Puddox, or Puddock
| Game | Puddox, or Puddock |
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| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | |
| Regions | Britain, Rest of World |
| Eras | Derivative, Post-1900 |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | "Puddox is a game that was introduced to Boston Grammar School by Robin Gracey in 1990/91. It is a combination of rounders and cricket. Two teams participate, made up of form members from each class and the teams are drawn randomly from a hat. Often first year teams (now year 7) would meet 15 year old lads but size meant little in Puddox, as Mr Gracey would attest, being quite short himself. John Huggins recalls playing Puddox at Boston Grammar School in 1962. He believes it had migrated there from the Stamford School where it was popular. The batting team sends out two players to stand at either end of the 'pitch' which is (as far as I remember) about the length of a cricket pitch. The bowler only bowls from one end, and a small baseball-style ball is used. Bowling uses the under-arm style. The batting team uses a small one-handed bat. Runs are made by running to the end of the pitch, just like cricket. I seem to remember a rule that you can only run if you'd made contact with the ball. There is a time limit for each team (I think these games were played during lunch hours but that may be wrong!) and at the end of the game, scores are collated and the winning team is put through to the next round." Aka Puddock, and arguably played from the 1920s on.
Youtube commentary from 1999-2022:
(1999)
Mark Simpson
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For the YouTube clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGttQqQ2RNo See also attached Youtube commentary, 1999-2021-- For the history and rules of Puddox/Puddock: http://rosma.co.uk/mw/oba/index.php?title=Puddox This Boston appears to be in Lincolnshire, England.
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Comment | The YouTube clip shows a two-handed bat. See also Podex. Edit with form to add a comment |
| Query | (Does South Africa have a Boston, too? From Wikipedia, 2022: "Boston is a small town situated in the Mkhomazi and Elands River valley of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.") Is it clear why this game is called a cricket/rounders hybrid, and not just a cricket offshoot? Is this game known in Britain and America? Edit with form to add a query |
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<br />Other Sources (found June 2022)<br /><br /><br />THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPORT [public school games] <br /><br />p. 148 (2) Fettes, Glenalmond, Merchiston, Edin- burgh Academy, Blair Lodge (C and F"), Sed- bergh, Watson's College (F), Rossall (C). In the summer a <em>modification of cricket called puddex</em> is played at odd times. A hard tennis ball and a thick round stick are used. House matches must not be played by less than five a side, bedroom matches by more than four. The pitch must be fourteen yards long, the wicket at least a foot wide. No hit behind the wicket counts. Every batsman retires when he has made twenty-five ; only slow underhand is allowed. The other rules are the same as in .single-wicket cricket.