Correspondence, memoranda, newspaper cuttings and telegrams relating to the frequency of MCC tours and tours to the British Isles. Subjects include minutes and draft reports on the MCC selection and planning Sub-Committee on the future of international tours and whether there should be a reduction in order to improve the standard of domestic cricket, suggestions by G O Allen for future tours to and from the British Isles, selection of F G Mann as captain for the MCC team to tour South Africa in 1947-1948, consultation with Arsenal Football Club concerning the availability of D C S Compton to join the South African tour, cancellation of the MCC tour to India 1949-1950, selection for the Gentlemen of England vs. Australians match at Lord's in August 1948 and the MCC team for the South African tour 1948-1949, minutes of the Advisory County Cricket Committee, 9 November 1948, agreement to put back the next Australian tour of the British Isles from 1952 to 1953.