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For the movie of the same name, see Rounders (film)
Rounders is a sport which originated in Great Britain and Ireland. The game is regulated by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in Ireland and the National Rounders Association (NRA) in England. Both regulating bodies operate a slightly different, although broadly similar, game-play and culture. Competitions are held between teams from both traditions with games alternating between codes, often with one version being played in the morning and the other being played in the afternoon.

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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Time for a movie in Voddler - think I'll see Rounders. Up early tomorrow to write an article about web forms, interesting.
Northgrove (Joakim Nordlund) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:45:15 -0000
Time for a movie in Voddler - think I'll see Rounders. Up early tomorrow to write an article about web forms, interesting.
@timlozinski id personally steer clear of cheaper LG tvs, Samsung are good value all rounders
andyanimation (Andrew Green) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:18:42 -0000
@timlozinski id personally steer clear of cheaper LG tvs, Samsung are good value all rounders
Check out what the 1st rounders would be today RT @SI_24Seven - Draft redux - http://bit.ly/4NhPQD #nfldraft
eheasley (Erik Heasley) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:55:42 -0000
Check out what the 1st rounders would be today RT @SI_24Seven - Draft redux - http://bit.ly/4NhPQD #nfldraft
@mlse I've seen people hold on to a dollar bill at a strip club harder than a Leafs GM holds on to first rounders. Draft, schmaft!
DHSpeedwagon (DHSpeedwagon) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:34:02 -0000
@mlse I've seen people hold on to a dollar bill at a strip club harder than a Leafs GM holds on to first rounders. Draft, schmaft!
ESPN Mock Draft: Berry and Dan Williams both first-rounders. And #Vols played vs. five other projected first rounders. http://ow.ly/MqLM
DrewEdwardsUT (Drew Edwards) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:30:48 -0000
ESPN Mock Draft: Berry and Dan Williams both first-rounders. And #Vols played vs. five other projected first rounders. http://ow.ly/MqLM
@HomeOfCricket Surely @jimmyAnderson9 and @Swannyg66 are classed as all-rounders these days?
TheKingsTweets (King Cricket) Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:00:26 -0000
@HomeOfCricket Surely @jimmyAnderson9 and @Swannyg66 are classed as all-rounders these days?

 
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