Object number
TN.2008.543a
Title
Ball presented to JC (Jim) Laker, England v Australia, Old Trafford 1956
Date
1956 - 1956
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Size
23 cm
Description
Red leather cricket ball with silver, round plaque. Inscribed 'presented by the Lancashire County Cricket Club to J C Laker who with this ball took 9 wickets for 37 runs for England v Australia at Old Trafford July 1956'
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Balls of Jim Laker, 1956
Made by Stuart Surridge
Donated by Mrs Laker
TN.2008.543a
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Jim Laker has gone down in history as the man to capture 19 of a possible 20 wickets in the Old Trafford Test match of July 1956. He boasted figures of 10 for 53 and 9 for 37 as England beat Australia
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