It was in England, in the late 19th century, that table tennis

made its appearance. Taking inspiration from lawn tennis, the

first players belonged to middle-class Victorian society. The first
game would have been played using a champagne cork as a
ball, cigar boxes as bats and books for the net.
 An English Patent was
filed on 15 July 1890
when David Foster of
England introduced the
first action game of
tennis on a table in
1890.

DAVID FOSTER

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• Table tennis is an indoor game played by two or
four players.
• It originated one liked to use their dinner table,
arranged books in the middle of the table to act as
the net then paddles. At first, they named it Whiff–
Whaff because of the sound produced as the ball
bounced.
• It is also called Ping Pong derive from the sound
produced as it bounced off the tables.
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In international
play, one side
must be black
and the other is
bright red.

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• Color:
Orange/White
• Mass: 2.7g ideally,
but 2.67-2.77g is
acceptable
• Diameter: 40
millimeters, minimum
of 39.5 and
maximum of 40.55