Binder, MCC principal committee minutes [1965-1967]. Includes an index to minutes inside volume, minutes of the finance & general purposes Sub-Committee meetings (later divided into finance Sub-Committee and general purposes Sub-Committee minutes), newspaper cuttings, reports on annual general meetings and anniversary dinners.
Items include:
A notification of an unofficial meeting between Derbyshire County Cricket Club and the MCC Secretary regarding the bowling action of H J Rhodes, and decision by the MCC Secretary to go visit Denis Howell, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Science, to discuss Fred Trueman, 24 August 1965
Minutes of the H S Altham memorial Sub-Committee, 23 September 1965
Special general meeting including resolutions to construct a block of flats at the corner site at St Johns Wood Road and Grove End Road to A T Chown & Co Ltd and Central & District Properties Limited, and the decision to implement plans to replace the Tavern and Clock Tower blocks with a new Stand, and construct a new Tavern next to the Grace Gates, 20 October 1965
Notification of a special general meeting to discuss changes to the laws in respect of mowing the pitch during a Test Match, 3 March 1966
Decision by MCC to support the Royal Dutch Cricket Association and the Danish Cricket Association for associate membership of the International Cricket Conference, 4 May 1966
Congratulations to M J K Smith and S C Griffith on their successful tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1965-1966, 4 May 1966
List of elected members of MCC, 1962-1965
Minutes of Sub-Committee to consider matters connected with the organisation of cricket, 7 June 1966, 19 December 1966, 1 August 1967
Announcement that Queen Elizabeth II would be visiting Lord's on 20 June 1966, 8 June 1966
Approval by MCC that Middlesex County Cricket Club be permitted to play against the International Cavaliers in 1967, 8 June 1966
Decision by MCC to establish a meeting of executive committee relating to the failure of Sussex County Cricket Club to take 'sufficiently strong action' against E R Dexter following his decision to publish the book 'Ted Dexter Declares - An Autobiography' without permission, 3 August 1966
Decision not to proceed with building of a new stand, 3 August 1966
Decision to make J M Brearley captain of the tour to Pakistan [MCC under-25 team], 31 August 1966
Agreement by the committee to initiate a meeting with other sports organisations to discuss the impact of television in sport, 31 August 1966
Emergency committee to discuss the new stand with the agreement that the decision not to build the stand be reversed, 22 September 1966
Decision to support the continuation of the 65 over experiment in twelve matches per county, 9 November 1966, and the decision to no longer continue the experiment after recommendation from the Advisory County Cricket Committee, 14 December 1966
Minutes of a special meeting of the MCC committee to discuss alterations of county cricket, including adoption of matches on Sunday, changes to qualification rules for overseas cricketers to play for counties, discussion of criticism by Michael Parkinson of MCC over their handling of the D'Oliveira issue, and discussion of the MCC tour to South Africa 1968-1969 in light of a statement by the South African Minister of the Interior who claimed that Basil D'Oliveira would not be allowed to take part in the tour, 1 February 1967
Warning from the chairman that MCC required a form of re-organisation to maintain its status as the governing body of cricket, and proposals to establish an MCC Cricket Council alongside the MCC committee, 1 March 1967
Suggestion of including Lady Members at MCC which was rejected, 8 March 1967
Decision to appoint J A Bailey as an additional assistant secretary following a Sub-Committee meeting on the issue, 31 March 1967
Suggestion by the chairman of MCC to check with South African ambassador that 'a coloured member of the MCC team would be free to attend hotels, cinemas, etc. on the same basis as other players', and decision not to make any announcement about the tour despite comments made by the South African Prime Minister, 19 April 1967
Notification that Queen Elizabeth II would be visiting the Second Test match against India on 26 June 1967, 24 May 1967
Emergency meeting of the MCC committee to discuss the match between Warwickshire vs. Yorkshire, 16-18 August 1967 where they decided Yorkshire had unfairly used delaying tactics during Warwickshire's second innings and that their captain D B Close had been involved in an incident with a Warwickshire member, and decision by MCC to choose M C Cowdrey instead of Close [who was not included in the team] to captain the MCC team to tour the West Indies, 24 August 1967
Draft statement in answer to Parliamentary Questions concerning the tour to South Africa 1968-1969, informing the Government that the team chosen will be 'on merit', 29 January 1968