Block:Tut Ball in West Sussex on August 1 1898

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“Touch ball” was mentioned in newspaper coverage of a court case where an injunction was sought against a boys' camp for using the village green of Wisborough-Green, West Sussex, as its playground. The article reported that the plaintiff's (the chairman of the parish council) complaint of nuisance appeared to be that on one occasion a cricket ball passed very near his bicycle, and on another occasion, while playing at touch ball, the ball went very near his white horse.”

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London Evening Standard, Aug. 6, 1898, p. 3

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