Objektnummer
M.2012.61
Titel
Leg Guards by Unknown Maker
Datum
1900 - 1930
Upphovsman
Material
Omfattning
Height: 71 cm
Beskrivning
Pair of skeleton leg guards, six napped leather covered cane supports, double knee roll with knee and shin bolsters, reinforced instep and three, leather straps. Plant material and kapok padding.
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As time moved on cricketers probably realised that sustaining bruises and broken limbs was not ‘manly’ either, especially with the lack of medical help we now see at all sporting fixtures.
Leg guards are the most obvious form of protection, along with the helmets and gloves that batsmen wear today. MCC’s earliest example of protective padding is Edward Wenman’s 1830 thigh pad, displayed downstairs. However, pads must have been in use from the mid-18th century, because their misuse led to a change to the Laws of Cricket. The addition of dismissal for LBW was introduced in 1774, because batsmen started using their pads to deflect the ball from the wicket.
M.2012.61 ‘Skeleton’ Leg Guards, cane, horsehair and canvas, 1885
Over the last 200 years pads have undergone great changes in materials and design, although the early skeleton pads look lighter and less cumbersome than the modern foam versions.
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