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Waddington's Cricket Game with batting and bowling.



Date:
1969
Object Number:
M.2014.31
Creator
John Waddington Ltd.
Object name
table game
Object category
games and gambling

Description

Game for two players only. Once setting up the bowling unit and setting the field, the bowler bowls by placing the ball at the top of the chute. He can also produce off breaks and leg breaks by adusting the break control unit provided. Bowler is allowed four overs of play with the chute in the fast position, and four overs of play with the chute in the slow position. Scoring: a ball that touches a man and stops within 5 inches of a fieldsman - 0. A ball that does not touch a man but stops within 5 inches of any fieldsman - 1. A ball that goes beyond 5 inches of an man, whether it touches a man or not - 2. A ball over the boundary - 4. Taking wickets: Batsman is out of: the ball hits the stumps, in making his stroke he moves the stumps, or the ball is held inside the base of one of the fieldmsan (ie. he is caught).
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