Block:English Baseball in Cambridgeshire on July 27 1867

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“Base” was listed as one of the games enjoyed by children and teachers attending the Independent Sunday School Festival of Soham, a small town in eastern Cambridgeshire. A newspaper reported that “French tag, base, jolly miller, and other games were freely indulged in, and all present appeared heartily to enjoy the amusements.”

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Bury Free Press, July 27, 1867, p. 5

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“Base” in this context was almost certainly baseball.

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