Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on June 25 1864
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| Data | “Base-ball” was announced as one of the amusements that would be offered to those attending the upcoming Grand Rural Fete to be staged in Christchurch, Hampshire, by the Working Man's Institute. A newspaper advertisement heralded the event, to be staged at the local Pleasure Gardens, Flower Gardens and Park. It announced that “in the Park, the following amusements have been provided—Archery, Cricket, Croquet, Quoits, Football, High Jumping, Merry-go-round, Gymnasium, Swings, See-saw, Rounders or Base-ball, Skittles, Aunt Sally, &c.” |
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| Sources | Christchurch Times, June 25, 1864, p. 1 |
| Block Notes | It is not clear what is meant by the wording “rounders or base-ball,” whether the writer intended to indicate that the words represented two names for the same game, or that attendees could choose between the two. |
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