'NET-A-BALL'

The "Newfooty" Co.

rules printed by Speirs & Gledsdale

Liverpool, England

(no catalog number shown on game)

(none)

The
FAST
GAME

«'NET-A-BALL'»

REPRODUCING
THE THRILLS
AND
EXCITEMENT OF
NETBALL and
BASKETBALL

Played
on special
marked out
cloth, with two
teams, ball
disc, and
goals

TABLE NET-BALL

Invented and Manufactured by
THE 'NEWFOOTY' CO., LIVERPOOL, 4.

basketball, sport

white leaflet (4 sides) for Net-a-Ball and sheet (2 sides) for Basketball

cardboard box

11 ½ inches wide — 9 ½ inches high — 1 ½ inches deep

141 cm wide — 115.6 cm high — 14 cm deep

364.0 grams

12.8 ounces

The top label has a white outer border. The background of the left 1/6th is red, and most of the remaining white, medium purple.

On the red background at left, "The" above "FAST" (with streaks to the left) above "GAME" (all in yellow) appear at upper left.

Below that, on a slight diagonal to the upper right corner on a black banner background, |'NET-A-BALL'| (yellow with thick red outlines) is shown.

Below, on the red background at left, "REPRODUCING" above "THE THRILLS" above "AND" above "EXCITEMENT OF" above "NETBALL and" above "BASKETBALL" (all in black) appears.

Below, in the bottom left on the red background, "Played" above "on special" above "marked out" above "cloth, with two" above "teams, ball" above "disc, and" above "goals" (all in black) appear on a yellow circle.

The main illustration appears on the medium purple background to the right of the left red background. 6 young men and women are depicted playing a basketball-style game, with a man (purple shirt, black shorts) at left, then a man (horizontal red/white stripe shirt, white shorts), woman (blonde hair, yellow shirt, red short skirt), woman (white shirt with red accents, yellow skirt) reaching up with hand to the white/black ball, man (purple shirt, gray pants), and a woman (red/white crosshatched shirt, black skirt). A basketball-style hoop with backdrop on a pole appears near the right between the latter two players.

Below the purple illustration is a rectangle having a black background. "TABLE NET-BALL" (in black) appears at top, with "Invented and Manufactured by" (in italic) above "THE 'NEWFOOTY' CO., LIVERPOOL, 4." (all in red) below.

dark brown

Rick Tucker