Bandy-Wicket

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Game Bandy-Wicket
Game Family Baseball Baseball
Location England
Regions Britain, US
Eras 1800s, Predecessor
Description

According to Gomme [1894], Bandy-Wicket is Cricket played with a bandy (a curved club) instead of a cricket bat. This name was evidently once used in Norfolk and Suffolk.

"Bandy Wicket" was also used in the US.

Sources

Alice Bertha Gomme, Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland, Volume 1, vol. I (London: David Nutt, 1894)., page 17.

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