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...a new English game that was "a combination of the noble old English one of Cricket with the popular American one of Base-ball. It is especially adapted in its ...l encounter vigorous criticism . . . [It is} a combination of football and cricket . . .a big, soft ball being struck with a wide bat as well as kicked . . .

|Description=<p>Maigaard sees Long Ball as the oldest ancestor of rounders, cricket and baseball, a game that was played in many countries. Long Ball is descri |Sources=<p><span>Per Maigaard, "Battingball Games,"&nbsp;</span><em>Genus</em><span>&nbsp;5&nbsp;</span>(1941)<span>.&nbsp; R

...isiting New York this fall, to gain a little practical experience, such as games with our leading clubs alone yield.</p>

...n the 1858 illustration, appear to be flat-faced, though not as broad as a cricket bat.&nbsp; There&nbsp;are no visible wickets or bases . . .&nbsp; It is imp ...&nbsp; Is it possible that may other "plaing ball" references denote fungo games?&nbsp;</p>

...in "pila cacularis," and suggests that it might have been an early form of cricket. We might also ask whether it was referring to early stoolball.</p> ...s prohibited by proclamation in the reign of Edward III., exclusive of the games of chance, are thus specified; throwing of stones, wood, or iron….” The

...'æsthenic,' but is as far from the athletic sports of olden time as base, cricket, bandy, and camp, and the jumping, where broken shins, and sometimes broken

...n the National League adopted an official league ball for all championship games."</span></p> ...ively inelastic, compared to the range in available base balls?&nbsp; Were cricket balls, which had very similar dimensions and weights,&nbsp; more or less el

...for ice skates was a thing more broadly. In Britain they sometimes played cricket on ice, which takes real devotion. They also adapted the fine old summer ga |Comment=<p>For some sketchy reports of ice-bound base-running games see Chronology entries.&nbsp; A clippings search for "ice" turns up a few m

...were printed in New York newspapers. There are some indications that these games may have been played by the brand new Knickerbocker rules.</p> <p>Detailed accounts of these games are shown in supplement text, below.</p>

...correspond with the other website's claim of a game from 1863 between the cricket club and the new base ball club, the Olympics.

...translator mentions that while "balslaen" has been [where?] translated as "cricket," it "simply means 'hitting the ball.'</p> ...of Pamela Bakker, we find that "balslaen" can be taken as a description of games like hand-ball, or a team game like volleyball in which players propel a ba

| <p>Chicago</p> <p>Prairie Cricket Club grounds near Bull’s Head</p> | <p>Chicago</p> <p>Cricket grounds near Union Park</p>

...baseball: batting averages. The idea of batting averages was borrowed from cricket, and at this point is not at all new to baseball. The details, however, hav ...plate appearances, but this was not yet universal. The problem with using games played is that not every player gets the same number of chances. There were

...ball sports. While countless books enshrine the histories of baseball and cricket, and while millions of fans of those two sports celebrate the accomplishmen ...th a 200-year history and played by as many Britons in the 20th century as cricket, has never escaped its stigma as a game for the working classes and, most i

|Description=<p>From glossary of games supplemental entry on "Cat"</p> ...href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America">North America</a>. The games were numbered according to the number of bases. The number of bases varied

of the club, have antecedents in older bat and ball games. While both the 1845 baseball games?

|Sources=<p><span>Stewart Culin, "Street Games of Boys in&nbsp;</span>Brooklyn,&nbsp;N.Y.<span>,"&nbsp;</span><em>Journal ...href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America">North America</a>. The games were numbered according to the number of bases. The number of bases varied

...to engineer the adoption of a fly rule and thus to swing the game into the cricket practice for retiring runners. &nbsp;&nbsp;</span></p> ...k Clipper</em>, the only exception to the use of a 9-player team for match games among senior clubs was a single 11-on-11 contest in Jersey City in 1855.</p

It was also a safe-haven games and most accounts call for five bases [including home], most of them specif None of the accounts suggests that the batter had the option, available in cricket, of declining to run on a weakly hit ball, during regular play. One accoun

...er;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">'''Characterizing Base Ball Games at Elysian Fields'''</span></p> ...ly] </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Elevated Uses</span>: Cricket, yachting, turtle club, stag hunt, dueling, carriage driving</p>