Secretary's copies of MCC principal committee minutes [1979-1982]. Includes correspondence, memoranda, lists of candidates for election for MCC membership, copies of Annual General Meeting minutes [1981], and minutes of the General Purposes Sub-Committee [1981-1982]
Items include:
Agreement that the new Laws of Cricket should be operative from 1 April 1980, 19 December 1979
Report of TCCB meeting including their view that Sri Lanka should not be awarded full membership [Test status] because of their cricketing ability, 19 December 1979
Report entitled 'Squash at Lord's' discussing developing the existing squash courts, c1979
Copy of report entitled 'Proposals for the organisation of cricket in the British Isles' by the TCCB recommending that there should be a Governing Body of Cricket called The Co-ordinating Council for Cricket in the British Isles made up of 15 members eight of whom represented TCCB, and that TCCB should be responsible for First-Class and Test Match cricket at home and abroad, 28 February 1980
The MCC committee's response to the report in which they thought that the voting system was 'unfair and dictatorial', 28 February 1980
Decision to make G O Allen a life vice president of the club, 16 April 1980
Report by Secretary on an invitation by the Bangladesh Cricket Control Board for an MCC tour to take place in 1980-1981, 19 August 1980
Agreement to make E R Dexter a member of the cricket Sub-Committee, 19 August 1980
Report on an incident involving members and the umpires in front of the Pavilion during the Centenary Test match between England and Australia, 16 October 1980
Copy of press statement issued in relation to incident involving MCC members, captains and the umpires, 1 September 1980
Draft note announcing that a special meeting of the MCC committee will be set up to discuss the incident, 1 September 1980
Decision to send a 'strong letter of rebuke' to the MCC member responsible for the incident, 23 October 1980
Report by secretary on the events of 30 August 1980 during the Centenary Test Match which led to the incident, 23 October 1980
Confirmation that the World Cup would be played in 1983, 19 November 1980
Naming of MCC team to tour Bangladesh, 19 November 1980
Copies of the Income and Expenditure account for MCC, for the years ending 31 December 1980, 31 December 1981
Proposal for a new method of display for the Memorial Gallery, 19 May 1981
Agreement to purchase a 'Whale' rolling machine, 23 June 1981
Agreement to make a presentation to G Boycott to mark his 100th Test Match on 2 July 1981 if selected, 23 June 1981
Report by secretary on England vs. Australia Test Match at Lord's, 14 July 1981
Report by secretary of an incident at Lord's on 12 July 1981 involving Australian players including D Lillee who had been 'abusive and uncooperative' and practicing in the nets despite being told that they could not do so, 14 July 1981
Naming of MCC team to tour East and Central Africa, 18 August 1981
Minutes of meeting of the Development Sub-Committee to discuss new office accommodation, 5 November 1981 and 17 February 1982
Background to the proposed re-organisation of the Cricket Council and summary of changes proposed to be discussed at the MCC Committee in November 1981, 5 November 1981
Extracts from meetings of the NCA and Cricket Council regarding the re-organisation of cricket in the British Isles, 10 December 1981
Agreement by MCC Committee to support a system of re-organisation of cricket in the British Isles, including the representation of four MCC members on the cricket council alongside 7 for the TCCB and 7 for the NCA, 16 December 1981
Background to the formation of the Cricket Council, TCCB and NCA, c1981-1982
Papers relating to the proposal to re-introduce Associate Membership, 16 December 1981
Draft copy of the Annual Report, 1982
Discussion by committee into [rebel] tours of South Africa by an England XI, 17 March 1982
Notes for the President's speech at the Annual General Meeting, 1982