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Comment on Jack Hobbs cricket game by Everett

Everett — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:38:03 +0000

That’s a really great looking game.
It’s amazing it has stayed together all this time.

Comment on Pocket Cricket is on its way … by de

de — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 15:34:31 +0000

:-) Slow and steady Hamish! It’s on my to do list and I’ll have given it a crack before the new year is too old. Looking forward to it.

Comment on Pocket Cricket is on its way … by Hamish

Hamish — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 11:10:22 +0000

It here….and out there……waiting for DE to have a game!

Comment on Max Walker Still Has It by Jeff

Jeff — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:59:25 +0000

Hi,

In the Excel version, all the match condition cards read the same. Is this right? I’m sure I have seen details of other match condition cards that are included in the game – some seem to affect the batting ratings, for example -.

Is there any chance of finding out the other cards’ details?

Many thanks for an interesting website.

Hope you can help.

Comment on Balyna Discbat Cricket wanted! by mike mayhew

mike mayhew — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:47:03 +0000

i have a discbat cricket game which i got from my late father, it is in very good condition with all the players it hasent got the original box but is in a plastic tube to prtect the game iff anyone is interested in buying this game please contact me

Comment on Eagle No 5. Fireside Cricket by Phil

Phil — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 10:02:13 +0000

What a discovery ! Brings back happy memories from the 1960s of many an imaginary test match.

I’m tempted to play a half centenary game now as fireside cricket has passed its half century.

Comment on Balyna Discbat Cricket wanted! by clearspace_123

clearspace_123 — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:25:24 +0000

There should be a jointed clip which connects the two. The joint means you can switch between fast and slow bowling. I’ve just put an almost complete set on ebay – the only things missing from what I can work out are two of the cardboard numbers for the scoreboard.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Balyna-Table-Top-Discbat-Cricket-Game-/280690184447?pt=UK_Toys_Games_Games&hash=item415a7050ff

Comment on Balyna Discbat Cricket by Georgieb

Georgieb — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:13:45 +0000

Ok, it might be over a year later but if anyone is still interested I have just put a set on ebay in great condition. From what I can make out there are only 2 scoreboard numbers missing. A few of the score sheets in the manual have ben filled in but some are blank. I would be more than happy to post overseas if you let me know the destination I can get a quote.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Vintage-Balyna-Table-Top-Discbat-Cricket-Game-/280690184447?pt=UK_Toys_Games_Games&hash=item415a7050ff

Comment on Stumpz from Thos. de la Rue & Co. Ltd. by peter goodll

peter goodll — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:43:56 +0000

My grandfather Charles Goodall was a director of De La Rue and my father and his brothers can remember him developing Stumpz and several other board/card games such as Round the Horn. They believe he was the main inventor/designer of Stumpz, he used to test the game on them at home and change things as appropriate.
He move to Waddingtons in the 1940s and was involved in developing Cleudo as well.
Peter.

Comment on Balyna Discbat Cricket by Name a elliott

Name a elliott — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 19:15:56 +0000

does anyone sell discbat table cricket?

Comment on Godfrey Evans Cricket Game by Phil P

Phil P — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 09:52:33 +0000

I believe he is also the very same T.G. Evans referred to on an original Max Walker Match Conditions Card thus…

“T.G. Evans (England) batted for 97 minutes before scoring against Australia at Adelaide in 1947.”

Apparently in that match, his innings helped D.C.S. Compton (England) to his second century of the match and thus helped England to avoid a defeat that at one point had seemed highly likely.

Also From Cric Info:
‘Evans was not ashamed to tumble, perhaps making the comparatively easy look difficult. But he also executed stumpings with lightning speed, making the difficult look absurdly easy. He was one of the most theatrical of cricketers but, as with all the great performers, the apparent ease masked a self-discipline that the audience never suspected. His greatest secret was the meticulously observed lunchtime siesta ritual, which enabled him to keep fresh and focused.’

‘He was equally famous for his night-time roistering, some of which would – in a sterner age – have got him into terrible trouble with the tabloids. His standard shipboard party piece, as Carmen Miranda leading the team in a fancy dress conga, has never quite been forgotten. Many who knew him well believe that behind the extrovert lay a rather sadder figure: he never quite settled into steady post-cricket employment. “For all that Godfrey was a cricketing Falstaff,” said his biographer Christopher Sandford, “there was a touch of Hamlet too. He thought and fretted about life more than he let on.”‘

‘But any sadness was well hidden, in later years, behind exuberant mutton-chop whiskers. He remained – even for cricket-lovers too young to have seen him – a symbol of some of the happiest times for English Test cricket, on the field and off it. His CBE, he blithely proclaimed, stood for Crumpet Before Evensong.’ John Thicknesse

There are some great pics of him with said mutton vhop whiskers.

Comment on Max Walker Cricket Game images by de

de — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 06:52:02 +0000

:-) Seems like Mr Walker is a popular man these days. Have been in a long conversation with another replaycricket’er over this weekend and have been sharing files and other info on the game. They are developing an “advanced” version of the game … so look out for that.

I have in the meantime uploaded the file I have. It’s missing Match Conditions Cards (of which there are about 50+).

Enjoy.

Comment on Max Walker Cricket Game images by CricketNut

CricketNut — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 02:12:42 +0000

so where is this excel file?

Comment on Balyna Discbat Cricket Manual by de

de — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:57:45 +0000

Hi Don…sorry but it took me so long to find it I couldn’t bear to part with it now :-)

I have always found that for the really great games (Stumpz, Balyna, etc) it’s worth keeping an eye out for lower costs ones that are a bit damaged but have components, rules, flyers, that you might not have in your good quality one. Def. worth the effort to get a “complete” game.

Comment on Denis Compton and Balyna by Don

Don — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 11:11:50 +0000

Your ‘third unknown fellow’ is almost certainly Jack Robertson, one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year in 1947 although he only played 11 Tests. He opened with Hutton and was a contemporary of Compton and Edrich in the great Middlesex team of that era. His signature can be seen behind him on the photo.

See http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19423.html for more details about him – including the fact that he later named his home “stikiwikits’, a rather clever palindome that I imagine would make a good name for a cricket game!