Minute Book, 1998-2000

Reference

MCC/SEC/1/33

Date:

1998-10-21 - 2000-08-09

Level of description

file

Extent

1 binder

Part of

MCC Committee Minutes (MCC/SEC/1)

Scope and Content

Binder, MCC principal committee minutes [1998-2000]. Includes correspondence and ballot forms with lists of candidates nominated for election to the membership of MCC.

Items include:

Draft of Lord's fixture calendar for 2000, 21 October 1998
Remarks by President on the special general meeting held on women membership and that Sir Timothy Rice would head a working party to establish the integration of women into MCC, 21 October 1998
Comments by President on success of the launch of the MCC Ashes trophy, 9 December 1998
Agreements on regulations at the 1999 Cricket World Cup including acceptance of fancy dress, banning of bands except those which were officially approved, permission for spectators to bring their national flags and limited quantities of alcohol and not use music whilst showing replays, 9 December 1998
Agreement that there should be no more than ten Honorary Life or Cricket Members (women) elected in the first year of lady membership, 9 December 1998
Decision to grant M J Stewart Honorary Life Membership, 9 December 1998
Copy of Mound Stand Debenture-Seat Scheme issued to members, 9 December 1998
Address by MCC member Michael Geliot to the committee on the issue of free access to Lord's, and discussion of the decision to charge members to watch World Cup matches at Lord's, 9 December 1998
Agreement to undertake a postal vote of the membership on the issue of free admission to Lord's, 24 February 1999
Arrangements for the official opening of the NatWest Media Centre, 24 February 1999
Announcement of first ten women members for Honorary Membership of MCC which were Betty Archdale, Edna Barker, Audrey Collins, Carole Cornthwaite [now Hodges], Jackie Court, Rachael Heyhoe-Flint, Sheila Hill, Norma Izard, Diana Rait Kerr and Netta Rheinberg, 21 April 1999
Invitation for the Prime Minister to officially open the 1999 Cricket World Cup and that Queen Elizabeth II would be attending the final, 21 April 1999 Meeting of MCC committee to outline the forthcoming annual general meeting and discuss a compromise suggested by Michael Geliot regarding members being able to use the Pavilion at World Cup matches despite not having purchased tickets, 5 May 1999
Copy of letter from R D V Knight, MCC Secretary to the MCC committee notifying the committee that postal voting would be used for the 1999 annual general meeting resolutions, 17 June 1999
Resolution by MCC to sell 20 Elm Tree Road, 18 Elm Tree Road and 6 Grove End Road, 2 June 1999
Consideration of matters relating to the reconvened annual general meeting of July 1999, including concern by the membership that MCC was being dictated to by ECB and the feeling that the committee had 'lost touch' with the members, 2 June 1999
Report by the secretary on the reconvened annual general meeting, 18 August 1999
Decision by MCC to not support Shenley Cricket Centre by using their ground for matches during 2000, 18 August 1999
Agreement to elect M A Taylor and R S Madugalle to Honorary Life Membership, 18 August 1999
Amendment to the minutes of the meeting on 2 June 1999 to include the admission by the committee that it was wrong of them to charge members to watch the World Cup at Lord's without consulting them, 20 October 1999
Announcement that MCC had withdrawn their sub-licence to use Shenley Cricket Centre, 20 October 1999
Agreement to offer two members of staff, Audrey Jones and Trefor Jones, Honorary Life Membership of MCC, 20 October 1999
Agreement to invite A V Bedser to become an Honorary Life Vice President, 20 October 1999
Agreement that MCC would bid for a part of the ground adjacent to Wellington Road which was owned by Railtrack, 2 December 1999
Report of meeting to discuss future changes to the structure of MCC, 2 December 1999
Announcement that MCC had failed to buy part of the ground owned by Railtrack, 14 December 1999
Agreement that Middlesex County Cricket Club would gain a number of benefits from using Lord's in 2000 including hospitality and free tickets as well as staging as many of their matches as possible at Lord's as they had agreed not to pay Middlesex any money in 2000, 23 February 2000
Agreement that D J C Faber would manage the MCC team to tour Canada and that MCC would play Zimbabwe in Castleford in May 2000, 23 February 2000
Discussion of whether Michael Geliot should be expelled from the membership, 19 April 2000
Copy of consultation report on the establishment of a joint website for MCC and ECB, 19 April 2000
Announcement by A R Lewis, MCC President, that his successor would be Robert Scott Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon, 3 May 2000
Confirmation that a staging agreement had been signed between MCC and ECB, 7 June 2000
Copy of letter sent to Michael Geliot by the MCC Secretary asking him to only correspond with the secretary as he is using up management resources by sending a vast amount of correspondence to the committee, and requesting Mr Geliot to look to the future of the club, 7 June 2000
Copy of list of dates for the MCC committee and Executive Board meetings, June 2000
Announcement that the General Purposes, Finance, Cricket, Estates, Marketing, Players and Fixtures sub-committees were all formally dissolved on 30 September 2000, and from 1 October 2000 the following committees were created: Membership, Cricket, Finance, Estates and Marketing, with a list of members who would serve on each of the five new committees, 9 August 2000.

Associations

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
Michael James Stewart
Michael Geliot
Helen Elizabeth Archdale
Edna Barker
Audrey Toll Collins
Carole Cornthwaite
Jacqueline Margaret Court
Rachael Heyhoe Flint
Sheila Hill
Norma Izard
Diana Mary Rait Kerr
Netta Rheinberg
Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Elizabeth II
Roger David Verdon Knight
Shenley Cricket Centre
Mark Anthony Taylor
Ranjan Senerath Madugalle
Sir Alec Victor Bedser
Trefor Jones
Audrey Jones
David James Christian Faber
Anthony Robert Lewis
Middlesex County Cricket Club
England and Wales Cricket Board
Railtrack

Subject

Cricket World Cup 1999, fixture lists, spectators, Lady Membership, Honorary Life Membership, Media Centre, ground, ground redevelopment, membership, MCC tours, Relations between MCC and ECB, politics

Conditions governing access

Closed

Language

English

Size

1 binder

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