this is how the game is played.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atherstone_Ball_Game
https://twitter.com/i/status/1649971354911866885
:ROFL:
QuoteThe game itself has few rules, two being that play is restricted to Long Street and participants are not allowed to kill anyone
'Ahead of the game itself, sweets and pennies are thrown to local children.'
Who are then beaten within an inch of their lives :tophat:
I see they've digressed from Cricket. :viking2:
Or went back to this...first game was played in 1199!
For people who speak "English": would that be a scrimmage, or a scrummage? :tophat: :RockOn:
When you're kicked-out of a Soccer Club for being too violent, this is where you go. BTW, I love English sports fans. Just sayin'. :knuppel2:
Yet another topic thread worthy of bringing back from a deserved death.
Speaking of stupid competitions.... Don't the brits also have a contest where participants chase a wheel of cheese down a steep rock infested hill? And the winner gets to keep the cheese?
sure, why not.
it wouldnt be the strangest British passtime.
you mean this:
just google this:
weird british competitions