tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post6396211405301830351..comments2024-03-26T18:01:57.609+00:00Comments on Inky Fool: Crickets and Stool-BallM.H. Forsythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01464964455944509750noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-31421169039378637002013-07-24T02:03:52.704+01:002013-07-24T02:03:52.704+01:00You see, there's a kind of little foot-stool c...You see, there's a kind of little foot-stool called a cricket-stool which is recorded from 1559 (Item 2 old <a href="http://www.kartworld.ie/groups/stag-hen-parties" rel="nofollow">stag parties</a> chairesā„. Item one litill crekett stole.), and therefore if stool-ball were played with a cricket stool it would become cricket. And so, in 1575 you have the first record of the noble game:Elizabeth J. Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01824134730760179008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-69354019162516103592012-05-22T16:24:34.650+01:002012-05-22T16:24:34.650+01:00Played it a lot in East Sussex where villages pubs...Played it a lot in East Sussex where villages pubs etc. all had teams. It's the only place I've come across adults playing it, though I gather it's more widely played in schoolsJonathan Hutchinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11080731512883894399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-87445288314947883942012-05-18T15:01:09.806+01:002012-05-18T15:01:09.806+01:00stoolball features frequently in memoirs of WW2 Ge...stoolball features frequently in memoirs of WW2 German prison camps eg The Colditz Story<br />can't say from memory whether it's the same gametubafoonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16707583353398520449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2629301231907528990.post-3465268452807333252012-05-18T13:43:07.076+01:002012-05-18T13:43:07.076+01:00You need to extend your research to Douglas Adams&...You need to extend your research to Douglas Adams's <i>Life, the Universe and Everything</i>, which would inform you both why it is called cricket and, in passing, why we are shunned by every other civilized planet in the galaxy.Stuart Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06448577864182126540noreply@blogger.com