cricket ball

noun

noun

A hard, solid ball with an interior of cork and a leather case with a slightly raised sewn seam. Traditionally red, but other colors are available.

A feat sometimes achieved by outstanding local athletes is to throw a cricket ball clean over the top [of the viaduct].1951 October, William B. Stocks, “A Few Miles from Huddersfield”, in Railway Magazine, page 701:

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