Binder, MCC principal committee minutes [1969-1970]. Includes minutes of finance Sub-Committee meetings, minutes of general purpose Sub-Committee meetings, minutes of special advisory Sub-Committee meetings, annual general meetings and reports on anniversary dinners.
Items include:
A draft of a letter from the president of MCC to members asking for donations to the Sir Frank Worrell Commonwealth Memorial Fund, nd
Confirmation of proposed tour by South Africa in 1970, provided that MCC Council members were satisfied that the South African Cricket Association were trying to develop the progress of non-white players in South Africa, 15 January 1969
Decision to provide more assistance to the Test and County Cricket Board, especially relating to promoting the organisation, 15 January 1969
Recommendation that souvenir ties should be sold at Lord's, 26 February 1969
Decision to write a reply to Michael Parkinson of the Sunday Times concerning his article on the MCC and Sunday cricket, 16 April 1969
Offer of S C Griffith to resign as secretary which was rejected by the committee, 16 April 1969
Announcement that Queen Elizabeth II would be visiting Lord's twice in 1969, for the West Indies Test Match on 30 June and the New Zealand Test Match on 25 July, 16 April 1969
Remarks on first two weeks of Sunday League Cricket, 7 May 1969
Decision to reinstate members who had resigned over the 'D'Oliveira affair', 28 May 1969
Additional sheets showing the income and expenditure for tennis and squash for the year ending 31 December 1968 and an estimate of income and expenditure for 1970, and a comparison with other private tennis and squash clubs in London in relation to subscriptions and charges for members, nd
Agreement by the MCC committee to let ladies into the Pavilion for tea at the International Hockey Match at Lord's in March 1970, 12 November 1969
Discussion on a "personally defamatory" article which had appeared in the Sunday Times, and to write a letter to their editor regarding the matter, 17 December 1969
Decision by government to give grants to the MCC in respect of administrative costs on the amateur game, and a grant of up to 75% of a national coaching scheme for the National Cricket Association, 7 January 1970
Agreement to accept the application by Sport and General Press Agency Ltd for them to obtain the rights of still photography at Lord's, 14 January 1970
Card inviting members to attend the Test Match between England and the West Indies in June 1980, at the invitation of the President and the MCC Committee, 1980
Decision by D J Insole and C G A Paris to retire from the MCC Committee, 11 February 1970
Report by secretary that an apology had been made to the MCC by the editor of the Sunday Times, 15 April 1970
Discussion over possible legal action against the BBC concerning their programme 'The World At One', 6 May 1970
Decision not to pursue legal action against the BBC, 27 May 1970
Decision to disband the MCC Youth Cricket Association, 27 May 1970
Decision to cancel the South African tour at the request of the Government, 27 May 1970
Reduction of minimum age for membership candidates to 16, 24 June 1970
Decision to make Edward Heath, Prime Minister, an immediate full member of the Club, 20 July 1970