Object number
M.61.17 P.L.
Title
Blue Ball by AW Gamage Ltd., 1897
Date
1897
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Size
circumference: 22.5 cm
Description
Blue ball specially made for women's cricket. Stamped: A.W. Gamage Ltd.;'A.W.G.', Holborn, E.C. Commissioned by Gamages department store from A. Reader & Co, Ball makers, Teston, Kent.
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Ball for Women’s Cricket, 1897
A. Reader & Co, Kent
Blue ball specially commissioned by a department store in central London called Gamages, and made by Alfred Reader, the famous ball makers from Kent, ‘to ensure that lady cricketers would not swoon at the sight of a red one’ according to a 1963 Exhibition of Women’s Cricketana catalogue.
MCC Collections: Donated by Women’s Cricket Association
Object no: M.61.17 P.L
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