Bound volume, MCC principal committee minutes [1927-1931]. Includes annual reports, reports on annual general meetings and anniversary dinners, memoranda and newspaper cuttings.
Items include:
Notification of annual general meeting in newspapers where changes to Law 4 regarding the ball's weight, Law 53 allowing the side which bats first and leads by 150 runs the option of requiring the other team to follow on, and Law 54 allowing the batting team to declare at any time on the second day, 24 February 1927
Permission given for the BBC to broadcast on the roof of the Bowler's room as an experiment, 25 April 1927
Unanimous decision to change Law 4, Law 53 and Law 54, 4 May 1927
Invitations to players to represent MCC for the tour to South Africa, 11 July 1927
Decision to appoint R T Stanyforth as captain for team to tour South Africa following illness of G R Jackson, 10 October 1927
Newspaper advertisement for annual general meeting where members would be allowed to vote on whether the roller should be used in South Africa for rain-affected matches, 23 February 1928, and the decision to carry that recommendation, 2 May 1928
Minutes of meeting of special Sub-Committee to devise a scheme for scoring points in the County Championship, deciding on 5 points for a win in a completed match and 2 for the leading time in an incomplete match, 9 March 1928
Report by Secretary that they had acquired the Ashes urn from Lady Darnley, 2 July 1928
Report by Secretary that W E Bowes, a member of the ground staff at Lord's had bowled a hat-trick for MCC against Cambridge University, 16 July 1928
Memorandum by the Treasurer and list of names to be considered for the new committee, 2 September 1928
Report by secretary that a cable had been received from the West Indies Board of Control inviting MCC to tour West Indies in 1929-1930, 15 October 1928
Appointment of a Special Sub-Committee to discuss Law 24, 3 December 1928
Memorandum by Lord Harris, treasurer on the Accounts for 1928
Report on a special general committee relating to the purchase of property at 10, 12, 14 and 16 Grove End Road, and 6 Elm Tree Road, 4 March 1929
Consideration of minutes of special Sub-Committee to change laws including Law 6 - making the wickets higher and wider, Law 24 - giving the batsman out leg before wicket if the ball hits his bat or hand first, Law 4 - allowing the fielding side the opportunity of taking a new ball after 150 runs, Law 44 - limiting the boundary to 80 yards from the wicket and reducing the rolling of the wicket to seven minutes, 8 April 1929
Newspaper articles announcing that 200 candidates are to be offered life membership with MCC, 7 May 1929
Balance sheet for year ending 31 December 1928
Reports of the Special Sub-Committee on the experiments of 1929 in inter-county matches, trialing the use of larger wickets and 'the snick' in order to help the bowler, 22 November 1929
Qualification rules for players in Test Matches, 1929
List of investments made by MCC as of October and December 1930
Newspaper article by Lord Harris to the editor of The Times, relating to The Spirit of Cricket, 3 February 1931
Cable from Australian Board of Control expressing their wish not to use a larger wicket for the forthcoming Test series, 3 March 1930
Naming of MCC team selected to play Australia at Lord's on 17-20 May 1930, 28 April 1930
Arrangements for MCC tour in India, 28 April 1930
Announcement that Australia would play four-day Test Matches while in England in 1930, 7 May 1930
Decision by committee to introduce a rule relating to what time tea intervals should be taken for matches at Lord's, 19 May 1930
Memorandum from the Treasurer relating to the accounts for 1930
Recommendation by Board of Control for Cricket in India that the MCC tour be postponed to 1931-1932, 17 July 1930
Appointment of A P F Chapman as captain of the MCC team to tour South Africa in 1930-1931, 28 July 1930
Copy of 80th birthday message by Lord Harris, Treasurer, printed in 'The Times', 3 February 1931
Recommendation to change Rule 4 of the Board of Control so that a Sub-Committee of three be appointed by the Board to select England teams, 13 April 1931
Agenda for the meeting of the Board of Control for Test matches at home, 28 April 1931
Agreement by Australian Board of Control to alter Law 6 relating to enlarging the wicket, 27 April 1931
Newspaper articles relating to notice of a meeting to be held to discuss Law 6 - the length and width of the wickets, and Law 9 - the reduction to seven minutes for the rolling of the ground, 27 Feb 1931, which were approved at the annual general meeting, 6 May 1931
Receipt of cable from Australian Board of Control stating that the MCC tour to Australia was 'essential', 1 June 1931
Decision to cable Indian Board of Control confirming Test matches with India in 1932, 22 June 1931
Decision to present D R Jardine with a bat for making a century for MCC and Cambridge University at Lord's, 2 July 1931
Receipt of letters from Worcestershire County Cricket Club asking whether the Nawab of Pataudi could play for them, 27 July 1931
Report from match between Glamorgan and Northamptonshire which contravened Law 54 relating to early declarations between July 25-28 1931, 5 August 1931.