W.G. Grace & Ranji Versus Ping-Pong #cricket #history

At the turn of the century, “Ping-Pong” (or Table Tennis) was all the rage. In an attempt to replicate its booming sales and popularity, game manufacturers produced various forms of “Table Cricket”, leveraging the celebrity of Victorian cricket’s two greatest names: W.G. Grace and K.S. Ranjitsinhji. However, it proved too difficult and convoluted. No one could replicate the on-field charm and romance of the proper game, and as is evident in this video with Podcast host Tom Ford, cricket proved too intricate and expansive to reproduce in board game format. Various forms were attempted between 1890-1914 and almost all were unsuccessful. Watch this video as Tom unearths many lost and forgotten photographs from cricket’s so-called “Golden Age”.

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