Object number
TN.2008.101
Title
West Indies Touring Blazer of Sonny Ramadhin, 1955-56
Date
1955 - 1955
Creator
Production notes
Made by ‘Simpson’ ‘Daks’
Material
Size
height: 76 cm
Description
No acquistition information. Needs provenance.
Maroon West Indies blazer with white and green striped trim. Embroidered West Indies crest on left breast pocket featuring a mountain and palm tree. ‘New Zealand 1955-1956’ in silver thread beneath crest.
Display caption
Sonny Ramadhin helped bowl West Indies to a famous Test victory over England at Lord’s in 1950. Ramadhin came from the Indian community of Trinidad. The vast diversity of national and ethnic communities within the West Indies has added much to the flavour of Caribbean cricket. But internecine rivalries and allegations of favouritism have also made the forging of a unified team spirit problematic.
Association
Related objects
TN.2008.1265 : Ball presented to KT (Sonny) Ramadhin, West Indies vs. New Zealand, Dunedin 1956
MCCPHO150380 : Sonny Ramadhin (The West Indies); Bowling (posed)
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