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|Description=<p>As of December 2021 we have no definitive rules for this game, but can conjecture that observers considered it a form of stoolball.</p>
|Description=<p>As of December 2021 we have no definitive rules for this game, but can conjecture that observers considered it a form of stoolball.</p>
<p><br />In 2021, David Block, a leading authority on English ballgames, wrote "in all likelihood battle-board was a local Kentish designation for stoolball."</p>
<p><br />In 2021, David Block, a leading authority on English ballgames, wrote "in all likelihood battle-board was a local Kentish designation for stoolball."</p>
<p><br />See also [[stoolball], [[bittle-battle]]</p>
<p><br />See also [[stoolball], [[bittle battle]]</p>
<p>In December 2021, a casual web search for "battle board" returned no sites pertaining to ball-playing.<br /><br /></p>
<p>In December 2021, a casual web search for "battle board" returned no sites pertaining to ball-playing.<br /><br /></p>
|Sources=<p>David Block,&nbsp;<em>Origins Newsletter,</em> December 2021 [Pagination to be determined.]</p>
|Sources=<p>David Block,&nbsp;<em>Origins Newsletter,</em> December 2021 [Pagination to be determined.]</p>

Revision as of 15:17, 15 December 2021

{{Game |Term=Battle Board |Game Family=Baseball |Location=England |Game Regions=Britain |Game Eras=1800s |Invented Game=No

|Description=

As of December 2021 we have no definitive rules for this game, but can conjecture that observers considered it a form of stoolball.


In 2021, David Block, a leading authority on English ballgames, wrote "in all likelihood battle-board was a local Kentish designation for stoolball."


See also [[stoolball], bittle battle

In December 2021, a casual web search for "battle board" returned no sites pertaining to ball-playing.

|Sources=

David Block, Origins Newsletter, December 2021 [Pagination to be determined.]

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|Comment=

Note: In December 2021, a casual web search for "battle board" returned no sites pertaining to ball-playing

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