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As recalled by Dr. Adam E. Ford, in the May 5, 1886 issue of ''Sporting Life.'' ...ball match between the Beachville Club and the Zorras, a club hailing from the township of Zorra and North Oxford.

...the number of players. Only one old cat continues to be commonly played in the 21st century.</p> ...game of individuals&mdash;one against all&mdash;and not a team sport. Each base touched before 'out' (or just home) would score a point, although score was

...0s.&nbsp; Current researchers believe that the game was similar to English base ball, which had been described almost 80 years earlier, but it is clearer t <p>Rounders in the 19th Century generally resembled the game that Mass game; it used overhand throwing, plugging, etc.&nbsp;</p>

Text from the 1870 ''Beadle's Dime Base Ball Player''. Changes from the [[1869 NABBP Rules|1869 rules]] in ''italics.'' ADOPTED BY THE<br>

Text from the 1869 ''Beadle's Dime Base Ball Player''. Changes from the [[1868 NABBP Rules|1868 rules]] in ''italics.'' ADOPTED BY THE<br>

|Headline=First Recorded Base Ball game in Canada [as reported in 1886]? |Game=Base Ball,

|Headline=Graves Letters of 1905 Say that Doubleday Invented Base Ball ...The Commission's findings are soon discredited by historians who proclaim the "Doubleday Invention" to be entirely a myth.</p>

...s on 12 independent “how to play” accounts of the game from 1828 to 1860. The attached bibliography includes those 12 and many additional accounts, but s ...1884 that an official set of rounders rules appeared. One cannot rule out the idea that early rounders rules and practices varied widely, both by regiona

...l[39] allows the batter to elevate and hit any cat that is pitched outside the circle.</p> ...If he fails to hit it or doesn't hit it out of the circle he steps off and the next player takes his turn.&nbsp; If he's successful he's assigned a certai

...l has a long history in Britain. Literary references to it can be found in the eighteenth century and even ...verpool appears to have been the most active rounders city and was home to The Rounders Reporter, a publication launched in 1885.<br>

...erial into our general thinking with regards to how the game was played on the field. Based upon these new sources, we can begin to make specific, detail ...the variations with regards to the types of balls and bats used as well as the number of bases that had to be negotiated distinguished town ball from othe

|Description=Evolution or Revolution? A Rule-By-Rule Analysis of the 1845 Knickerbocker Rules Evolution or Revolution? A Rule-By-Rule Analysis of the 1845