1859.46
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Visiting English Cricketers View the Bound Rule as "Childish"
| Salience | Noteworthy |
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| Location | EnglandEngland |
| City/State/Country: | England |
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| Game | Base BallBase Ball |
| Immediacy of Report | Contemporary |
| Age of Players | AdultAdult |
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| Text | On October 22, 1859, the touring English cricketers played base ball at a base ball field in Rochester, NY, "about two miles from the town, and had been enclosed at great expense. The base-ball game is somewhat similar to the English game of "rounders," as played by school-boys. . . .Caffyn played exceedingly well, but the English thought catching the ball on the first bound a very childish game." |
| Sources | Fred Lillywhite, The English Cricketers' Trip to Canada and the United States (Lillywhite, London, 1860), page 50. The book [as accessed 11/1/2008] can be viewed on Google Books; try a search of "lillywhite canada." |
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| Submitted by | John Thorn |
| Submission Note | 2/9/2008 |
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1859.46 Visiting English Cricketers View the Bound Rule as "Childish""
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