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Stooleball popular in 1600

Salience Noteworthy
City/State/Country: England
Game Stoolball
Immediacy of Report Contemporary
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Behary, "The Prehistories of Baseball" (2016) p. 177, cites Besant (1903) who cites Furnivalle's notes on games popular in 1600: "To wrestle, play at Stooleball, or to runne.... to play at base..."

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Behary, "The Prehistories of Baseball" (2016) p. 177

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