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Bat of Clement Booth, 1862-1892



Date:
1862
Object Number:
M.53.17
Creator
Cobbett (bat maker)
Production notes
Cobbett partial stamp due to wooden plug Head of Handle: indistinct [Cobbett] x 2
Material
wood, twine, leather
Size
Height: 87.9cm Weight: 2lb 2oz
Object name
bat
Object category
sports equipment - cricket

Description

Spliced cane handle, has been re-handled once according to notes. Partially twined with leather grip. Straight blade with indistinct swell. Pegged at top of blade. Woodworm holes on face and few on reverse. Partial maker’s mark on face and indistinct on head of handle. Faint signature on reverse 'C Boo'

Display caption

Bat of Clement Booth, 1862, with which he made 17,000 runs. Presented by Mr A.E. Cheales (nephew of Clement Booth), 29th September, 1953. Made by Cobbett.
Association:
Clement Booth (owner) 1862 - 1892
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MCC/AAL/2/TEMP69 : Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1945-1960 donor surname C
M.12.377 : Bat of Frederick George Brabazon Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough