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Agenda Inventors Different Balls Earlier Years Rugby Ball Middle Year Rugby Ball Modern day Rugby Ball Work Cited

Inventors Richard Lindon(1816-1887) and William Gilbert(1799-1877) Richard and William both owned a boot shop near a rugby school. While making shoes and boots they also made the leather to make balls for the children of the rugby school. Lindon’s wife died of lung disease believed to be because of blowing up balls for them. Lindon created both the rubber ball in 1870 and a hand pump to blow them up.

Different Balls Then: Now:

Earlier Day Rugby Balls Was made out of pigs bladder covered in a hand stitched leather casing. The pig bladder had to be blown up by the power of lungs. There was no normal size for a rugby ball at the time it solemnly depended on the size and shape of the pig bladder.

Middle Year Rugby Ball 1892 the rule was made that the ball must be 11 to 11 1/4 inches in length, 30 to 31 inches circumference (end on), 25 1/2 to 26 inches circumference (in width), must weight 12 to 13 ounces and hand sewn with no less than 8 stitches to the inch 1893 the weight was increased to 13 to 14 ½ ounces 1931 the width of the ball was changed to 24 to 25 ½ inches and the weight changed to 13 ½ to 15 ounces

Modern Day Rugby Ball 2004 rules, the ball must be 280 to 300 mm long, 740 to 770 mm in circumference (end to end) and 580 to 620 mm in circumference (in width) made of leather or suitable synthetic material,treated to be water resistant and easier to grip Can not weigh more that 460 grams or less than 410 Smaller balls may be used for younger players

Work Cited Fagan, Sean. "Rugby Balls." RL1908.com. N.p., 2005. Web. 9 May 2011. <http://www.rl1908.com/resources/Rugby_Ball.htm>. "History of the Rugby Ball." RugbyRugby.com. N.p., 2010. Web. 9 May 2011. <http://guide.rugbyrugby.com/Rugby%20Sections/History/Rugby%20Ball.asp>. "The Ball." RugbyFootballHistory.com . N.p., 2007. Web. 9 May 2011. <http://www.rugbyfootballhistory.com/ball.htm>.