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|Text=<p>"The apparent former wide diffusion of stoolball was reduced in the 18<sup>th</sup> century to a few geographical survivals.  It was played in Brighton to celebrate a royal birthday in the 1780s and by the early 19<sup>th</sup> century appeared to be limited to a few Kent and Sussex Wealden settlements."</p>
|Text=<p>"The apparent former wide diffusion of stoolball was reduced in the 18<sup>th</sup> century to a few geographical survivals.  It was played in Brighton to celebrate a royal birthday in the 1780s and by the early 19<sup>th</sup> century appeared to be limited to a few Kent and Sussex Wealden settlements."</p>
<p>John Lowerson, "Conflicting Values in the Revivals of a 'Traditional Sussex Game,' <u>Sussex</u><u>Achaeological Collections 133 [1995],</u> page 265.  Lowerson's source for the 1780s report seems to be F. Gale, <u>Modern English Sports</u> [London, 1885], pages 8 and/or 11.</p>
<p>John Lowerson, "Conflicting Values in the Revivals of a 'Traditional Sussex Game,' <u>Sussex</u><u>Achaeological Collections 133 [1995],</u> page 265.  Lowerson's source for the 1780s report seems to be F. Gale, <u>Modern English Sports</u> [London, 1885], pages 8 and/or 11.</p>
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"The apparent former wide diffusion of stoolball was reduced in the 18th century to a few geographical survivals. It was played in Brighton to celebrate a royal birthday in the 1780s and by the early 19th century appeared to be limited to a few Kent and Sussex Wealden settlements."

John Lowerson, "Conflicting Values in the Revivals of a 'Traditional Sussex Game,' SussexAchaeological Collections 133 [1995], page 265. Lowerson's source for the 1780s report seems to be F. Gale, Modern English Sports [London, 1885], pages 8 and/or 11.

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