Bat-and-ball Game
Bat-and-ball may refer to: *Bat-and-ball games * Bat & Ball Inn, Hambledon in Hampshire, England * Bat & Ball railway station in Kent, England *Turn and slip indicator In aviation, the turn and slip indicator (T/S, a.k.a. turn indicator and turn and bank indicator) and the turn coordinator (TC) variant are essentially two aircraft flight instruments in one device. One indicates the rate of turn, or the rate of ...

Bat-and-ball Games
Bat-and-ball games, or safe haven games, are playing field, field games played by two opposing teams. Action starts when the defending team throws a ball at a dedicated player of the attacking team, who tries to hit it with a bat and then run between various safe areas in the field to score runs (points). The defending team can use the ball in various ways against the attacking team's players to force them off the field ("get them out") when they are not in safe zones, and thus prevent them from further scoring. The best known modern bat-and-ball games are cricket and baseball, with common roots in the 18th-century games played in England. The teams alternate between "batting" (offensive role), sometimes called "in at bat" or simply ''in'', and "fielding" (defensive role), also called "out in the field" or ''out''. Only the batting team may score, but teams have equal opportunities in both roles. The game is counted rather than timed. The action starts when a player on the fieldin ...
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Bat & Ball Inn, Hambledon
The Bat & Ball Inn is a historic eighteenth-century pub near Clanfield, Hampshire, England. History The pub is situated opposite the Broadhalfpenny Down cricket ground, the original home of the Hambledon Club. Richard Nyren, a landlord of the inn from 1762 to 1772, was the Hambledon Club's team captain. Nyren was succeeded as landlord by William Barber, another well-known Hambledon cricketer, who held the licence until 1784. The Monarch's Way long-distance footpath passes the pub. The pub is currently owned by Fuller's and is a former George Gale and Co Ltd Pub. The pub has been Grade II listed since 1954. References Bibliography * F S Ashley-Cooper, ''The Hambledon Cricket Chronicle'', Herbert Jenkins, 1924 * David Underdown David Edward Underdown (19 August 1925 – 26 September 2009) was a historian of 17th-century English politics and culture and Professor Emeritus at Yale University. Born at Wells, Somerset, Underdown was educated at the Blue School and Exete ...
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Bat & Ball Railway Station
Bat & Ball railway station is on Bat & Ball Road in the suburban town of Sevenoaks, Kent, England. The station is managed by Southeastern, although all trains that serve the station are Thameslink. It is from , although all northbound trains run to London Blackfriars. History The station opened in 1862 with the name ''Sevenoaks''. Some years later, it was named ''Sevenoaks Bat & Ball'' and then again in 1950 to its current name. The name derives from the ''Bat & Ball Inn'', a pub which no longer exists. A long lease of the building was granted to Sevenoaks Town Council in 2017 for refurbishment supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund. Works began in March 2018 for a building reopening in January 2019. It is a listed building in the initial, mainstream category, Grade II (two). Facilities The station is near the hospital, in the ecclesiastical parish of St John's Hill and in the broader town council's civil parish. It is on a south coastbound route from London via and v ...
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