Stoolball

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Stoolball
Presented By... Tara, Kristen, Steph
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History

• Dates back to14th century
• Originated in Sussex,
• England
• Ancestor of Cricket,
• Baseball, and Rounders
• Traditionally played by
• Milkmaids...used milking
• stools as wicket
• 15th-19th century very
• popular with women

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Equipment

• Need 2 wickets (stools)
• Bat wooden oval shaped paddle with a short
  handle
• Ball a very soft ball such as a nerf ball

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How to Play Stoolball

• Many varieties
• Need 2 teams-11 or less players
• Mixed Teams-maximum 6 men for each team
• Played on large grass area with marked boundaries
  for play
• Strip of grass in middle with wickets/stools on
  each end 30 ft apart
• Mark a Batters line 6ft from the home stool

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Objective

• Pitcher stands near Base stool
• Throws ball underhand towards Home stool
• Batter stands at Batters Line
• Tries to prevent pitch from hitting Home stool,
  by hitting ball with bat
• If ball is hit, batter runs to Base stool and
  returns back home.
• If run is completed before fielders hit Home
  stool with ball, a run is scored!

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Rules

• Teams choose number of Overs per inning
• Set of 8 balls delivered by pitcher 1 over
• Inning ends when-set number of overs has been
  played or all but 1 batsman are out.
• Captains flip coin to see who bats first
• Swing as much as you want!
• Any contact is considered a HIT
• After hitting the ball, batter must run
  counterclockwise around the outside of the base
  and back home.

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References

• Grene, W. A. (2005). Stool Ball A medieval
  baseball game. Wendi Dunlap. Retrieved
• February 26, 2007, from http//slumberland.org/sc
  a/articles/stoolball.html.
• (2005). The History of Stoolball. Retrieved
  February 28, 2007, from
• http//www.stoolball.co.uk/history/article.php?it
  em45
• (1999). The Rules of Stoolball. Retrieved
  February 28, 2007, from
• http//www.mastersgames.com/rules/stoolball-rules
  .htm
• (2005). Stoolball. Retrieved February 26, 2007,
  from http//www.bucks-
• retinue.org.uk/content/ciew/229/276/