Cricket Balls
Series
- Series Name
- Colour Pictorial
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 3 / 4
- Summary
- Pathe synopsis: A visit to the factory in Kent where cricket balls have been made by hand for over a century. At one time cricket balls were made from wood; later the village cobbler used to cover them with learther, but today the balls are a tribute to perfect craftsmenship - a joy to batsman and bowlker alike.
- Keywords
- Cricket; Industry and manufacture
- Locations
- Kent; England; Southborough; Tunbridge
- Written sources
- Pathe Colour Pictorial Lobby Cards Used for synopsis
- Credits:
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- Commentator
- John Glen
- Length of story (in feet)
- 237
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How to cite this record
'Cricket Balls', Colour Pictorial Issue No. 091, 24 Sep 1956. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/120271 (Accessed 04 Nov 2025)