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• Stoolball  + (<p>Stoolball’s first appearance was … <p>Stoolball’s first appearance was in the 1600’s; there are many more references to stoolball than to cricket in these early years.  For Protoball's listing of over 60 specific (but mostly fragmentary) sources on early stoolball -- 45 of them preceding the year 1700 -- see [[Chronology:Stoolball]].</p></br><p>Believed to have originated as a game played by English milkmaids using a milking stool set on its side as a pitching target, stoolball evolved to include the use of bats instead of bare hands, and running among goals or bases.</p></br><p>The modern form of the is actively played in counties in the south east of England, and uses an opposing pair of square targets set well off the ground as goals, and heavy paddles as bats.  Since 2010, the game has experienced a renaissance, and now has active youth programs, a season-ending All-England match of prominent players, and the expansion of mixed-gender play. (The ancient game was played by women and men, but in recent years most players and have been women.)  The game is reportedly played in other countries as well.</p></br><p>For more information on Stoolball England and the current status of the game, see <a href="http://www.stoolball.org.uk/">http://www.stoolball.org.uk/</a>.  Also see an account of today's stoolball at <a>https://protoball.org/Stoolball_Today_--_The_Rejuvenation_of_an_Ancient_Pastime</a></p></br><p>Note: McCray suggests that before 1800, there is limited convincing evidence that stoolball involved baserunning.</p>ted convincing evidence that stoolball involved baserunning.</p>)

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