SJS
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Thanks, Shukraan and Dhanyavaad...membersstand said:Great question SJS
but what matters is what Guru Jason thinks ??
Thanks, Shukraan and Dhanyavaad...membersstand said:Great question SJS
Sorry SJS didn't see that before..It was in a poem by Richard someone. It's still open in another window I think... (I've got about 50 open thanks to this question)Sorry M'stand. I am looking for the first instance , on record, that mentions that the colour of the cricket ball was crimson.
1753 is correct as the year but where specifically was it mentioned ?
And then stick that onto the paragraph above...membersstand said:It wasn't Richard but here it is...
19 (Barty-King, 1979, p. 29) A poem, dedicated to the Duke of Dorset, refers to a crimson ball.
Still no answer though. It's now 2.46AM and my plane leaves at 6.30AM. I think I ahould sleep...Robertinho said:Haha, damn! SIX consecutive posts!
But why it was CRIMSON ?shankar said:There is a theory(for the reason why the cricket ball is red) that original balls may have been balls of tightly bound wool, matted together with the reddle or ochre, (a red iron-ore used in marking) which was used to mark sheep. But this is purely hypothesis with no supporting evidence.
Edward tells me to tell you he's going to Melbourne for a family holiday...Robertinho said:Where are you going? Where are you going FROM? haha..
LOL thanks Neil.Neil Pickup said:Edward tells me to tell you he's going to Melbourne for a family holiday...