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|Year=1790
|Year=1790
|Year Number=10
|Year Number=10
|Headline="Young Man's Amusements" Include Bat and  Ball
|Headline="Young Man's Amusements" Include "Bat and  Ball"
|Salience=2
|Salience=2
|Country=England
|Country=England
|Game=Bat and Ball
|Game=Bat and Ball
|Age of Players=Juvenile
|Age of Players=Juvenile
|Text=<p><strong></strong>'[A]t the same time a game called simply&nbsp;'bat and ball' began to be&nbsp;appear in English writings.&nbsp; A 1790 book listed a young man's amusements&nbsp;as including 'marbles, <strong>bat and ball</strong> [and] hop-step-and-jump.'"&nbsp;</p>
|Text=<p>'[A]t the same time a game called simply&nbsp;'bat and ball' began to be&nbsp;appear in English writings.&nbsp; A 1790 book listed a young man's amusements&nbsp;as including 'marbles, <strong>bat and ball</strong> [and] hop-step-and-jump.'"&nbsp;</p>
|Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Incidents of Youthful Life; or, the True History of William Langley</span> (1790), page 94.</p>
|Sources=<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Incidents of Youthful Life; or, the True History of William Langley</span> (1790), page 94.</p>
|Submitted by=David Block
|Submitted by=David Block

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Game Bat and Ball
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'[A]t the same time a game called simply 'bat and ball' began to be appear in English writings.  A 1790 book listed a young man's amusements as including 'marbles, bat and ball [and] hop-step-and-jump.'" 

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Incidents of Youthful Life; or, the True History of William Langley (1790), page 94.

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