Wall Ball
| Game | Wall Ball |
|---|---|
| Game Family | Fungo |
| Location | |
| Regions | Europe |
| Eras | Predecessor, 1800s |
| Invented | No |
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| Description | Wall Ball (our term -- the original Dutch source sites "Den bal tegen den muur werpen") is described in an 1845 Dutch guide to games. A Dutch speaker's note on the game: "Wall Ball: A line is drawn on a wall about three feet high and another on the ground about six feet in front of the wall. The first player throws the ball against the ground and it has to hit the wall above the line and bounce back and hit the ground in front of the line on the ground. The second player catches it and then does the same. When a player fails to either hit the wall above the line or the ground in front of the line or the ball hits the ground a second time before he catches it, the other scores a point. The first to 15 points wins." |
| Sources | The book is: Jongens! Wat zal er gespeeld worden?: handboekje voor knapen bij hunne, (Leeuwarden, G.T.E. Suringar, 1845). The author is not specified. In 2016 John Thorn found the full text at:
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| Source Image | [[Image:|left|thumb]] |
| Comment | See also http://protoball.org/1845.29 for more on this source. Edit with form to add a comment |
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