Subbuteo Cricket, England v New Zealand

Subbuteo Cricket action from the year 1978! England v New Zealand. A first attempt at filming a Cricket game!

[@SubbuteoFocus]

Thanks for watching, a new game, house rules and dodgy commentary!

[@anpj2006]

Hello, I’m a new subscriber to the channel. I got a vintage Subbuteo cricket and also a rugby set off eBay. Back in the day I always wanted them but couldn’t afford. I got the Football World Cup 1978 edition for my 10th birthday, the man in the shop put it aside and let my mother give a £1 a week for it until it was paid for. Our only table was nowhere big enough for the whole pitch so it ended up on the floor. It was uneven and uncomfortable and players got damaged. Even today I haven’t got a table nowhere near big enough to play Subbuteo on!

[@SubbuteoFocus]

Hello and welcome to the channel. What a great story and probably very similar to many other Subbuteo enthusiasts. It’s always nice to hear how people got into Subbuteo. My story sounds very similar, when I was younger I had the stadium edition and played on the carpet than I got the cricket. But never had the rugby. I was very lucky that my mom and dad got me the sets. I’m also lucky to have a table to play on at the moment.

[@stevehall5299]

What a brilliant match ,the commentary is fine, All you needed was Tony Lewis to say as he always did -Wonderful day here ,beautiful day as well!

[@SubbuteoFocus]

Thanks Steve, I enjoyed playing that one. Tony Lewis, another great commentator with a soothing voice in dulcet Welsh tones ! I’d forgotten him! How could I ? And it’s great he’s still with us.

[@ianpatterson123]

Just how I remember it. I used to watch all the test matches and one Benson &Hedges, Gillette Cup, the do exactly as you have shown with all the teams and replay the matches with my Subbuteo Cricket.

[@SubbuteoFocus]

We must be of a similar vintage Ian, I remember those tournaments as well. Even though I didn’t live in the county my favourite was Gloucestershire and my favourite player was Mike Proctor.

[@ianpatterson123]

Alan Knott, the Kent wicket keeper was my favourite player, great one day team then, plus England wicket keeper batsmen. I'm in Northumberland so no 1st County Cricket but the commentary of John Arlott, Richie Benaud and Jim Laker were classic.

[@SubbuteoFocus]

@@ianpatterson123 Ah Alan knott and his floppy hat! A great keeper and decent batsman as well. I lived between Warwickshire and Worcestershire but had an infinity for Gloucestershire. I used to try and bowl like Mike Proctor, too difficult an action to copy! But a great all rounder who I loved watching on the TV. And whispering John Arlott so soothing, lol. Benaud was the best for me, such knowledge! Don’t remember Laker so much.

[@soitra]

Brilliant match, Dean. Really close finish!

[@SubbuteoFocus]

👍 thank you @soitra It was close, closer than it was looking, I think any score near 100 over 10 overs will be a very good score to beat. Around the 70’s looks beatable, we’ll see how the other games work out.

[@thecustodian3813]

This is brilliant! I did some subbuteo matches as if they were in the 70s on my channel😊

[@SubbuteoFocus]

Cheers @thecustodian38 👍are they still on your channel? I’ll pop over in a bit 👍

[@davidscott2821]

Brilliant gameplay, gents. Made my day watching this!

[@SubbuteoFocus]

Thank you David 👍And that's gent, I've tried to get my son interested but with limited success, lol!

[@philipeccles3918]

Thoroughly enjoyed it, nice change of pace and the commentary was really good, a mini league is a great idea

[@SubbuteoFocus]

👍 thanks for that, the next game I’ve gone with the natural commentary as it happened as opposed to the voiceover. I think both have their pros and cons.

[@TomCruiseRisky]

Wish I could find a set here in the USA. Cool stuff.

[@SubbuteoFocus]

Yes I guess it would be a bit pricey buying and exporting over to the States. Thanks for viewing the channel 👍

[@pitchforkcustom]

great.. got a job lot like you and pieced a set together.. one stump missing but turns out a cocktail stick cut and filed at the top is a perfect replacement. 😀 used to play for hours with my dad when a kid.. it’s a great game

[@SubbuteoFocus]

Love the cocktail stick idea, a real wooden stump! I’ve cut the slots in the top of my stumps a bit deeper with a junior hacksaw, the bails are now easier to put on. Nice that you can remember playing it with your Dad, it is a great game 👍

[@davejames1953]

Brilliant video an enjoyable watch.👏 Enjoyed especially watching the middle stump go flying. Looking forward to the highlights of the next match 🎥 Appreciate the effort on the editing as I know how long it takes.

[@SubbuteoFocus]

Thanks Dave, 👍, it’s going to be a different camera height in the next match so be interesting to see how that looks.

[@davejames1953]

@@SubbuteoFocus I thought you camera angles worked very well but nothing wrong with experimenting.👍

[@SubbuteoFocus]

@@davejames1953 yes it’ll be a good test to see what gives the best viewing and be good to get some feedback back on that. I like the closer shots but maybe more zoomed out shots might be better for boundaries that are hit, be good to try it out.

[@davejames1953]

@@SubbuteoFocus Try zooming in on the footage wicket when stumps are removed etc as works well.

[@SubbuteoFocus]

@@davejames1953 lots to try out, lots of scope with Subbuteo Cricket, loving it 👍

[@portcullis5622]

I think Miller was a bit unlucky. I am surprised that the umpire didn't call that Cairns delivery as a beamer.

[@SubbuteoFocus]

I think Miller probably deserved player of the tournament! Other than possibly Anderson for his match winning batting. And the Beamer 😁 yes that’s a fair point, above the waist but those batsmen’s waist’s are quite low down 😉

[@PrashantKumardaniel]

I used to play this with chess pieces 😄

[@SubbuteoFocus]

That sounds interesting and if it works then why not 👍

[@anpj2006]

3:53 - Taylor bowled first ball, a no ball surely?

[@SubbuteoFocus]

I changed my own house rules since playing this game. When I played this game I considered the ball release as the point of delivery not the follow through of the bowler and where the bowling figure ended up on the wicket. Hope that helps.