Block, David, "The Story of William Bray's Diary," <em>Base Ball,</em> volume , no. 2 (Fall 2007), pp. 5-11.</p> | |||
|Comment=<p>Block points out that this diary entry is 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.]</p> | |||
<p>William Bray is well known as a diarist and local historian in Surrey.</p> | |||
<p> </p> | |||
|Submitted by=Sam Marchiano, Tricia St. John Barry | |||
|Submission Note=Sam and Tricia were instrumental in making this find. | |||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
| | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
}} | }} | ||
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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. |
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| Comment | Block points out that this diary entry is 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. 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. |
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1755.3 Young Diarist Goes to "Play at Base Ball" in Surrey"
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