Cricket and rugby versions were also produced, but were much less popular. The most common score in Subbuteo cricket was six byes, due to the vagaries of the bowling contraption's line and length.

Subbuteo cricket is a simple game. The bat is attached to a plastic handle that sticks out at right angles. The grip of this handle is manipulated between the thumb and forefinger.

For non-UK readers, or those too young to remember, Subbuteo was a hugely popular pastime constituting a set of table-top games such as football (soccer), cricket, rugby and hockey.

Everyone's heard of Subbuteo, but what about Stumpz? This die cast cricket game was around 10 years before the football classic, and is one of a multitude of vintage games now on display at the ...

Tunbridge Wells is the “spiritual home” of Subbuteo which was invented there in 1946 before being copied around the world. The game of skill and strategy fell out of fashion with the advent of ...

As we grow up we are supposed to put away childish things, but why do that when some of them are so much fun. One game that has stuck with me through the years is Subbuteo, the table top football ...