1001 to 1600 in sports
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1001 to 1600 in sports
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By 1600, rural folk in Great Britain had begun to play early versions of cricket, football and golf. Early in the 16th century, English public houses were showing interest in bowls and real tennis, as well as dice and cards, all of which the government tried to eliminate forcefully. According to Derek Birley, it was late in the 16th century that "licensing began to replace prohibition... a public house might be licensed to allow men of substance to engage in dice, cards, tables, bowls, and tenni
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Sports in the Middle Ages
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1001_to_1600_in_sports
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2009-01-24T22:21:26Z
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2024-09-09T21:08:54Z
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