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Stoolball - Wikipedia
Stoolball is a sport that dates back to at least the 15th century, originating in Sussex, southern England. It is considered a traditional striking and ...
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What is stoolball?
Stoolball is an exciting team sport, similar to Twenty20 cricket. Two teams compete to score the most runs. There are two wickets standing at shoulder ...
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www.stoolball.org.uk
Amanda Curry bowling at Seaford stoolball tournament (semi-final)
Incredible bowling by Amanda Curry of Winterfold Stoolball Club in a semi-final against eventual winneers Angmering at the County Tournament ...
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stool-ball
ˈstool-ball [f. stool n. + ball n. The ‘stool’ was the wicket (see stool n. 2 d); perh. it was originally an ordinary stool.] 1. An old country game somewhat resembling cricket, played chiefly by young women or, as an Easter game, between young men and women for a ‘tansy’ (tansy 3) as the stake. Sti...
Oxford English Dictionary
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Stoolball (England) - Traditional Sports
In this game, the pitcher tries to hit a stool or stump with the ball, while the batter tries to defend the target using bare hands or a bat. Stool ball was ...
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Stool ball: a medieval baseball game - Slumberland
In this game, the pitcher tries to hit a stool or stump with the ball, while the batter tries to defend the target using bare hands or a bat.
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Stoolball (?) | The Walters Art Museum
Stoolball may have been an early version of baseball. Dating to the 11th century, it was a folk game that men and women played together.
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The Rules / Instructions of Stoolball - Masters Traditional Games
A Stoolball match is played by 2 teams of 11 or less players. In mixed games there should be a maximum of six men in each team.
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Stoolball, a game of speed and glamour – archive, 1960 | Sport
A traditional game which meets all the demands of this age for speed and glamour, and brings something of the verve of the ballet to the honoured chock of ...
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stool-ball - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Noun · An old country game, similar in some respects to cricket and rounders, and chiefly played by young men or women at Eastertide. · A ball used in the game ...
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A Little Pretty Pocket-Book
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The book includes a woodcut of stool-ball among other period games, and includes a rhyme entitled "Base-Ball."
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stow-ball
† stow-ball Obs. Also 7 stopball, stoball, stob-ball, stobball. [Of obscure origin. Commonly identified with stool-ball; but the games appear to have been very dissimilar, and the corruption of stool-ball into stoball, stobball seems hardly probable. Possibly the first element may be stob n., denoti...
Oxford English Dictionary
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Baseball Before We Knew It
"Stool-ball", an earlier sport, may have been even more influential in the evolution of baseball, and is also a likely parent of cricket, which developed
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grinstool ball
† grinstool ball Obs. ? = stool-ball.1579 J. Jones Preserv. Bodie & Soule i. xi. 23 Other exercises, as riding, running easily at Bace, at grinstole ball, boules, riding on horseback..I wil omitte.
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