Owzthat
A commercial dice game simulating cricket, first produced in 1924.
Owzthat is a dice-based cricket simulation produced by the British firm William Lindop Ltd. It represents a commercial form of pencil cricket, a simple dice game that originated in pre-war Britain.
Quick Facts
- Producer
- William Lindop Ltd
- First produced
- 1924
- Patented
- 1932
- Type
- dice-based cricket simulation
Facts from the source article.
Lindop product
Owzthat was the name Lindop gave to its version of pencil cricket, taken from the phrase a player shouts to ask the umpire if a batsman is out. The game first appeared in 1924, with a patent granted in 1932, and the company behind it was wound up in 2014. Inside the box, a small slip of paper holds the rules, along with two different six-sided metal dice, each side engraved with text. The batting die shows 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 'owzthat', while the bowling die lists 'bowled', 'stumped', 'caught', 'not out', 'no ball', and 'L.B.W.'. Later versions switched to plastic dice, one white for batting and one green for bowling, and included ten red plastic disc counters to keep track of wickets taken.
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