• Title
  [Cricket ball] presented to R. G. Scott ... 1907
• Creator
  Robert G. Scott, b. 1899
• Call number
  R 578
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1907
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Objects
• Reference code
  442724
• Physical Description
  Objects - 7.1 cm. (max diam.) - 1 ball, spherical in shape, made of red leather, with join line across one half, and plain silver stap band around circumference
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  In 1907, Robert Glendon Scott took five wickets with five consecutive balls playing for Newington College, Sydney, against The King's School, Parramatta. This is the ball used for the remarkable feat, mounted with silver. Reference: Exhibition caption, 'Stories in Silver', State Library of New South Wales, 1996.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• General note
  
  The initails "R.C.V.T.K.S" in the inscription represent Newington College Versus The Kings School.
  The cricket ball was originally received in a canvas bag with a note by the donor. The note is located with the ball.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823474
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Engraved on silver band, "Presented to / R.G. Scott / for taking 5 Wickets / in 5 Successive BALLS for / N.C.V.T.K.S. / 1907"
  The silver band bears hallmarks: 'H.P & S.S.' [Henry Perkins & Sons, Birmingham, U.K.], [Anchor symbol], [Lion passant symbol], 'b' [date letter]. It can be dated as 1901 (presumably the silver band was not originally made for this purpose).
• Name
  King's School (Parramatta, N.S.W.)
  Scott family
  
• Subject
  Newington College.
  
• Topic
  cricket
  cricket balls
  presentation pieces
  schools & colleges
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Stories in silver
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3323742

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