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The Gentlemen had been dismissed for 60 in their first innings and then, after the Players made 270 for 6, the Gentlemen gave up and conceded the game. [33] It was a "Coronation Match" to celebrate the accession of the unpopular King George IV and Derek Birley commented that it was "a suitably murky affair". [ 34 ]
Father W Ferris describes two forms of caid: the "field game" in which the object is to put the ball through arch-like goals, formed from the boughs of two trees; and the epic "cross-country game" which lasts the whole of a Sunday (after Mass) and is won by taking the ball across a parish boundary. [3] "Wrestling", "holding" opposing players ...
These games featured punt kicking and catching a stuffed ball. They involved large numbers of players, and were played over an extremely large area. The game was subject to strict behavioural protocols: for instance all players had to be matched for size, gender and skin group relationship.
The game is primarily played by four players in fixed partnerships, [3] but can also be played by 2–6 individual players. [4] [5] Pedro uses a regular pack of 52 cards, but some variants add a joker called the Dom, hence the name Dom Pedro. The game is much simpler than pitch, in that all points are awarded to the winners of the tricks ...
[6] [7] Each player would hold a small and hard ball. [8] The players would throw the balls at each other with their right hand and aim to catch the ones thrown at them with their left. [2] Participants had around three to six balls. The point of the game was to keep the balls circling between the players continuously at high speeds. [9]
Kaufman-Renn was a menace no matter who the Bruins assigned to defend him, finishing with 29 points on 11-for-15 shooting to help Purdue (20-9 overall, 12-6 Big Ten) snap its four-game losing streak.
Patolli is a race game with a heavy focus on gambling. Players would meet and inspect the items each other had available to gamble. They would bet blankets, maguey plants, precious stones, gold adornments, food or, in extreme cases, their homes, family or freedom.
Scissors is a party game in which the rules of game are hidden from some of the players. Players will sit in a circle and pass a pair of real or imaginary scissors to the player to the left of them. The scissors may be passed open or closed, depending on a rule which is known only to one or two players.