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Item
OT168
Object ID
OT168
Type
Rights Holder
CIC
Provenance
D T Bassett
Season
Description
Cricket ball with silver shield affixed. Engraved: “ “D.J.B.” 8 Wickets for 5 runs Holyrood School v Sompting Abbots School 10.VII.29”
Info
This is a cricket 'match ball' presented to D J (David John) 'Jack' Bassett by his school at Holyrood, Bangor following the occasion of his achieving 8 wickets for 5 runs in the match against Sompting Abbots School on 10 July 1929. Jack Bassett later played on the wing rugby for Christ College Brecon, Swansea Uplands, Swansea United (ie: Swansea RFC 2nd XV) and Swansea 1st XV from 1930 to 1934. A promising athlete, Jack joined the R.A.F. in 1938 and sadly was killed along with the rest of his crew in a training accident when flying a Wellington Bomber on 10 September 1941. This memento of his sporting career and others on this website, were donated to the collection by his son David Bassett.
Keywords
jack bassett, cricket,
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