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- 1836.5 + (<p>Can we clarify what game Forbes p … <p>Can we clarify what game Forbes played (rounders? round ball?). </p></br><p> Reader Reply: I would suggest that this is reasonably persuasive evidence that Brits and Yanks were playing effectively the same game, under whatever name. No mention of rules disputes or confusion arises; and one gets the distinct impression, in parallel with ca. 1830s rules descriptions, that both national contingents set to without fuss and that there was little if any difference between English "rounders" and American "X-ball." --WCHicklin (date unspecified).</p>ican "X-ball." --WCHicklin (date unspecified).</p>)