A New or Improved Counting or Marking Device for Use in Scoring of Cricket, Billiards, and other Games.
Year: 1887

page_text: A New or Improved Counting or Marking Device for Use in Scoring
of Cricket, Billiards, and other Games.
I, CHARLES EDWARD CLOWES Lieutenant in Her Majesty's Second Battallion
King's Royal Rifle Corps of Northwood near Winchester, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists in a new or improved counter or marker adapted for the
scoring or registering of points or numbers in connection with games etc., in which a
record of score has to be kept as for instance cricket, billiards sundry card games,
rifle practice.
The device consists of a small case preferably resembling a watch case, adapted to
be conveniently carried in the pocket, said case having a dial or dials and hands or
indicators moved by suitable trains of wheels or other known mechanism in the case
for showing upon the dials the scores or numbers. In the case are suitable projections
catches or the like adapted to be pressed or moved by the finger for the movement of
the hands on the respective dials.
In arranging this device for the marking of cricket, the dial is divided around its
circumference into, for instance, one hundred divisions and there are three indicators
to the scale-The first indicator shall be movable to indicate the runs of the first
batsman, the second indicator for those of the second batsman, the third indicator for
the aggregate score-There shall also be four minor dials on the face of the larger
dials, said minor dials having one indicator each. The first dial of these shall indicato
in multiples of 100 the runs of the first batsman, the second dial the multiples
of 100 of those of the second batsman, the third dial, the hundreds of the
aggregate score, the fourth dial the number of wickets fallen or other dials may be
employed to indicate "overs" or any other records that may be required. Further, I
may combine with this device a gong or sounder which shall be struck at certain
intervals indicating the completion of an over.
The indicators of first and second batsmen shall be returnable to zero for each
succeeding batsman, but the indicator of the aggregaic score shall not be returnable

page_text: therewith but shall be independent of the return of the aforesaid indicators being
dependent only on the forward movement thereof, it being moved forward simul-
taneously with either of the batting indicators and by the same mechanism that moves
the latter.
The device is not intended for the official scoring of the cricket or other game etc.,
but more particularly as a check for such scoring since may be worn by the umpire
or batsman or other player and can be used or operated without difficulty.
For other games, such alterations or differences are made in the dials as may be
required by the special nature of the scoring of the game or the like.
Dated this 22nd day of October 1887.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Counting or Marking Device for Use in Scoring
of Cricket, Billiards, and other Games.
I CHARLES EDWARD CLOWES Captain in Her Majesty's Second Battallion Kings
Royal Rifle Corps of 51 Porchester Terrace, Hyde Park, W. in the County of
Middlesex, do hereby declare the nature of the said invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
This invention consists in a new or improved counter or marker adapted for the
scoring or registering of points or numbers in connection with games etc., in which a
record of score has to be kept as for instance cricket, billiards, sundry card games,
rifle practice.
.
The device consists of a small case preferably resembling a watch case, adapted to
be conveniently carried in the pocket, said case having a dial or dials and hands or
indicators moved by suitable trains of wheels or other known mechanism in the case
for showing upon the dials the scores or numbers. In the case are suitable projections,
catches or the like adapted to be pressed or moved by the finger for the movement of
the hands on the respective dials.
In arranging this device for the marking of cricket the dial is divided around its
circumference into for instance, one hundred divisions and there are three indicators to
this scale. The first indicator shall be movable to indicate the runs of the first bats-
man, the second indicator for those of the second batsman the third indicator for the
aggregate score. The shall also be four minor dials on the face of the larger dials
said minor dials having one indicator each. The first dial of these shall indicate in
multiples of 100 the runs of the first batsman, the second dial the multiples of 100
of those of the second batsman, the third dial the hundreds of the aggregate score,
the fourth dial the number of wickets fallen. Other dials may be employed to indicate
"overs or any other records that may be required. Further I may combine with
this device a gong or sounder which shall be struck at certain intervals indicating the
completion of an over.
The indicators of first and second batsmen shall be returnable to zero for each
succeeding batsman but the indicator of the aggregate score shall not be returnable
therewith but shall be independent of the return of the aforesaid indicators being
dependent only on the forward movement thereof it being moved forward simul-
taneously with either of the batting indicators and by the same mechanism that moves
the latter.
The device is not intended for the official scoring of the cricket or other game etc.
but more particularly as a check for such scoring since it may be worn by the umpire
or batsman or other player and can be used or operated without difficulty.
For other games such alterations or differences are made in the dials as may be
required by the special nature of the scoring of the game or the like.
The accompanying drawings illustrate without case and on an enlarged scale a cricket
scorer constructed according to this invention for indicating the aggregate score, the
score of each of the two batsmen and the number of wickets fallen.
Fig. 1 is a front view thereof.
Fig. 2 a central cross section, Fig. 3 a rear view, Fig. 4 a view from the rear with
back plate removed, Fig. 5 a front view of said back plate and mechanism removed
from io. 4.

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a is the front plate having preferably around its periphery a scale a of 100 equal
divisions and on its face other scales namely a scale of 10 divisions for hundreds of
the one batsman, a scale of ten divisions for the hundreds of the aggregate score, a
scale d of 10 divisions for hundreds of the other batsman and a scale e of preferably
of twenty two divisions for the number of wickets fallen. A suitable indicator is
arranged on each dial and for the outer scale three indicators marked A B C
respectively.
A for one of the batsmen B for the other and C for the aggregate score. The
means for operating the indicators are as follows:-
The indicator is fixed on the extremity of a central arborf Fig. 2.
The indicator A is fixed on a sleeve g surrounding said arbor and the indicator B is
fixed on a sleeve h surrounding the sleeve g. On the arbor and on the respective
sleeves are fixed tooth wheels j, k, l, gearing respectively with small pinions one of
which only is shown in Fig. 2 on the respective arbors m n o.
On the latter Fig. 5 are the ratchet wheels m' n' o' respectively operated by spring
fingers m² no affixed to the respective sliding bars m³ ³ ³ carrying the push
buttons m¹ 01. The spring pawls m n o control the rotation of the ratchet wheels
and prevent backward movement thereof. The length of travel of the bars m³ ³ o
and relative sizes of the wheels is such that each downward push on the buttons m* n* o
causes so much revolution of the wheels j k l that the respective hands A B C are
moved forward over one division of the scale. Since an addition to each batsman's
score means an equivalent addition to the aggregate score the sliding bar m³ carries
the two offsets p² over which project respectively fingers qq on the bars n and of.
The plate m is thus always carried down when either the plate 21 or o* is depressed
but is also capable of being depressed separately for addition to the aggregate score
of points for instance for byes and the like. Loose sleeves r may be placed on each of
the arbors no m said sleeves carrying respectively the indicators of the dials & dc and
the star wheels of ten teeth bd el governed by the springs 62 d² ². On the
wheels are the pins ³ ³ ³ adapted to engage with the respective star wheels and
turn them for one tooth's breadth on each revolution of the wheels klj. Hundreds
are thus marked on the dials bd c.
By prolonging the arbors m no to end in squareheads the hands A B and C with their
hundreds may be turned forward to arrive at zero.
The springs m n o return the bars m³ ³ ³ after downward pressure. The
indicator of the dial e is carried on the arbors having the ratchet wheel t with twenty
two teeth. The sliding baru with push button carries the spring finger w for
revolving said wheel. The spring pawl y acts as a brake thereon and the spring
returns the bar u after pressure.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
A score registering machine for cricket or other game comprising a face having
around its periphery a divided scale preferably of one hundred divisions, indicators
A, B, C, adapted to be operated by suitable mechanism in the manner described, dials
upon said face for indicating "hundreds and other dials thereon suited to the scoring
with indicators on the latter and independent mechanism for operating said indicators.
Dated this 22nd dow of I-1- 1000
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HERBERT & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C.,
Agents to Applicant.