Hand made cricket ball : Changi Prisoner of War Camp

This cricket ball was made by a civilian internee at Changi Prisoner of War camp. It was brought to Australia after the end of the war by Ernest George Henty, a British internee who also kept diaries and records of cricket games played in the camp.

Hand made cricket ball with solid centre. The ball has been wrapped with black cotton twine and secured with thick white cotton stitches.