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|Headline=Men's Stool Ball Match Set: Winner to | |Headline=Men's Stool Ball Match Set: Winner to Receive 150 Guineas . . . and some Lamb | ||
|Salience=2 | |Salience=2 | ||
|Tags=Gambling | |Tags=Gambling, | ||
|Location= | |Location= | ||
|Country=England | |Country=England | ||
|Coordinates= | |Coordinates=51.2787075, 0.5217254000000001 | ||
|State= | |State=Kent | ||
|City= | |City= | ||
|Modern Address= | |Modern Address= | ||
|Game= | |Game=Stool Ball | ||
|Immediacy of Report= | |Immediacy of Report=Contemporary | ||
|Age of Players=Adult | |||
|Holiday= | |Holiday= | ||
|Notables= | |Notables= | ||
|Text= | |Text=<p>"Stool-Ball. To be played in Lynsted Park, near the Parish of Sittingbourn, For One Hundred and Fifty Guineas. On Monday, the 16th of this Instant May, A Game of Stool Ball. The players, on this Occasion, will be complemented with a LAMB ROASTED WHOLE, By Mr. Chapman. Homestall Lane is fixed on to divide the County. THE RETURNED MATCH is to be played at Boughton, when another Lamb will be given, at the WHITE HORSE, by Mr. Chapman, of Lynsted.</p> | ||
|Sources= | <p>The Gentlemen are required to to meet, in Consequence of the above Match, on Friday next, May 6, at the Swan <illegible>.</p> | ||
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|Sources=<p><em>Kentish Gazette</em>, May 4, 1785.</p> | |||
|Warning= | |Warning= | ||
|Comment= | |Comment=<div>"While mentions of stool ball in literature go back centuries, this is the earliest “serious” contest of the game I’m aware of. It’s especially interesting because the competitors were men. Of course, we have no idea what form of the game they were playing, but presumably it more closely resembled the structured form that women began playing in the 19th century as opposed to the milkmaid version</div> | ||
|Query= | <div>of centuries past. </div> | ||
<div> </div> | |||
<div> I should have more important things than this to occupy me on a rainy [San Francisco] Sunday afternoon, but apparently not.</div> | |||
<div> </div> | |||
<div>-- David Block, email of 12/13/2020</div> | |||
|Query=<p>Is the Homestall Lane meant to say that the competing sides within the county are to be determined by a player's residence on one or the other of the lane?</p> | |||
<p> </p> | |||
<p>What is a 1785 guinea worth today? </p> | |||
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|Submitted by= | |Submitted by=David Block | ||
|Submission Note= | |Submission Note=Email of 12/13/2020 | ||
|Reviewed=Yes | |Reviewed=Yes | ||
|Has Supplemental Text=No | |Has Supplemental Text=No | ||
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Men's Stool Ball Match Set: Winner to Receive 150 Guineas . . . and some Lamb
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| Tags | GamblingGambling |
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| City/State/Country: | Kent, England |
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| Game | Stool BallStool Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | "Stool-Ball. To be played in Lynsted Park, near the Parish of Sittingbourn, For One Hundred and Fifty Guineas. On Monday, the 16th of this Instant May, A Game of Stool Ball. The players, on this Occasion, will be complemented with a LAMB ROASTED WHOLE, By Mr. Chapman. Homestall Lane is fixed on to divide the County. THE RETURNED MATCH is to be played at Boughton, when another Lamb will be given, at the WHITE HORSE, by Mr. Chapman, of Lynsted. The Gentlemen are required to to meet, in Consequence of the above Match, on Friday next, May 6, at the Swan <illegible>.
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| Sources | Kentish Gazette, May 4, 1785. |
| Warning | |
| Comment | "While mentions of stool ball in literature go back centuries, this is the earliest “serious” contest of the game I’m aware of. It’s especially interesting because the competitors were men. Of course, we have no idea what form of the game they were playing, but presumably it more closely resembled the structured form that women began playing in the 19th century as opposed to the milkmaid version
of centuries past.
I should have more important things than this to occupy me on a rainy [San Francisco] Sunday afternoon, but apparently not.
-- David Block, email of 12/13/2020 Edit with form to add a comment
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| Query | Is the Homestall Lane meant to say that the competing sides within the county are to be determined by a player's residence on one or the other of the lane?
What is a 1785 guinea worth today? Edit with form to add a query |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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| Submitted by | David Block |
| Submission Note | Email of 12/13/2020 |
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1785.3 Men's Stool Ball Match Set: Winner to Receive 150 Guineas . . . and some Lamb"
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