Block:English Baseball in Berkshire on September 30 1899
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| Data | “Baseball” was one of the pastimes offered to a large party of guests entertained by Lord and Lady Edward Spencer-Churchill at their estate, Queensmead, in the royal town of Windsor, Berkshire. This seemingly democratic gathering included--according to a local newspaper report—policemen, postmen, porters, telegraph boys, and others, as well as their wives. The paper reported that “the visitors arrived shortly after three o'clock, and foregathered on the lawn, where numerous games were indulged in. There were plenty of easy chairs for those who did not care to play at either tennis, cricket, baseball, etc.” |
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| Sources | Windsor and Eton Express, Sept. 30, 1899, p. 5 |
| Block Notes | American baseball is a possibility here, although Windsor was smack in the middle of traditional English baseball territory. |
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