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Stoolball

Stoolball: photograph by Richard Rogerson
Photo: Richard Rogerson, CC BY-SA 2.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

A bowler throws underarm at a wooden target on a post; the batter defends it with a paddle bat and runs between posts to score.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of United Kingdom.

Origins

Usually placed in the era of Modern Heritage (1800 to today), although its exact origins are uncertain, within the cultural world of Celtic and Atlantic Europe.

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