Game Information

D. Brown & Sons Ltd

(none)

New British Patent Application
No. 8202697 'Patent Pending'.

PLAYED ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL [acronym M.C.C. Marlyebone Cricket Club] LAWS OF CRICKET

[title IT'S
CRICKET]

CAN BE PLAYED BY 2 TO 22 PLAYERS FROM 6 YEARS AND UPWARDS

KEEP YOUR OWN RECORDS—INDIVIDUAL BATTING
AND BOWLING AVERAGES, SCORE CARDS AND MATCH RECORDS.

cricket

sheet

"THE RULES OF 'IT'S CRICKET'" on a large sheet, plus "HOW TO BEGIN THE GAME" on a half sheet.

20 inches wide — 10⅛ inches high — 1⅜ inches deep

50.8 cm wide — 25.7 cm high — 3.5 cm deep

The cover has a green background.

"New British Patent Application" above "No. 8202697 'Patent Pending'." (in black) at upper left.

"PLAYED ACCORDING TO THE OFFICIAL M.C.C. LAWS OF CRICKET" (in black) appears at top center to right.

"IT'S" at top upper left above "CRICKET" at bottom flush right, in white with black outlines. Very small white/black cricketeers, with shadows, appear to right of "IT'S".

At lower left (in black): "CAN BE PLAYED BY 2 TO 22 PLAYERS FROM 6 YEARS AND UPWARDS".

At lower right (in black): "KEEP YOUR OWN RECORDS—INDIVIDUAL BATTING" above "AND BOWLING AVERAGES, SCORE CARDS AND MATCH RECORDS."

The game comes with a pad of scoresheets (8 1/4" by 11 3/4") with spaces for 11 batsmena dn 5 bowlers

The bifold gameboard has a green background on the playing side, and dark green on the back.

The board consists of an array of 26 by 26 cells with black borders and a black number or letter in each.

Most of the cells have a medium green background and a number: 1, 2, 3, 4, or 6.

10 white squares are marked with a "C", with four of the same number in each corner. The corner numbers are all different: 7, 4, 9, 5, 10, 1, 11, 3, 7, and 3.

4 white squares are marked with a "W", with no other markings in each square.

2 white squares are marked with "BY".

4 white squares are marked with "RO", with the following numbers in the four corners: 7, 2, 2, 9.

2 white squares are marked "CW", with 8 in each of the four corners.

A center rectangle taking up 2 by 16 cells has a white background and sections (not necessarily square): 2 marked "B" on each side, "ST" and "LB" on each side, and "LBW" on each side". In addition, one side has a square marked "N" at center and the other side a square marked "B".

3 red winks (5/8" in diameter)