Object number
M.57.35.1
Title
Fives Ball
Date
1957
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Material
Size
circumference: 16.5 cm
Description
Bisected to show core. White kid leather, hand sewn in red, cut in one piece with four 'petals'. Core of wood wound with worsted yarn and mercerised cotton.
Display caption
2.3
Most of the 250 balls in the MCC collection record the great batting and bowling feats in cricket history, but we also have balls from other sports for comparison.
M.57.27 Softball Ball. 1957. Donated by Stuart Surridge & Co Ltd
M.57.1a Spalding Baseball, signed by Brooklyn Dodger, Sal Maglie, 1957.
M.57.5a Hurling Sliotar, O'Neill's, 1957. Donated by J C Boucher
M.57.35.1 & 2 Eton Fives Ball Stuart Surridge & Co Ltd
This shows the interior construction and how it differs from a cricket ball.
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