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What were the 3 materials that were used to make a ball for playing marble cricket??

wuh kinda a ball ya using a rubber strand ball or a knit ball???????

Walter wrote:wuh kinda a ball ya using a rubber strand ball or a knit ball???????

Well I never played wid a knit ball...it was always rubbah strand.

So what are the other two materials besides the rubber strands that make up the marble cricket ball?

i no bout paper an' cloth, sum fellows used tuh put ah rock-stone in it, de knit balls were made de same wey jus dat cord was uses on de outside..........

Walter wrote:i no bout paper an' cloth, sum fellows used tuh put ah rock-stone in it, de knit balls were made de same wey jus dat cord was uses on de outside..........

Yeah...we used tuh start wid a rock in de middle, and wrap it in a good set of paper, then put on de rubber strands.

Gearbox wrote:

Walter wrote:i no bout paper an' cloth, sum fellows used tuh put ah rock-stone in it, de knit balls were made de same wey jus dat cord was uses on de outside..........

Yeah...we used tuh start wid a rock in de middle, and wrap it in a good set of paper, then put on de rubber strands.

dint you used tuh wet de paper tuh compact it?

Walter wrote:

Gearbox wrote:

Walter wrote:i no bout paper an' cloth, sum fellows used tuh put ah rock-stone in it, de knit balls were made de same wey jus dat cord was uses on de outside..........

Yeah...we used tuh start wid a rock in de middle, and wrap it in a good set of paper, then put on de rubber strands.

dint you used tuh wet de paper tuh compact it?

Nah...we use to put on nuff rubber strands and dat did de compacting and made the ball bouncy. We brek nuff glass windows in de village playing marble cricket yuh.

We used to make "Tar balls" to play marble cricket and also knitted balls. You roll up a piece of cloth and then knit some cord around it with a nail. We used the tar/pitch that wrapped the hams we used to get back then, or we would remove the semi hardened tar from the 55 gallon drums that the tar used to come in, roll it into a ball and play cricket.

The Captain wrote:We used to make "Tar balls" to play marble cricket and also knitted balls. You roll up a piece of cloth and then knit some cord around it with a nail. We used the tar/pitch that wrapped the hams we used to get back then, or we would remove the semi hardened tar from the 55 gallon drums that the tar used to come in, roll it into a ball and play cricket.

Did you get any bounce out of those tar balls Cappy?