Stoolball
Sign in to saveStoolball is a sport that dates back to at least the 15th century, originating in Sussex, southern England. It is considered a "traditional striking and fielding sport" and may be an ancestor of cricket (a game it resembles in some respects), baseball, softball, and rounders. The sport has been called "cricket in the air". There is evidence to suggest that it was played as a tradition by milkmaids who used their milking stools as a "wicket" and the bittle, or milk bowl as a bat, hence its archaic name of bittle-battle.
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- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
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Le stoolball, aussi parfois nommé bittle-battle, stobal, stobbal ou stool-ball, est un sport collectif anglais probablement originaire du Sussex. Pratiqué depuis au moins le XVe siècle, il reprend les mêmes principes généraux que le cricket et est reconnu comme sport en Angleterre par l' depuis 2008. Mixte dès l'origine, le stoolball est désormais plutôt un sport féminin.
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