N° d'objet
M.53.10
Titre
Bat of Patsy Hendren, 1928
Date
1928
Créateur
Extra Special, Improved Conqueror
Matériel
Etendue
Height: 85.3cm
Weight: 2lb 6oz
Description
B Warsop bat with spliced cane handle, twine wrapped. Quadruple-sprung with two inner layers of rubber and two outer layers of mock buckskin. Mailey cartoon on reverse with signatures of M.C.C. touring team and leading Australian players.
Used to score his hundredth century, MCC vs Victoria Melbourne 1928
Bat with which 'Patsy' Hendren scored his 100th century, for M.C.C. v Victoria, at Melbourne, 1928. Bat bears a drawing of Hendren by A.A. Mailey and autographs of the M.C.C. touring team and leading Australian players. Made by Benjamin Warsop & Sons Ltd.
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP74 : Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1945-1960 donor surname H
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