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Patented 1899
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A rare Automatic Sports Co. The Cricket Match No. 568
with two articulated players, pitch with railings and two flags, in cast iron case formed as a pavilion with cast tiled roof supported by four pillars and decorated with royal coat of arms, two operating levers, pedestal base decorated with cricket bat and balls, and maker's enamel plaque The Cricket Match, Your penny returned every time the ball goes down any hole marked boundary. To obtain ball place penny in slot and press handle gently, Then play as you please, This machine is the property of the British Automatic Co. Ltd., 14 Appollo Street., London E.C - 77in. (176cm.) high, (case repainted, bowler lacking an arm and one hand, lacking keys), circa 1905
with two articulated players, pitch with railings and two flags, in cast iron case formed as a pavilion with cast tiled roof supported by four pillars and decorated with royal coat of arms, two operating levers, pedestal base decorated with cricket bat and balls, and maker's enamel plaque The Cricket Match, Your penny returned every time the ball goes down any hole marked boundary. To obtain ball place penny in slot and press handle gently, Then play as you please, This machine is the property of the British Automatic Co. Ltd., 14 Appollo Street., London E.C - 77in. (176cm.) high, (case repainted, bowler lacking an arm and one hand, lacking keys), circa 1905
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