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The Lord's Sparrow, 1936



Date:
1936
Object Number:
TN.2008.980
Material
feathers, leather
Size
height: 22.5 cm (with plinth)
Object name
ball bird
Object category
sports equipment - cricket taxidermy

Description

Stuffed sparrow (female) mounted on red ball. Both mounted on oval wooden base with the inscription 'This sparrow was killed at Lord's by a ball // bowled by Jehangir Khan (Cambridge University) to TN Pearce (MCC) // on July 3rd 1936.'

Display caption

Sparrow Preserved by MCC at the suggestion of Col. Rait Kerr, 1936 TN.2008.980
Association:
Mohammad Jahangir Khan
Thomas Neill Pearce
Related objects:
EN.2013.4 : 1932 MCC Membership pass of Jahangir Khan
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP491 : Loans Out
AV/2/69 : Flight of the Lord's Sparrow
AV/5/25 : Action Radio 5AD, Sheffield Shield Adelaide Oval 22 November 1969: West Australia vs. South Australia, 'Dead Swallow Incident' - John Inverarity and Colin Egar
AV/4/28 : BBC Programme, 'Outlook from Lord's'