Hello my little Blogettes - just a quick one today because we are going down to Emba this evening in readiness for our trip to Immigration tomorrow (scheduled for 10.00am).
This evening we are going out for a meal with Mum and Dad which is being funded by the proceeds of selling a cricket counter to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) Museum!!!
In amongst Dad's things he had a counter like the one on the left but which had 8 levers and not 6. It turned out to be a cricket over counter when overs had 8 balls and not 6.
According to Wikipedia...
In amongst Dad's things he had a counter like the one on the left but which had 8 levers and not 6. It turned out to be a cricket over counter when overs had 8 balls and not 6.
According to Wikipedia...
In 1922, the number of balls per over was changed from six to eight in Australia only. In 1924 the eight ball over was extended to New Zealand and in 1937 to South Africa. In England, the eight ball over was adopted experimentally for the 1939 season; the intention was to continue the experiment in 1940, but first-class cricket was suspended for the Second World War and when it resumed, English cricket reverted to the six ball over. The 1947 Laws of Cricket allowed six or eight balls depending on the conditions of play. Since the 1979/80 Australian and New Zealand seasons, the six ball over has been used worldwide and the most recent version of the Laws in 2000 only permits six ball overs.
Now since Dad had no connection with Australia and he had the counter for years we think it may have been an English one produced for that 1939 season.
Anyway I got in touch with the MCC museum and they agreed to buy it as an exhibit - let's just say it never made a fortune but we should get a good meal out of it.
Full blog tomorrow when I have more time.
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