Battle Board

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{{Game |Term=Battle Board |Game Family=Baseball |Location=England |Game Regions=Britain |Game Eras=1800s |Invented Game=No

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As of December 2021 we have no definitive rules for this game, but can conjecture that observers considered it a form of stoolball.


In 2021, David Block, a leading authority on English ballgames, wrote "in all likelihood battle-board was a local Kentish designation for stoolball."


See also [[stoolball], bittle-battle

In December 2021, a casual web search for "battle board" returned no sites pertaining to ball-playing.

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David Block, Origins Newsletter, December 2021 [Pagination to be determined.]

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Note: In December 2021, a casual web search for "battle board" returned no sites pertaining to ball-playing

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