Cricket is a sport that has endured centuries in Britain, so there are plenty of relics of the game around – who knows, maybe in another hundred years our demountable cricket nets will be in a museum.
The MCC Museum at Lords cricket ground is a must visit if you’re at the venue, and this week a new exhibition has opened that’s all about fun and games. The exhibition called ‘A Century of Cricket Games’ focuses on antique board games with a cricket theme – whether commercial or handmade – that previous generations played.
Along with mass-produced games like cricket Subbuteo and other popular toys and games that many people would have owned, there are unique one-of-a-kind games belonging to certain families.
One of the stars of the show is the Cass Family board game on loan from the V&A, which was created in between world wars. It’s made from repurposed, everyday items from around the home, showing how creative people had to be to keep entertained during that time, before mass manufactured games really came into existence.
Charlotte Goodhew, the curator of the exhibition, said: “This exhibition provides a fascinating insight into the development of cricket games throughout the last century, and will appeal to a wide range of sports fans.”
The exhibition will be on until November 2017 and will be available to see as part of the Lords tour or with match tickets. A second phase will also be unveiled later this year, focusing more on cricket video games that came later in the century.
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