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Subbuteo: The Game of "Table Cricket"



Date:
1951
Object Number:
M.2015.974
Creator
P A Adolph (manufacturer)
Material
paper, card, plastic, celluloid
Size
box: l x w x ht: 13.8 x 15 x 5.5 cm
Object name
table game
Object category
games and gambling

Description

‘Combination Edition’ Subbuteo table cricket set. Heavily taped blue box with photo-reproduction of an England cricket match. Complete with 22 players, including 2 batsman, 2 wicket keepers and 2 bowlers. Also 2 umpires 2 wickets, (6 yellow stumps) 1 red ball, 2 red ‘batters’ and 2 strips of bent, green celluloid. Includes: Information on Celluloid figures (patent no. 616782); 2 Subbuteo table cricket promotional leaflets and a later instruction leaflet (possibly 1970’s)The Replica of Cricket