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On December 4, 1815, 750 ba' players came together in a mighty
contest on the field of Carterhaugh, near Selkirk in the Scottish
Borders, for what was advertised as 'a Great Foot-Ball Match'. On
December 4, 2015, two bands of dedicated ba' players descended on
Carterhaugh to celebrate the bicentenary of the match by joining
battle in another no-holds-barred contest. For anyone interested
the true origins of the game of rugby in the centuries-old mass ba'
games of the Scottish Borders and the North of England - still
alive and kicking to this day - here are tales wonderfully told by
historians of the game. Cracked crowns, furious duckings, acts of
never-to-be-forgotten heroism and unforgivable betrayal - Ian
Landles relives the dramas of the original 1815 Carterhaugh Ba'
match, recalls Walter Scott's pivotal role in organising it, and in
the process rewrites the early history of rugby. The late Hugh
Hornby describes the enduring appeal of mass football games today.
Billy Gillies explains why the Border ba' game is absolutely not
just a game but a serious business, and gives a blow-by-blow
account of the 2015 re-enactment. Historic images, verses and
letters, alongside photographs by leading Scottish photographers,
tell a story that has waited two centuries to be told.
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