However, don't go over the top with regards to fertilizer to cleaning the equipment. You need to really need to clean rugby balls or footballs. (However, if getting into to keep an old-fashioned one made from leather in good condition, rub the leather down with a little vegetable oil, or a blend of various oils. Linseed oil is really a popular taste.) You definitely shouldn't clean cricket balls - inadvertently tearing be construed as ball tampering (against the rules), and the contrast between ...