Description
This rare post-War Cricket simulation game is complete with contents in good vintage condition. Dating from 1946, the game was made in England by Castell Brothers under their Pepys brand name. The quality of cardboard used for the game box is a clear indication that WW2 austerity measures were still very much in place!
The game board itself is of better quality and in good condition as shown. I suspect the novel dice, which is made of Aluminium, is probably correct for the period . There would have been plenty of this material around when U.K. production of Fighter aircraft was run down after the war. The game also includes an original Bakelite Dice Shaker and Wooden ‘Cricket Ball’ playing piece. Instructions are printed on a sheet attached to the box inner card.
The box measures 47 x 24 x 6 cm.
p.s. I will include plenty of A4 score sheets to record your matches. Blanks are also readily available on the internet.
Please refer to all the photos as these form an integral part of the item description
Description from boardgamegeek site:
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.
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