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|Term=Rounders - Britain | |Term=Rounders - Britain | ||
|Game Family=Baseball | |Game Family=Baseball | ||
|Game Regions=Britain | |Game Regions=Britain | ||
|Game Eras=1800s | |Game Eras=Predecessor, 1800s, Post-1900, Contemporary | ||
|Invented Game=No | |Invented Game=No | ||
|Description=<p>Rounders was first described in the late 1820s. Current researchers believe that the game was similar to English base ball, which had been described almost 80 years earlier, but it is clearer that rounders employed a bat than that English ball did.</p> | |Description=<p>Rounders was first described in the late 1820s. Current researchers believe that the game was similar to English base ball, which had been described almost 80 years earlier, but it is clearer that rounders employed a bat than that English ball did.</p> | ||
<p>Rounders in the 19th Century generally resembled the game that Mass game; overhand throwing, plugging, etc. </p> | <p>Rounders in the 19th Century generally resembled the game that Mass game; it used overhand throwing, plugging, etc. </p> | ||
<p>In describing rounders in 1898, Gomme notes a one-out-side-out rule applied for caught (fly?) balls. Batters who missed three pitches were compelled to run on the third swing as if they had struck the ball.</p> | |||
<p>Rounders is now played in British schools, often by young women.</p> | <p>Rounders is now played in British schools, often by young women.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p>The earliest reference to English rounders is in <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Clarke, W., <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Boy’s Own Book</span> (London, Vizetelly Branston, 1828, second edition.</span></p> | |Sources=<p>The earliest reference to English rounders is in <span style="font-size: 10pt;">Clarke, W., <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Boy’s Own Book</span> (London, Vizetelly Branston, 1828, second edition.</span></p> | ||
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<p>Alice Bertha Gomme, <span style="text-decoration: underline;">The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland</span> (New York; Dover, 1964 – reprinted from two volumes printed in 1894 and 1898), pages 145-146.</p> | |||
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Revision as of 16:17, 13 March 2017
| Game | Rounders - Britain |
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| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | |
| Regions | Britain |
| Eras | Predecessor, 1800s, Post-1900, Contemporary |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | Rounders was first described in the late 1820s. Current researchers believe that the game was similar to English base ball, which had been described almost 80 years earlier, but it is clearer that rounders employed a bat than that English ball did. Rounders in the 19th Century generally resembled the game that Mass game; it used overhand throwing, plugging, etc. In describing rounders in 1898, Gomme notes a one-out-side-out rule applied for caught (fly?) balls. Batters who missed three pitches were compelled to run on the third swing as if they had struck the ball. Rounders is now played in British schools, often by young women. |
| Sources | The earliest reference to English rounders is in Clarke, W., Boy’s Own Book (London, Vizetelly Branston, 1828, second edition.
Alice Bertha Gomme, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (New York; Dover, 1964 – reprinted from two volumes printed in 1894 and 1898), pages 145-146.
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