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|Headline=Visiting English Cricketers View the Bound Rule as "Childish" | |Headline=Visiting English Cricketers View the Bound Rule as "Childish" | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Game=Base Ball, | |Country=US | ||
|State=NY | |||
|City=Rochester | |||
|Game=Base Ball, | |||
|Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |Age of Players=Adult | ||
|Text=<p>On October 22, 1859, the touring English cricketers played base ball at a base ball field in Rochester, NY, "about two miles from the town, and had been enclosed at great expense. The base-ball game is somewhat similar to the English game of "rounders," as played by school-boys. . . .Caffyn played exceedingly well, but the English thought catching the ball on the <em>first bound</em> a very childish game." </p> | |Text=<p>On October 22, 1859, the touring English cricketers played base ball at a base ball field in Rochester, NY, "about two miles from the town, and had been enclosed at great expense. The base-ball game is somewhat similar to the English game of "rounders," as played by school-boys. . . .Caffyn played exceedingly well, but the English thought catching the ball on the <em>first bound</em> a very childish game."</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>Fred Lillywhite, <span>The English Cricketers' Trip to Canada and the United States</span> (Lillywhite, London, 1860), page 50. The book [as accessed 11/1/2008] can be viewed on Google Books; try a search of "lillywhite canada."</p> | |Sources=<p>Fred Lillywhite, <span>The English Cricketers' Trip to Canada and the United States</span> (Lillywhite, London, 1860), page 50. The book [as accessed 11/1/2008] can be viewed on Google Books; try a search of "lillywhite canada."</p> | ||
|Submitted by=John Thorn | |Submitted by=John Thorn | ||
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| Text | On October 22, 1859, the touring English cricketers played base ball at a base ball field in Rochester, NY, "about two miles from the town, and had been enclosed at great expense. The base-ball game is somewhat similar to the English game of "rounders," as played by school-boys. . . .Caffyn played exceedingly well, but the English thought catching the ball on the first bound a very childish game." |
| Sources | Fred Lillywhite, The English Cricketers' Trip to Canada and the United States (Lillywhite, London, 1860), page 50. The book [as accessed 11/1/2008] can be viewed on Google Books; try a search of "lillywhite canada." |
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1859.46 Visiting English Cricketers View the Bound Rule as "Childish""
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