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...uced in the 1860s. As described, its rules were consistent with those of [[wicket]], but no running or scoring is mentioned.</p> ...as the leading athletic game on the campus. . . . [The] fiercely contested games drew many spectators from among the young ladies and aroused no common inte

|Headline=Lieutenant Reports Playing Ball, and Playing Bandy Wicket |Game=Wicket

|Headline=Wicket Played in The Western Reserve [OH] |Game=Wicket

...so as to show its origin.&nbsp; The same game is played indoors, when the wicket is merely a copy-book cover, a sheet of paper fixed to the wall in target f ..."text-decoration: underline;">The Boy's Modern Playmate: A Book of Sports, Games. and Pastimes</span> (Frederick Warne and Co, London and New York, 1891), p

|Headline=Litchfield CT Bests Wolcottville in Wicket |Game=Wicket,

|Headline=Watching Wicket Ball in Buffalo NY |Game=Wicket

|Headline=Westfield Whips Granville in Wicket ...Granville MA on Thursday, at which the Westfield boys won the first three games by 10, 20, and 40 runs."</p>

..., Baserunning, English Rounders 1820-1870, Massachusetts Game, Predecessor Games

|Headline=Tenth MA Plays Inter-regimental Games of Base Ball and Wicket in VA ...ve a grand match of Base Ball to day. a few days ago they played a game of Wicket with the 37^th and our boys beat them handsomely . . . .[Source l

|Headline=New York "Boys' Book" of Games Covers Stoolball, Rounders, Wicket |Game=Rounders,Stoolball,Wicket

|Headline=Game of Wicket Near Springfield Goes Bad |Game=Wicket,

|Headline=Westfield Upsets Granville in Wicket |Game=Wicket,

|Headline=MA Gents Recall Boyhood Games in 1830s: Cat, Wicket, OFBB ...opened. They doubtless knew how to play one, two, and three old cat, and wicket, and the old fashioned kind of base ball when a foul was known as a tick; w

|Term=Single-Wicket Cricket ...ms&nbsp;smaller than the usual 11-player teams. All bowling is to a single wicket.</p>

|Headline=Ewing Reports Playing "At Base" and Wicket at Valley Forge - with the Father of his Country |Game=Wicket, Base

|Headline="Bafeball" Among Games Banned in Pittsfield MA - also Cricket, Wicket |Game=Cricket, Base Ball, Bat-Ball, Wicket,

|Game=Wicket ...nd."</p><p>[3] Through further digging, John Thorn traces the migration of wicket to Hawaii through the Hawaii-born missionary Henry Obookiah. At age 17, Obo

...k, <u>Baseball Before We Knew It</u>, pages 211-212. This book's section "Games with Toys" includes two variants of rounders. Block's summary:</p> <p>"The first of these is of a somewhat cricket-like game. A wicket of two 'stumps,' or sticks, with no crosspiece [bail], was set up behind th

|Headline=Massachusetts Private Notes Eight April Games of Ball [One was Wicket] ...all from being played. Our boys were opposed by the 37th Mass at a game of wicket making 337 tallies, while the 37^th only made 200.&rdquo; In 1864

...ed (and played) are Knickerbocker rules base ball, the Massachusetts game, wicket, cricket, stoolball, and rounders.&nbsp; He is thinking about trying the an