British Bulldog

[ghoti_mhic_uait]

This is the game where lots of children line up in two lines, then a child from one team runs at the other line with an aim to breaking it. If you break through the line, then you rejoin your team, and your team gets another go. If the line holds firm, you join the other team, and it's their go. Many schools have banned this, and had when we were at school, but I think from anecdotal evidence that it was mainly C of E/other protestant schools that did this, whereas RC schools still allow the game. So, a test:[Poll #271314]

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[valkyriekaren.livejournal.com]

I played the game 'British Bulldog', but it's not the game you describe as above.

The game we called by that name was played thusly:

The game is played in a large area with clearly defined sides. One person was 'on' (i.e. in the middle of the area), while the others gathered in a huddle on one side. The person who was 'on' chose a category (e.g. 'colours' or 'countries' or 'animals') and the team huddled up and assigned each player a name within that category (so if it was animals, one person would be cat, one would be fox, one fish, etc). The person who was 'on' would then shout out possible names in the category, until someone's name was called. That person had to indicate that they were the one chosen, and then the whole group would run across the area to get to the other side, while the person who was 'on' tried to capture the selected person, and hold them down while they said 'British Bulldog' three times. Obviously the other people running could, if they chose, co-operate to stop the person in the middle getting to the selected player.
If the player was caught, he would also go in the middle, and try to catch in the next round.

[ghoti.livejournal.com]

We played games like that too, but never by that name. Interesting.