Medieval ball games at Moissac?

Archaeologists excavating a municipal car park in Moissac, Tarn et Garonne, have uncovered what appears to be a ball, composed of vegetable matter enclosed in a leather casing, which shows signs of having been stitched.

Leather cased ball: photo Bastien Lefebvre

Lead researcher, Bastien Lefebvre of Toulouse University Jean-Jaures, says they usually find more domestic evidence of medieval life, which is their area of research, such as cooking pots or wooden implements. They have come across fruit presses, not uncommon in an area renowned for its grapes. But this is the first time they have uncovered what may be evidence of a sporting pastime. Most depictions of footballs from medieval times seem to be inflated pigs' bladders, but this find more resembles a leather football, or possibly a pelota type ball (no indication of size has been given). It may even have a more domestic use and experts' reports are awaited. What chances it was a cricket ball brought by English soldiers (though some centuries before the game was played in England)?
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