Bound volume, MCC principal committee minutes [1907-1919]. Includes printed annual reports, newspaper cuttings, minutes of the general purposes Sub-Committee meetings for 1918-1919, minutes of the finance committee meetings for 1918, reports on annual general meetings including the 125th general meeting of the club, 1 May 1912, and anniversary dinners.
Items include:
Recommendation to a change in Law 32 that when a run has been made off a no ball, no ball should be scored although the ball has been caught, 1 July 1907
Notification of the death of J A Murdoch who worked at MCC for 36 years as assistant secretary, 8 July 1907
Recommendation of a change to Law 39 that injured batsman can only be run out at the wicket keepers' end, 15 July 1907
Decision to present all those who had made 100 runs in MCC matches with bats, 22 July 1907
Discussion of a letter from Abe Bailey who proposed a scheme for holding an Imperial Cricket Contest between England, Australia and South Africa, 16 December 1907
Recommendation that a batsman cannot be stumped off a no ball, 16 December 1907
Decision to approve the Imperial Cricket Contest in 1909, 3 February 1908
Decision not to allow [F A] Tarrant to play for Middlesex as he had played in Australia earlier that year, 2 March 1908
Approval of design of England cricket caps, 2 March 1908
Decision to send cables to Australia and South Africa inviting them to send teams to play England in 1909, 27 April 1908
Decision to raise no objections to an underground line being built from Victoria to Cricklewood, 6 May 1908
Remarks on visit of MCC team to Australia in 1907-1908 which included 'an extraordinary number of casualties' [injuries], 1908
Decision by Australia to decline their invitation to take part in the Imperial Cricket Contest, 17 June 1908
Decision to reprimand the behaviour of L C Braund for being noisy and causing 'discomfort to the passengers' on board ship during the tour of Australia following reports given by the team captain A O Jones, 22 June 1908
Announcement that Imperial Cricket Contest will not take place but that a Conference would be held in the summer to which Australia and South Africa would be invited, 1909
Decision to refer a change in Law 54 to the committee, allowing teams to declare at any time on the second day of a three day match, 24 May 1909
Decision to ask Earl of Lichfield to be one of MCC's representatives at the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909, 9 June 1909
Notification to committee that report of Imperial Cricket Conference was presented to the secretary, 21 June 1909
Decision that only England caps should be given to players who play in Test matches in England, 5 July 1909
Recommendation that invitations should be sent for an MCC team to play in Belgium, 7 February 1910,
Decision to consider a change to Law 9 to allow the in-side [batting side] to roll the wicket for five minutes at close of play and five minutes before start of play, 25 April 1910
Preparation of details for a Triangular Contest in 1912 between England, Australia and South Africa made at the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1909, 1910
Decision to pass the alteration to Law 54, allowing the batting side to declare at any time during the second day of a three day match, 4 May 1910
Resolution of committee relating to Law 27 that any batsman who 'knocks' the ball back to the bowler after playing the ball can allow themselves an easy run because the wicket-keeper is standing back, is an illegal move and should be outlawed, 6 June 1910
Consent of King George V to become a patron of the club, 13 June 1910
Instruction to umpires of an alteration to Law 16 that after a no ball has been called the batsman cannot be run out unless the ball has hit the bat or the hand or that the batsman starts to run, 10 October 1910
Decision by committee to change Law 16 referring to a no ball by penalising the fielding team and making the ball 'dead' once a no ball has been called, 7 November 1910
Changes to Law 13 to confirm that a no ball or a wide ball would result in runs scored against the bowler, and changes to Law 16 to confirm that a no ball becomes dead as soon as it is called and that two runs would be added to the score, changes to Law 17 to not allow a bye or leg bye to be obtained from a no ball, 12 December 1910
Resolution passed by captains of First-Class counties that the rolling of the pitch should be supervised by umpires, 7 February 1910
Consideration of a letter from W G Grace recommending that the ball should be considered dead when a wide ball is called in addition to a no ball, which was rejected by the committee, 7 February 1910
Suggestion from P A Vaile that certain bowlers in England be taught how to bowl the googly, which was referred to the Cricket Sub-Committee, 8 January 1912
Resignation of L C Braund from the staff at MCC, 29 April 1912
Alteration to Rule 10 of the club specifying that members elected for their cricketing qualifications should agree to play matches for the club when called upon, 1 May 1912
Report on the annual dinner and banquet to the Australian team, 1 May 1912
Addition to Law 28 specifying that the batsman may not be given out if he is out of his ground when a no ball is called, 1912,
List of receipts and expenses for the 1911-1912 tour of Australia, 6 May 1912
Decision to make umpires aware that they call 'over' before leaving the wickets, 20 May 1912
Visit of King George V to Lord's at the second day (16 July 1912) of the Test match between Australia and South Africa, 22 July 1912
Decision by secretary to insure Lord's against damage by explosives because of concerns over possible action by the suffragettes' movement, 28 April 1913
Announcement of decision by club to purchase Nos 2 & 4 Grove End Road, and to assist Harrow School financially in purchasing land adjacent to Lord's, May 1913
Decision to celebrate 100th anniversary of Lord's as a cricket venue with a dinner after the England Trial match, 30 June 1913
Addition of Law 55 which stated that if there is no play on the first two days of a Test Match, the third day should be regarded as a one day match, 9 February 1914
Announcement that King George V would be visiting Lord's (on 23 June 1914), 22 June 1914
Decision to not undertake tours to Holland and West Indies [possibly because of the First World War], 10 August 1914
Suggestion of preparing a Roll of Honour for members who were killed in action, 14 December 1914
Agreement to cancel fixtures because of the war, May 1915
List of deeds and securities kept with Messrs. Glyn & Co., and list of deeds and other documents kept in the safe in the secretary's office, June 1915
List of grants made by the MCC to war funds during 1914 and 1915, 12 July 1915
List detailing the estimated value of pictures in the Pavilion and Tennis Ground, and the value of the books, 1915
Decision to recommend that a notice be put on the agenda for the next committee to discuss a memorial for W G Grace, whose funeral had been attended by the President of the MCC, 8 November 1915
Remarks in annual report on the death of W G Grace, the 'Champion of cricket', May 1916
Meeting of a special Sub-Committee to consider the election of candidates to the club, 3 October 1917
Report by secretary that the Germans had dropped a bomb on the roadside of the main entrance, which had damaged the hotel and windows around the ground, 12 March 1918
Agreement to bring back the County Championship on a limited basis of two days instead of three for matches and requiring 12 matches for qualification, 2 January 1919
Discussion of circumstances surrounding members who have been imprisoned, 28 July 1919
Submission of plans for an archway and iron gates for the W G Grace Memorial, 3 November 1919
Alteration of Law 9 to allow the wicket to be mown on the Monday following a weekend start to a match, 1 December 1919