Bound volume, MCC principal committee minutes [1920-1926]. Includes newspaper cuttings, annual reports, reports on annual general meetings, anniversary dinners.
Items include:
A proposal by Lord Harris, the Treasurer for an increase in staff salaries, 1920
Memorandum on entertainment tax, 1920
Announcement that MCC tour to Australia [1920-1921] was 'a great disappointment for the public', 4 May 1921
Decision to erect a memorial gateway for W G Grace, 18 July 1921
Accounts for MCC Australian Tour 1920-1921
Newspaper cuttings advertising the annual general meetings for 1922 and highlighting possible changes to Laws 9, 13 and 53 for matches in Australia, 23 February 1922
Decision to carry changes to Law 9 allowing the ground to be rolled after the close of play if a match is rain-affected, Law 13 increasing the number of balls per over to eight, and Law 53 increasing the follow-on target to 200 runs, 4 May 1922
Decision to purchase No. 14 Elm Tree Road for use as a garage, 26 Jun 1922
Recommendation to alter Law 20 in light of the bail being jammed between the wickets in a match involving Mexboro' [Mexborough] Cricket Club, 16 July 1923
Decision to appoint F C Toone as manager for MCC team to Australia [in 1924-25], 16 July 1923
Acceptance of estimate for new stands to be built, 7 January 1924
draft agreement made between the MCC and Middlesex County Cricket Club relating to use of bowling staff, admission of members and division of expenses for matches played at Lord's, c1924
Decision to continue to alter the Laws of Cricket so that 8 balls per over would be used in matches in Australia, 28 April 1924
Receipts and payments for MCC for year ending 31 December 1923 and 31 December 1925
Selection of MCC team to play South Africa at Lord's in May 1924, 19 May 1924
Decision to write a circular to all First-Class Counties reminding them not to cover the whole of the wicket, 19 May 1924
Notice of and minutes of special general meeting to discuss increasing seating capacity at Lord's and to elect 200 Life Members to pay for additional seating, 13 July 1925
Special General Meeting to discuss an extension of the capacity at Lord's to include an addition to the Large Mound Stand and include a new Grand Stand adding 3,300 seats, 13 July 1925
Receipt by committee of F E Lacey's intention to resign as secretary, 19 October 1925
Consideration of an MCC tour of India in 1926-1927, 8 March 1926
Appointment of W Findlay as Secretary of MCC, 8 March 1926
Notification of meeting to purchase No. 8 Grove End Road, 16 April 1926
Invitations for an MCC team to play Australia at Lord's, 26 April 1926
Notification by property and works Sub-Committee to main committee that work on the new stand had been delayed due to the general strike, 5 May 1926
Recommendation by MCC committee to cricketers that they have a public duty to continue playing despite the general strike, 5 May 1926
Invitations for MCC team to play in India, 20 August 1926
Report on the flooding of the ground at a Test Match [England vs. Australia], 14 July 1926