Battle Board: Difference between revisions
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|Description= | |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>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>In 2021, David Block, a leading authority on English ballgames, wrote "in all likelihood battle-board was a local Kentish designation for stoolball." | <p><br />See also [[stoolball], [[bittle-battle]]</p> | ||
<p>See also [[stoolball], [[bittle-battle]] | <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, <em>Origins Newsletter,</em> December 2021 [ | |Sources=<p>David Block, <em>Origins Newsletter,</em> December 2021 [Pagination to be determined.]</p> | ||
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Revision as of 16:16, 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.]
|Source Image=
|Comment=
Note: In December 2021, a casual web search for "battle board" returned no sites pertaining to ball-playing
|Query= |Has Supplemental Text=No }}