Block:English Baseball in Berkshire on June 2 1881

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“Base ball” was named in a newspaper announcement of a bank holiday Whitsuntide event to be held in the village of Thatcham, Berkshire. It read: “BANK HOLIDAY, THATCHAM. On Whit-Monday a Temperance Demonstration will take place at Thatcham, commencing with a Cricket Match (between North Heath and the Thatcham Star Cricket Club), Base Ball, and other Sports on the Marsh.”

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Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser, June 2, 1881, p. 4

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