The Ball of Fortune is a 1926 British silent sports film directed by Hugh Croise and starring Billy Meredith, James Knight and Mabel Poulton.BFI.org Based on the 1925 novel of the same title by Sydney Horler, the film is set against the backdrop of professional football. Top player Billy Meredith appears as himself. It was produced by a Leeds-based independent film company and involved footage shot at the city's Elland Road Stadium. It is now considered a lost film.Glynn pp. 26–27
Cast Billy Meredith as himself James Knight as Dick Huish Mabel Poulton as Mary Wayne Geoffrey B. Partridge as James Brighurst Dorothy Boyd as Connie Mark Barker as Bent John Longden as Daltry Charles Barratt as Daniel Brighurst Patrick Aherne
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Bibliography Glynn, Stephen. The British Football Film. Springer, 2018.
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