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- 1852.17 + (<p><span>"David Block's book & … <p><span>"David Block's book <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Pastimes Lost</span> cites Dickens mentioning games of ball in his letters" reported Bruce Allardice, 3/24/2021.<br/></span></p></br><p>Dickens did mention <em>rounders</em> in an 1849 letter to an acquaintance during a holiday at the Isle of Wight: "I . . . have had a great game of rounders every afternoon." (Block, pp. 212 and 271.)</p></br><p>Block also notes another Dickens reference to people "playing at ball," but the site was apparently known as a racket ground, may not have have involved a baserunning game. </p>e site was apparently known as a racket ground, may not have have involved a baserunning game. </p>)