1841.11

Scottish Dictionary Calls "Cat and Dog" a Game for Three

Salience	Noteworthy
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City/State/Country:	Scotland
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Game	Cat-and-DogCat-and-Dog
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Text	In cat-and-dog, two holes are cut at a distance of thirteen yards. At each hole stands a player with a club, called a "dog." [. . . ] His object is to keep the cat out of the hole. "If the cat be struck, he who strikes it changes places with the person who holds the other club, and as often as the positions are changed one is counted as won in the game by the two who hold the clubs.
Sources	Jamieson, Scotch Dictionary (Edinburgh, 1841). As cited in A.G. Steel and R. H. Lyttelton, Cricket, (Longmans Green, London, 1890) 4^th edition, page 4.Detail provided by John Thorn, email of 2/10/2008.
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Comment	Note that this is not described as a team game. A winner is that player who most frequently puts a ball into a goal. Edit with form to add a comment
Query	Does Jamieson describe other ballgames? Edit with form to add a query
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