Pub Cricket

This travel game is a source of many an argument – just as real cricket can be.

It works best as you travel through rural areas in the UK and Ireland (maybe other places).

The basic rules are:

• You take it in turns to be “in”
• If you are “in” and you see a pub sign that has legs on it, you score a “run” for each leg. So if you see “The King George” you get 2 runs. If you see “The Horse and Hounds”… well. (We make plurals equivalent to 2, so a “Horse and Hounds” would be 12 runs)
• If you are in and you or someone else sees a pub sign with no legs on, you are out and the next person goes in.

You will need to decide the precise nature of how the game works. Arguing about the rules is part of the “fun”.

For example:

• Do pubs without signs count? Or is it only signs?
• Do you only count the legs shown on the sign?
• Do you have to actually see the pub in question? Or is “The Unicorn -> 200yds” acceptable?
• How do you score “Arms”? Is “The King’s Arms” zero runs and out because it’s a coat of arms? Or does the presence of the King count?
• What even IS a pub? Do hotels count?

The winner is obviously the person with the most runs at the end of the journey. Or when you’re all very annoyed with each other and decide to stop playing.