Block:English Baseball in East Sussex on July 14 1899
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| Data | “Base ball” was part of a “mixed game” played by members of the Lewes (East Sussex) Cyclist Club as part of a day's outing to the village of Newick, also in East Sussex. After enjoying a strawberry tea and hearing some remarks from a club officer in a marquee set up in a meadow behind the King's Head public house, “a move was then made, and various amusements indulged in, which included a mixed game of cricket, base ball, twos and threes, &c. Soon after 8.0. (sic) p.m., machines were out out and a start made for home.” |
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| Sources | Sussex Agricultural Express, July 14, 1899, p. 4 |
| Block Notes | “Twos and threes” is a sort of tag game with players arranged in circles. It goes by several other names, including round tag, tersy (tarsy), and thursa. |
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