Block:English Baseball in Hampshire on August 4 1894
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| Data | “Base ball” was enjoyed members of the “Mothers' Meeting,” a group of mothers who supervised the Girls' Friendly Society of Hannington, a village in Hampshire between Basingstoke and Newbury. The Mothers had been invited to tea at the local Rectory to honor them for their work on the day following a similar event that had been held for the children in their care, including students of the local Sunday and Day Schools. At the children's event, the amusements included rounders, tug-of-war and races. However, at the adult event, a newspaper reported that, following their tea, “'the Mothers' entered with the greatest zest into some of the old games of their childhood—base ball, oranges-and-lemons, &c., and enjoyed them even more than their little ones had done the day before.” |
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| Sources | Hants and Berks Gazette and Middlesex and Surrey Journal, Aug. 4, 1894, p. 6 |
| Block Notes | Clear distinction between rounders and English baseball. |
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