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AUSTRALIAN COMFORTS FUND - CRIBBAGE BOARD

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Overview

Rectangle shaped wood board with small holes drilled through at regular intervals, in a straight line pattern. Front of board has the the text [AUSTRALIAN/COMFORTS FUND] in the centre, with a red star shape above and below the text. In each red star is the text [A.C.F] To the left side of the central text is a triangle pointed down with the letters [YMCA] on top. On the right side of the text is a red shield with the text [THE/SALVATION/ARMY] printed diagonally across it.
Blue lines divide the front of the board into sections, with drawn on small black triangles denoting a direction to move pieces that will fit in the holes. Blue scroll work is located in section at the central ends of the board, a single black line is drawn to a black triangle on the longer edge of the board at upper left corner and lower right corner.
Back of board is unpainted, with a single small hole near the end of the board in the middle, and on the longer edges, two rows of holes, divided into groups of ten with feint indecipherable writing and lines in pen ink.

Historical information

Cribbage board was owned by Vera Briggs's family who lived on Sussex farm which was located in Byford. The board was used by the family to play the card game of cribbage, and has been altered by family members, as evidenced by a extra hole that has been drilled into the board and the drawing of black triangles over the original blue diamonds on the edges. Francis Thomas Briggs who lived on the farm served in the RAAF during World War II.
Cribbage is a card game where the object is to form counting combinations, by traditionally moving pegs on a cribbage board. The game developed from a earlier version called noddy, and was first played in the seventeenth century.
The classic design of the cribbage board has two sets of sixty holes, thirty on either side of the board, divided into five point sections. These series of holes are referred to as streets, with the pegs used to keep track of the score known as spilikins. Points are registered as having been scored by pegging along the board, with pegs used in a leap frog manner, one peg showing the previous score, the other peg showing the current score.
Unlike most other card games, points in cribbage are gained as the game is played, not at the end of the game.

Details

Registration number

cwa-org-33-COA2020.32

Themes

People
Social History

Material

Wood

Width

87 mm

Height or length

304 mm

Inscriptions and markings