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- For the movie of the same name, see Rounders (film)
Game-play centres around innings where teams alternate at turns being batters and fielders. A maximum of nine players are allowed to play in fielding positions at one time. Points ("rounders") are scored by the batting team by completing a circuit around the field through four bases/posts without being put 'out' - for example, by a ball they batted being 'caught-out' or touching a tagged base/post.
The sport is very old and it has been documented as early as the seventeenth century. The earliest nationally formalised rules of play were devised by the GAA in Ireland in 1884. Liverpudlian and Scottish associations were formed in 1889. The NRA were not formed until 1943. Baseball (both the "New York game" and the now-defunct "Massachusetts game") as well as softball evolved from rounders (see origins of baseball) and bear a striking resemblance to the GAA version of the game. In fact, the earliest literary mention of rounders calls the game "base-ball." Rounders is now played on all levels from school-level to internationals.
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Backward Hit - The Dorset rounders tournament. Lists information on match fixtures, past results and current county teams.
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Meta Description: [ This document contains a history of rounders, an English ancestor of American baseball. It is a page in the History section of HickokSports.com, the largest collection of sports information on the Internet. ]
Lets Play Rounders - A guide to the sport of rounders, including history, pitches and rules.
National Rounders Association - Comprehensive information about the game plus information about regional and national tournaments. Also includes awards, coaching, equipment, calendar, leagues, membership information, rules, and news.
Play Rounders - Information on the game, equipment used and rules.
Queensland Rounders Association - Lists both boys and girls teams for the 2004 season and provides information on how many points each player has scored.
Rounders Contacts in Cambridge - A list of which teams no longer play, who the new teams are, which teams have new organisers, what their new number or email address is.
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Rounders Council of Ireland - Lists information on past rounders fixtures, previous winners, rounders leagues and championships.
Rounders for Fun - How to play the game, requirements, and history.
Rounders Online.net - Offers a guide to the sport including its rules and history and links to clubs and equipment suppliers.
South Yorkshire Rounders Association - Provides news, photos, details of officials, teams, fixtures, league tables, and history.
Meta Description: [ SYRA, South Yorkshire Rounders Association's website. The website provides details of rounders officials, rounders teams, rounders fixtures, rounders league tables for the JDM Rounders Leagues plus information on national rounders and school rounders events together with rounders coaching opportu... ]
Wikipedia - Rounders - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article includes an overview and rules of play.
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