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Batting Gloves by Slazenger, pre. 1960



Object Number:
M.2014.97.1
Creator
Slazenger (manufacturer)
Material
leather, suede, elastic
Size
length of main part: 13.5 cm
Object name
gloves
Object category
sports equipment - cricket

Description

Left hand, child’s batting glove. One of a pair. Four brown leather sausages with white suede ‘knuckles’ on brown suede base. Leather ‘tips’ on inner base for fingers. Thumb, a leather sausage, attached with brown elastic to main hand. White leather trim

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Gloves 5.1 Gloves are vitally important to protect delicate fingers from injuries that could curtail a player’s season. The artist Nicholas ‘Felix’ Wanostrocht is credited with inventing India-rubber batting gloves during the 19th century. Our earliest examples are made of individual sausages of padded leather attached to the fingers with straps or elastic. They came in adult and child sizes. M.2014.97 Children’s Batting Glove, Slazenger, leather, 20th century.
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M.2014.97.2 : Batting Gloves by Slazenger, pre. 1960