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|Title=English Baseball in Surrey, London in 1827
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|Title=Surrey Physician Recommends "bass-ball" for Girls in 1827
|Type of Date=Year
|Date=1827/01/01
|Block Game=English Baseball
|Block Game=English Baseball
|Date=1827/1/1
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|Block Location=Surrey, London
|Block Location=Surrey, London
|Coordinates=51.5116951, -0.1153196
|Block Data=<p>The game of "bass-ball" was recommended for girls in a book on education by Surrey physician William Newnham. Following a sentence where he commended cricket and football as suitable activities for boys, the author added: "with regard to girls, these amusements may be advantageously supplanted by bass-ball, battledore and shuttlecock, and similar active and playful pursuits."</p>
|Block Data=<p>The game of "bass-ball" was recommended for girls in a book on education by Surrey physician William Newnham. Following a sentence where he commended cricket and football as suitable activities for boys, the author added: "with regard to girls, these amusements may be advantageously supplanted by bass-ball, battledore and shuttlecock, and similar active and playful pursuits."</p>
|Sources=<p>Principles of Physical, Intellectual, Moral and Religious Education, Vol. I, by William Newnham, London, 1827, J. Hatcher and Sons, p. 123</p>
|Sources=<p>Principles of Physical, Intellectual, Moral and Religious Education, Vol. I, by William Newnham, London, 1827, J. Hatcher and Sons, p. 123</p>
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The game of "bass-ball" was recommended for girls in a book on education by Surrey physician William Newnham. Following a sentence where he commended cricket and football as suitable activities for boys, the author added: "with regard to girls, these amusements may be advantageously supplanted by bass-ball, battledore and shuttlecock, and similar active and playful pursuits."

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Principles of Physical, Intellectual, Moral and Religious Education, Vol. I, by William Newnham, London, 1827, J. Hatcher and Sons, p. 123

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