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William Findlay



Reference
MCC/SEC/3/36
Date:
1933-02-16 - 1933-03-30
Level of description
file
Extent
5 folders
Part of
Secretaries Papers (MCC/SEC/3)
Scope and Content
Correspondence and telegrams relating to William Findlay, MCC Secretary. Subjects include copies of telegrams from Sir William Legge, Viscount Lewisham, MCC President to King George V thanking him for congratulating the England team, letter from Findlay to H A Brown, secretary of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club, congratulating them on the performance of Harold Larwood against Australia, correspondence with the Football Association asking them to arrange matches outside the football season after 6 o'clock on Saturday so they do not clash with cricket fixtures, letters outlining the history of the Ashes, letters to The Synchronome Co. Ltd accepting their quote for the synchronisation of eight clocks at Lord's Cricket Ground, letter to Douglas Jardine thanking him for his account of the Australian tour, plans for the Lord Harris memorial, comments on the bowling during the Australian tour 1932-1933, draft of paragraph on the Australian tour to be included in the annual report of 1933, letter to Herbert Chapman, manager of Arsenal Football Club, confirming that Denis Compton had been engaged on the Ground Staff at Lord's. The file includes an index to the letters included in this file.
Associations
Denis Charles Scott Compton
William Findlay
Sir William Legge
George V King of Great Britain and Ireland
H A Brown
Harold Larwood
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Football Association
The Synchronome Co. Ltd
Herbert Chapman
Subject
MCC in Australia 1932-1933, Bodyline, bowling, fixture lists, fixtures, memorials
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
5 folders
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