John Underwood - Rare and Antiquarian Books and Manuscripts

This game reminds me of the cricket games that I used to play at school with World Elevens versus Famous People etc, rolling pencil stubs to score runs, and again if "Howzat" came up. In this version it's all done for you with,I think considerable style. The lever at the bottom is used to spin a wheel which gives a score of runs in one window, and ways of being out (or not) in the other window. If "Hows that" comes up in your runs window, you flip the metal cover over the window, spin again and find out if you are out, and how. In the event that the wheel stops between two words, the top lever acts as an umpire and nudges the wheel to give a definite result. Hours of fun- just choosing your teams could keep you going a week.(Not a patch on the game that my sons and I play on the kitchen table with a spatula for a bat, a piece of cheese for the wicket (yes, I'm afraid so) and balls made from roughly shaped plastic wine corks. But that is another story.) All fully working and just chipped enough to show its age. There should be some rules that go with this, but long lost now.

condition: Very Good +