Block:English Baseball in Oxfordshire in 1891
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| Data | A history book mentioned "base ball" in a discussion of ancient hunting rights in the town of Burford in Oxfordshire: "From time immemorial the townsmen had possessed the privilege of hunting in Wychwood Forest on Whit Sunday. The custom, no doubt, originated in the early days of the Church, and when the Sabbath was not so rigorously kept as it is now. So long as Mass was attended in the morning, every one was free, as on other days, to indulge in base ball, football, or any other game." |
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| Sources | History of Burford, by W. J. Monk, Burford (Oxfordshire), 1891, C. W. Swatman, p. 20 |
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