Elizabethan Games And Past Times
A Game of Stool Ball
Rufford Park (2004)
Stumpball is a game without any fixed rules; each time it is played differently - probably not too disimilar to the period.
This is a picture taken from early in a game. We encourage the public to take part; but they need a few minutes of watching before they get the courage to join in.
Not surprisingly it is usually the children that join in first; that makes it easier for us to then encourage the parents in as well.Photographer: Susanne Atkin
