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|Game Family=Baseball | |Game Family=Baseball | ||
|Location=Ireland | |Location=Ireland | ||
|Game | |Game Regions=Britain | ||
|Game Eras=1800s | |||
|Description=<p>According to Gomme (1898), stones was a game played in Ireland in about 1850, using either a ball or a lob-stick. A circle of about a half-dozen stones is arranged, one for each player in the in team. A member of the out team throws the ball/stick is thrown at one of the stones. If the defending player hits it, all members of the out team must move to another stone. The in and out teams exchange places if a stone is hit, the ball/stick is caught, or a player is hit while running between stones.</p> | |Description=<p>According to Gomme (1898), stones was a game played in Ireland in about 1850, using either a ball or a lob-stick. A circle of about a half-dozen stones is arranged, one for each player in the in team. A member of the out team throws the ball/stick is thrown at one of the stones. If the defending player hits it, all members of the out team must move to another stone. The in and out teams exchange places if a stone is hit, the ball/stick is caught, or a player is hit while running between stones.</p> | ||
|Sources=<p><span>A. B. Gomme, | |Sources=<p><span>A. B. Gomme, </span><em>The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland</em><span> (David Nutt, London, 1898), pages 216-217.</span></p> | ||
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Revision as of 14:36, 4 July 2012
| Game | Stones |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Baseball |
| Location | Ireland |
| Regions | Britain |
| Eras | 1800s |
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| Description | According to Gomme (1898), stones was a game played in Ireland in about 1850, using either a ball or a lob-stick. A circle of about a half-dozen stones is arranged, one for each player in the in team. A member of the out team throws the ball/stick is thrown at one of the stones. If the defending player hits it, all members of the out team must move to another stone. The in and out teams exchange places if a stone is hit, the ball/stick is caught, or a player is hit while running between stones. |
| Sources | A. B. Gomme, The Traditional Games of England, Scotland, and Ireland (David Nutt, London, 1898), pages 216-217. |
| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
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