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{{Game
|Term=Bandy-Wicket
|Term=Bandy-Wicket
|Kind of Game=Baseball
|Game Family=Baseball
|Location=England
|Location=England
|Description=According to Gomme (1894), Bandy-Wicket is Cricket played with a bandy (a curved club) instead of a cricket bat. This name was evidently once used in Norfolk and Suffolk.
|Game Regions=Britain, US
|Game Eras=Predecessor, 1800s
|Invented Game=No
|Description=<p>According to Gomme [1894], Bandy-Wicket is Cricket played with a bandy (a curved club) instead of a cricket bat. This name was evidently once used in Norfolk and Suffolk.</p>
<p>"Bandy Wicket" was also used in the US.</p>
|Sources=<p><span>Alice Bertha Gomme,&nbsp;</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Traditional Games of&nbsp;England,&nbsp;Scotland, and&nbsp;Ireland</span><em>, </em>Volume 1&nbsp;(London: David Nutt, 1894)<span>., page 17.</span></p>
|Comment=<p>Protoball has the sense that bandies were heavier and sturdier than cricket bats.</p>
|Has Supplemental Text=No
}}
}}

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Game Bandy-Wicket
Game Family Baseball Baseball
Location England
Regions Britain, US
Eras Predecessor, 1800s
Invented No
Description

According to Gomme [1894], Bandy-Wicket is Cricket played with a bandy (a curved club) instead of a cricket bat. This name was evidently once used in Norfolk and Suffolk.

"Bandy Wicket" was also used in the US.

Sources

Alice Bertha Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1 (London: David Nutt, 1894)., page 17.

Comment

Protoball has the sense that bandies were heavier and sturdier than cricket bats.

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