Block:English Baseball in Norfolk on March 27 1869
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| Data | "Base ball" seems to have been a criminal activity in Norfolk, according to a newspaper report of court proceedings: "Robert Gay and James Rix, of Thorpe St.Andrews, laborers, were summoned . . . for playing a certain game called 'base ball,' with a stick and ball, on the Norwich and Yarmouth turnpike road, to the annoyance and obstruction of passengers on that highway, on Sunday afternoon, the 14th inst. The case having been proved, police-constable Hardingham, of Thorpe, said he had repeatedly cautioned the defendants and other young men of their playing 'base ball,' and their general bad conduct on Sunday afternoon, but to no effect. The defendants, who denied the offence (sic), were were each fined 7s. 6d., and the costs 13s. 6d.” |
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| Sources | Norfolk News, March 27, 1869, p. 2 |
| Block Notes | Thorpe St. Andrews is a suburb of Norwich. Other than the Gutsmuths book, this is the only known example where a reference to what appears to be traditional English baseball included the mention of a bat. |
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