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The sports and pastimes of the people of England : including the rural and domestic recreations, May games, mummeries, shows, processions, pageants, and pompous spectacles, from the earliest period to the present time (1830)

Strutt, Joseph, 1749-1802, Hone, William, 1780-1842 · London : Printed for William Reeves · leaf 178

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uent variations, according to the joint determination ofthe players* XX.—TRAP-BALL. Trap-ball, so called from the trap used to elevate the ballwhen it is to be stricken by the batsman, is anterior to cricket,and probably coeval with most of the early games played w iththe bat and ball: we trace it… … Trap-Bali..—XIV. Century. See p. 102. 108 SPORTS AND PASTIMES BOOK IT. Here are only two players, but the game is not restricted toany particular number, though 1 think it seldom exceeds six oreight on a side. The size of the bat indicates the holder to havepossessed no gTeat judgment in striking…

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