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Home Cricket Board Game



Date:
1946
Object Number:
M.2015.929
Creator
Pepys Games (manufacturer)
Material
card
Size
board: ht x w: 45.4 x 45.8 cm
Object name
board game
Object category
games and gambling

Description

Folded, card board game. Made up of 144 squares, each with either a number (the runs scored with that delivery) or a way of getting out. Each set of six squares is labelled with an over. Green background with images of cricketers and stands.
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I have on offer a game board for use with the rare vintage game Home Cricket. This is made by Pepys games and dates from 1946. The board is made up of 144 squares, each with either a number (the runs scored with that delivery) or a way of getting out. Each set of six squares is labelled with an over. You start in the first over and end with the 24th over. Players throw a die and move along the row labelled with the first over and check the result. Now the marker is moved back to the start of that over and a die is thrown again, and so on for six deliveries. Then it is the 2nd over, and so on. The publisher thought that it would be a good idea to say it was a game for more than the obvious two players. So three can play (two pair up against the other single player), or four (both teams consist of a pair of players) or five players (two teams of two players and the fifth player just acts as scorer and he gets to shout "Over" at the end of each six deliveries. This is for the game board only and does not have its original box or playing pieces but would be ideal for someone who wants to complete a part set.
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