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Morris, P. (2008) But Didn't We Have Fun? An Informal History of Baseball's Pioneer Era, 1843-1870. Chicago, Ivan R. Dee.
a holding in The Buzz McCray Collection
Norridge, J. (2008) Can We Have Our Balls Back, Please? How the British Invented Sport. Allen Lane.
a holding in The Buzz McCray Collection
Ryczek, William (2009) Chapter 10. Baseball in Philadelphia (of 'Baseball's First Inning'). Jefferson NC, McFarland. (Pages 14 ff trace evidence on early modern baseball clubs in Pha.)
a holding in The Buzz McCray Collection
Bailey, Bob (1999) Chapter 1: Beginnings. From Amateur Teams of Disgrace in the National League. unpublished: 15. (Pages 1-8 of this chapter cover ballplaying prior to the founding of Louisville National League in 1876.)
a holding in The Buzz McCray Collection
Genovese, Daniel L. (2004) Chapter 2 -- Wicket Ball: The Predecessor to 'The New York Game'. The Old Ball Ground: The Chronological History Westfield Baseball. 9-24.
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Peter Morris, et. al. () Chapter 5, Massachusetts.
Altherr, T. L. (2008) "Chucking the Old Apple: Recent Discoveries of Pre-1840 North American Ball Games." Base Ball. 2(1): 29-43.
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Riess, S. A. (1989) City Games: The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports. University of Illinois Press.
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Hajdu, G. (1971) Collection of Hungarian Folk Games. Budapest. (translated from Hungarian 'Magyar Nepi Jatekok Gyujtemenye')
Koppett, L. (1998) Concise History of Major League Baseball. Temple University Press: 1-14.
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Gini, C. (1941) "Considerazioni ed Ipotesi Sull'origine del 'Om el Mahag'." Genus. 5(1-2): 73-86.
Cardus, N. (1930) Cricket (Cardus). London, Longmans Green and Co.
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Scholefield, P. (1990) Cricket Laws and Terms. Kent Town, Australia, Axiom Publishing.
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Blofield, H. (2001) Cricket and All That; An Irreverent History. Coronet.
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Blancke, C. (1891) "Cricket in America." Harper's Weekly. 35: 725.
Sentance, P. D. (2006) Cricket in America, 1710-2000. Jefferson, NC, McFarland.
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Phillips, B. (1894) "Cricket in the Forties." Harper's Weekly. 38: 908 ff.
Bowen, R. (1970) Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development throughout the World. Eyre and Spottiswoode.
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Martin-Jenkins, C. (1995) Cricket: A Way of Life. Marks and Spenser. (1984 hardback edition by Century Publishing)
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Anon (1984) Cricket: History of the Game, Equipment, .... St. Peters, Australia, Gregory's Publishing Company.
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Green, S. (1982) Cricketing Bygones. Shire Publications.
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Hammond, W. (1952) Cricket’s Secret HistoryCountry=. London, Stanley Paul & Co..
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Moesche, C. R. (2000) Day-by-Day in Baseball History. McFarland.
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Kashatus, William () Diamonds in the Coal Fields. Jefferson NC, McFarland. (Covers 1876-1960; depth of coverage of early years not known. Area covered in NE Pennsylvania. Coverage may center on a few colorful individuals.)
Humber, W. (1995) Diamonds in the North: A Concise History of Baseball in Canada. Oxford University Press.
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Zoss, J., and John Bowman (1996) Diamonds in the Rough. Contemporary Books.
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Bowman, J. S., and Joel Zoss (2004) Diamonds in the Rough: The Untold History of Baseball. University of Nebraska Press.
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Williams, M. E. (1985) Double Century: 200 Years of Cricket in The Times. Collins and Willow.
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Lewis, T. (1987) Double Century: The Story of MCC and Cricket. Hodder and Stoughton.
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Bailey, Bob (1990) Draft Chapter on Beginnings of Ballplaying in KY. (This is a draft chapter 1 for a project that was not realized. I have misfiled it, but it will pop up.
It cites a finding by Dean Sullivan that stoolball and cricket were well-established in Louisville in about 1850.)
Henderson, R. W. (1977) Early American Sport: A Checklist of Books by American and Foreign Authors Published in America Prior to 1860. Rutherford, NJ, Fairleigh Dickenson University Press.
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Melville, T. (2001) Early Baseball and the Rise of the National League. McFarland.
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Ceresi, Frank, and C. McMains (TBD) "Early Baseball in Wahington, DCCountry=US." Baseball Reseach JournaL: 19-25. (Identifying information to be recovered)
Goulstone, J. (1972) Early Club and Village Cricket. (Private publication)
Macgregor, R. R. (1879) Early Forms of Cricket 39. Belgravia. 450-456. (Braddon, M. ed.)
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Sullivan, D. A., Ed. (1995) Early Innings: A Documentary History of Baseball 1825-1908. University of Nebraska Press.
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Howorth, P. (1995) East Yorkshire Cricket 1778-1914. Driffield, Lowndes Publications.
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Gale, F. (1871) Echoes from Old Cricket Fields. London, Simpkin, Marshall.
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Gilbert, T. (1995) Elysian Fields: The Birth of Baseball. Grolier.
Derenbecker, Sandy () Email messasge, 2005 --Pre-Major Leaguers in LouisianaCountry=US. (In May 2005, Sandy mentioned that she was trying to trace members of 1859 New Orleans clubs, and might later compile a spreadsheet on her findings.)
Collins, T., et al. (2005) Encyclopedia of Traditional British Rural Sports. Routledge.
Levinson, D., and Karen Christopher, Ed. (1999) Encyclopedia of World Sport: From Ancient Times to the Present. Oxford University Press.
a holding in The Buzz McCray Collection
Brookes, C. (1978) English Cricket: The Game and its Players Through the Ages. Weidenfeld and Nicolson.
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Hole, C. (1949) English Sports and Pastimes. London, B. T. Batsford, Ltd.
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Routledge, E., ed. (1881) Every Boy's Book; A Complete Encyclopedia of Sports and Amusements. London, George Routledge and Sons. (Fourteenth Edition; First edition 1841)
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Fogel, H. S. (1921) Evolution of Baseball from 1833 Up to the Present Time. Philadelphia?, Daily Evening Telegraph.
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Hazlitt, W. C. (1905) Faiths and Folklore: A Dictionary of National Beliefs, Superstitions and Popular Customs. London, Reeves and Turner.
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read online: http://archive.org/stream/popularantiquit01branuoft
Hulbert, J. (2007) "Fast Day: Boston's Original Opening Day." Base Ball. 1(1): 73-77.
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Bene, D. D. (1898) Fifty Years Reminiscences of Scottish Cricket. Glasgow.
Patel, Jayesh (2013) Flannels on the Sward: History of Cricket in Americas. Jayesh Patel: 385. (Chapter 1: Colonial Cousins, the Yankee Game of Wicket, pp. 1 -28. Counting roughly, the book's first 180 or so pages treat the years prior to professional base ball in the US.)
a holding in The Buzz McCray Collection