U.S. Experience

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People from other social classes such as the middle and lower classes enjoyed other ball sports for leisure. These sports include trapball, stoolball, and even baseball

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Cricket was mainly a past-time sport for the upper and upper middle social classes during the 1700s

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Traditional sports like football, cricket and boxing had been played for centuries but now they were given proper rules for the first time.

www.victorianbazaar.com

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entertainment in the 1800s

Dominos, Checkers, and chess were often played to pass time

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cup and ball were among many toys and games used for entertainment

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Rugby in the early 1800s

Rugby during the early 1800s started to evolve by having players run with the ball instead of just pitching it to other players to progress down field.

-wikipedia

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baseball also saw a growth of popularity during this time

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boxing has been around sine the early 1700s, but starts getting more and more popular

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Lottery: Continental Congress Lottery Tickets

the national lottery started around the late 1700s. in this link is a picture of a winning ticket

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Playing Cards has always been a popular past time

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this page gives insight on various types of ball games played in colonial america

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Cricket

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Trap-Ball

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One popular outdoor game was rolling the hoop. Taking a big wooden hoop, the children would race each other from one point to another on the lawn. The object of the game was to see who could get to the finishing point fastest. It sounds like an easy game, but the hoop was difficult to roll.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_was_leisure_time_spent_in_colonial_America

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nine pins, similar to bowling

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"In most country towns you will find almost every other house with a sign of entertainment before it." -John Adams, 1761

http://www.history.org/Foundation/journal/Spring08/pop.cfm

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billiards became popular around the 1770s