The Great Test Match or County Championship

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Part 4. Games, Sport and Gaming Pieces This was another fringe ativity of Britains from very early in their history. Games manufacturers naturally turned to the premier figure makers to participate in their games, but Britains also produced games of their own, once more following a tradition established in their early toymaking years.

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The Great Test Match or County Championship
Extremely rare Pealland Series 115 contained eleven Britains cricketers, a cricket ball and board, in original colour illustrated box with label 'comprising 11 model Cricketers, scoring board as used at all the great Test Matches with complete outfit of letters and figures' and rules pasted under lid, circa 1910 (cricketers F-G, a few arms loose, board G, score board with letters and figures missing, box F, some parts of lid sides missing) (13)

Literature

Old Toy Soldiers Newsletter Vol. 6.

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This early board game contained eleven Britains cricketers (never catalogued by Britains, but utilising the Britains Engine Driver casting) and a cricket ball, the object being to move the ball across the board avoiding the fielders placed by one's opponent in order to achieve the highest score.

This is the only known surviving example of this game.

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