Block:English Baseball in Kent on July 14 1899
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| Data | “Base-ball” was one of the games played at a high school charity “Strawberry Fete” held in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, to benefit the Children's Country Holiday Fund that enabled poor London children to spend a fortnight in the countryside. Held on the grounds of a hotel, “a large table loaded with strawberries and cream was under the trees in the centre of the ground, and ices could not be made fast enough to supply the demand, Base-ball and rounders were played very energetically by the High School girls; potato, egg and spoon, sum, and needle and thread races, open to all comers, were very popular, and afforded much amusement to the visitors.” |
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| Sources | Kent & Sussex Courier (Tunbridge Wells), July 14, 1899, p. 5 |
| Block Notes | An example of English baseball and rounders played side by side. Interestingly, this entry and the one below comprise two strawberry-themed events held on the same day. |
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