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Rounders "Now Almost Entirely Displaced by Cricket:" English Scholar
| Salience | Prominent |
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| Location | EnglandEngland |
| City/State/Country: | England |
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| Game | RoundersRounders |
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| Age of Players | UnknownUnknown |
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| Text | "Writing in 1857, "Stonehenge" noted that 'it [rounders] was [p. 232/233] formerly a very favourite game in some of our English counties, but is now almost entirely displaced by cricket.' . . . documentary evidence of it is hard to find before the chapter in William Clarke's Boys' Own Book of 1828." |
| Sources | Tony Collins, et al., Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports (Routledge, 2005), pages 232-233. |
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| Query | Rounders made a comeback later, at least as a school yard game played mostly be female players. Is it clear whether the game was played significantly among men and boys before 1857? Edit with form to add a query |
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1857.31 Rounders "Now Almost Entirely Displaced by Cricket:" English Scholar"
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