Forgotten Centuries-Old Ball Game Making a Surprise Comeback After 50 years A long-lost sport once feared dead is being dusted off and played again in the villages where it was born. “Knurr-and-spell” was once played widely in pubs across England’s South Yorkshire, but had all but vanished by the 1970s. The quirky ball game which bears a similarity to golf  sees players hit a clay ball […] The post Forgotten Centuries-Old Ball Game Making a Surprise Comeback After 50 years appeared first on Good News Network.

Forgotten Centuries-Old Ball Game Making a Surprise Comeback After 50 years: A long-lost sport once feared dead is being dusted off and played again in the villages where it was born. “Knurr-and-spell”… @goodnewsnetwork.org #ForgottenGames #KnurrAndSpell #BallGame #SportsHistory #TraditionalGames

Forgotten centuries-old ball game making surprise comeback A long-lost sport once feared dead is being dusted off and played again in the villages where it was born.

Knurr-and-spell was once played widely in pubs across South Yorks, a town in the UK, but vanished by the 1970s.

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