Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on April 4 1877
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| Data | "Base" was identified as one of the amusements enjoyed by people vacationing on the Isle of Wight on the Easter Monday bank holiday: "The attractions here, except the natural beauty of the place, are, however, not many. Some preferred the Green, with the beautiful beach at its foot. Others, beat on what they considered merrier scenes, visited the recreation ground, where cricket, base, trap, rounders, swings, and the varied paraphernalia of the now almost forgotten fairs, were in existence to the enjoyment of hundreds, some of whom wended their way up to the ground at a very early hour.” |
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| Sources | Hampshire Advertiser, April 4, 1877, p. 3 |
| Block Notes | This mention of "base" was almost certainly a reference to baseball, as was a similar mention five years earlier in the same locale on the same holiday. Also, the appearance of English baseball and rounders side-by-side is unusual, but confirms they were two separate games. |
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