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| Tags | Antedated FirstsAntedated Firsts |
| Location | East SussexEast Sussex |
| City/State/Country: | England |
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| Game | StoolballStoolball |
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| Age of Players | Youth, AdultYouth, Adult |
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| Text | "RULES OF STOOLBALL 1. The ball to be that usually known as best tennis, No. 3. 2. The [paddle-shaped] bat not to be more than 8 inches in diameter. 3. The wickets to be boards one foot square, mounted on a stake; the top of the wicket to be four feet nine inches from the ground. One of these wickets to be selected by the umpire as that to which the ball shall be bowled. 4. The wickets to be 16 yards apart, and the bowling crease to be eight yards from the striker's wicket. 5. The bowler shall bowl the ball, not throw it or jerk it, and when bowling the ball shall stand with at least one foot behind the crease. 6. The striker is out, if the ball when bowled hit the wicket. 7. Or, if the ball, having been hit, is caught in he hands of one of the opposite party. ... 10. If the ball be hit by the striker, or pass the wicket so as to allow time for a run to be obtained, the strikers may obtain a run by running across from one wicket to another. ... 13. A ball being caught, so that the striker is out, no run shall be scored. ... 16. The umpires are not to order any striker out unless asked by one of the opposite party. . . . . 17. The umpires are not to give directions to either party when acting as umpires, but shall be strictly impartial. N.B. The bat is in form similar to a battledore." -- These appear to be, other than Willughby's circa1672 description of a non-running version, , the first known full set of rules for stoolball, over four centuries after the game's first play.
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Andrew Lusted, Girls Just Wanted to Have Fun; Stoolball Reports to Local Newspapers 1747 to 1866, (Andrew Lusted, 2013), inside fly leaf. These rules are attributed to William De St. Croix, 1819-1877. See also Andrew Lusted, The Glynde Butterflies Stoolball Team, 1866-1887: England's first Female Sports Stars (Andrew Lusted, 2011). |
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