Talk:Rounders

message: I decided to add to this article because I had a PNG which could easily be converted to a diagram of a rounders pitch. However, the material I had and that on the web about rules is very confusing (which is why I call it material rather than information), and I've never played rounders in my life, so I have almost certainly made errors of both commission and omission and would be grateful if someone would correct them. Trontonian 00:36, 4 Feb 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: If it was invented in ireland, why then is there a sport called Irish Rounders? It's like if there was a sport called Scottish Golf or Gaelic Gaelic football WookMuff 22:15, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: This page is a mess , is their anyone who know how closely related these games are because if they are very different in that they only share a name they need to split  (Gnevin 02:03, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The assertion that rounders is an Irish game (which I've never heard anywhere else) was posted by an IP address clear back in August. As far as I know, the game most commonly called "rounders" is English, not Irish. As to whether the Irish version is very similar, I couldn't say, but maybe someone could also write a section on how similar rounders was to the "New England game" of baseball, which ultimately lost out to the "New York game" (the opposite of what happened with clam chowder, but that's another dish). Wahkeenah 02:19, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Rounders isn't all that organised in Ireland, every primary school in the country uses a different set of rules in my experience. EamonnPKeane 19:41, 27 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Rounders is played by both sexes in schools.  I believe that women play it, but not men in any formal competitions.  Surely the article should reflect this so-obvious aspect of rounders?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.159.106.127 (talk) 19:01, 26 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Womens' and childrens' game? 

message: The first sentence of the history section states that the game has been "played in England since Tudor times, with the earliest reference being in 1744."  The problem with this is that 1744 was significantly after the tudor era.  Is this a factual error, or is there a plausible explanation for this?  ⇌ Jake Wartenberg 06:10, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: This does not appear to be an error - the source of the 1744 reference is given. In the absence of further information, one can only assume that the reference alludes to the game having been played in Tudor times. A little more research might help, though. Hohenloh  +   12:25, 7 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tudor Period 

message: A diagram of the field of play (pitch?) marked with dimensions, direction of run, positions of players, etc, would be useful. 86.166.161.236 (talk) 12:38, 5 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Diagram? 

message: So just to make sure that I'm getting this right, the name "rounders" is really used for two separate but related codes of the game, one originating in England and one in Ireland. As such, I think the article needs to be more clear about the differences between the rule sets, and be more careful about treating the English game as the default. Would be a bit more NPOV as such. Maybe a structure where the each game is more fully described, and then contrasted would be useful. Likewise the contrasts with baseball, softball and Welsh baseball could be separated to the different versions of rounders as well. Ultimately, if it appears prudent, I wonder if separate articles might be most beneficial. oknazevad (talk) 19:23, 12 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Really two separate games?