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The ball's seam
I wonder if the pitched delivery, as well as leading to bats becoming straight, also led to the introduction of the seam on the ball. A seam would surely have no purpose if the ball was rolled along the ground, as any initial spin put on as the ball left the hand would quickly disappear due to friction with the ground. Do the sources have anything to say about this? JH (talk page) 08:43, 25 October 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello again, . Good question. Yes, the seam was introduced in the late 1770s by Duke & Son of Penshurst in Kent. Apparently, a man called Clout from Sevenoaks had already created the first ball with a wound core and a leather cover in the 1740s. Dukes made a six-seam ball and it was used to great effect by Lamborn of Hambledon who is said to have invented the underarm off-break. We don't know how long Lamborn was active as the only mentions of him are in the years from 1777 to 1781. Nyren says Lamborn introduced "this deceitful and teasing style of delivering the ball" so maybe Lamborn was the first to realise the spin potential of a seamed ball. As you say, a seam would have been useless on a ball that was rolled or skimmed. BoJó  &#124;  talk  UTC 13:33, 25 October 2022 (UTC)