Block:English Baseball in Cambridgeshire on July 7 1894

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“Base ball” was again played by adults attending the annual festival for Baptist Sunday Schools in Gamlingay, Cambridgeshire. According to a newspaper report, “In the evening the children scrambled for nuts, sweets, and biscuits, and ran races for prizes while their elders indulged in round tag, base ball, and other popular games until dark.”

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Ampthill & District News (Bedfordshire), July 7, 1894, p. 8

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