GB884600A - Improvements in or relating to table games - Google Patents

Abstract

884,600. Table cricket. HARDY, G. E. May 2, 1960 [Feb. 2, 1959], No. 3620/59. Class 132(2) Table cricket apparatus comprising a board marked to simulate the field, a wicket 21, a batsman figure 22 movable in an arcuate slot 24 in front of the wicket by operating a knob 25 and having a pivotally-mounted bat 27 operable by flexible cable 31 fitted with a knob 32, a bowling shoot 44 vertically and angularly adjustable and mounted on the board by a slotted base 60 and wing-nut 45 to allow longitudinal adjustment, and cups 39 increasing in size with their distances from the wicket to simulate fielders. The board is made of sections 10 ... 14 connected detachably by dowelling, has a boundary rim 17 and is covered with linoleum in the wicket area and baize in the outfield. Markings 18, 19 divide the board into scoring areas. Each cup 39 is associated with a fielder figure 42 detachably secured to the board by pegs. Cable 31 is connected to the bat 27 by a ball-andsocket joint 30, passes through a central aperture in the wicket 21 and has a rubber washer 33 behind the wicket. The bat 27 is pivoted at 28 between the "hands" of the batsman figure. The batsman figure is mounted on the upturned end 26 of a lever 46 pivoted intermediate its length on the underside of the board at 47 and operating knob 25 is carried on the upturned end 50 of the other arm of the lever, ends 26, 50 passing through arcuate slots 24, 23 in the board.