1831.7

Stool ball, Cricket, Bread, and Beer for Crowd of 500

Salience	Peripheral
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Location
City/State/Country:	Brighton, England
Modern Address
Game	Stool Ball, CricketStool Ball, Cricket
Immediacy of Report
Age of Players	AdultAdult
Holiday
Notables
Text	"On Thursday se'nnight [sic: seven night?], Mr. Hodd and Mr. Harry Paine, two of the principal farmers of Ringmer, gave their respective servants and labourers an afternoon's amusement a a game of cricket, and their wives and daughters a match at stool ball. . . . This sort of familiar contact is far better qualified to restore that good understanding so essential to the mutual benefit of master and men . . . . At nine, the numerous party retired home highly gratified: we say numerous, as we are informed there were nearly 500 spectators: the parties were plentifully regaled withgood bread, cheese, and bread. -- Brighton Guardian"
Sources	The Examiner, August 21, 1831
Warning
Comment	See 1832.11 for a later assembly involving the same two hosts. Edit with form to add a comment
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External Number
Submitted by	David Block
Submission Note	Email of 12/18/2020
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