The New Soccer Ho-Mo Football Game
Board Games
1950s (manufactured)
1950s (manufactured)
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A board that folds in half. The outer cover is blue mottled paper and there is a label in the middle of the front cover with the name of the game printed in black in an plain oval set against a chequered background. The unfolded board shows a playing surface of 425 small squares, alternating yellow and green. The board is marked out in red as a football pitch, the centre circle is a red dotted line. There are red dots on some of the squares and footballs on others, both in a regular pattern. Each corner square has a red symbol, a rectangle with one extra arm on a shorter side. The blue cover paper is visible on the outer edge. Inside this is a white band and inside that a black line that surrounds the chequered squares.
Twenty-one wooden playing pieces, eleven are plain wood and ten stained green. The shape resembles a small chess pawn.
A rectagular shaped box with both lid and base covered on the outside with blue mottled paper whch flods over the inside edges. The interior is a faded white/cream colour. The lid has a label that covers most of its top area with the name of the game printed in black in an plain oval set against a chequered background.
Twenty-one wooden playing pieces, eleven are plain wood and ten stained green. The shape resembles a small chess pawn.
A rectagular shaped box with both lid and base covered on the outside with blue mottled paper whch flods over the inside edges. The interior is a faded white/cream colour. The lid has a label that covers most of its top area with the name of the game printed in black in an plain oval set against a chequered background.
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Parts | This object consists of 25 parts.
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Title | The New Soccer Ho-Mo Football Game (manufacturer's title) |
Materials and techniques | Paper covered card, carved wooden pieces |
Brief description | Board game Ho-Mo made in England in the 1950s |
Physical description | A board that folds in half. The outer cover is blue mottled paper and there is a label in the middle of the front cover with the name of the game printed in black in an plain oval set against a chequered background. The unfolded board shows a playing surface of 425 small squares, alternating yellow and green. The board is marked out in red as a football pitch, the centre circle is a red dotted line. There are red dots on some of the squares and footballs on others, both in a regular pattern. Each corner square has a red symbol, a rectangle with one extra arm on a shorter side. The blue cover paper is visible on the outer edge. Inside this is a white band and inside that a black line that surrounds the chequered squares. Twenty-one wooden playing pieces, eleven are plain wood and ten stained green. The shape resembles a small chess pawn. A rectagular shaped box with both lid and base covered on the outside with blue mottled paper whch flods over the inside edges. The interior is a faded white/cream colour. The lid has a label that covers most of its top area with the name of the game printed in black in an plain oval set against a chequered background. |
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Credit line | Given by Godalming Museum |
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Accession number | B.62:1 to 25-2014 |
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Record created | April 8, 2015 |
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