Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1945-1960 donor surname B

Reference

MCC/AAL/2/TEMP68

Date:

1941-07-05 - 1968-07-04

Level of description

file

Extent

3 folders

Part of

department correspondence and papers (MCC/AAL/2)

Scope and Content

MCC [Jack Bailey, Secretary] [Ronald Aird, Secretary] and Curator [Diana Rait Kerr] correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC.

Subjects include:

Pottery pint tankard depicting cricketers of the 1950s donated by Walter Bailey
Kent County Cricket Club [Neville Christopherson] forwarding letter from Mrs N Brooks who donated a framed photograph of the 'First England Eleven' 1861
Band of Brothers [Vere Collins] donation of centenary publication
Newspaper notice [MCC scorecard (?)] of 1846 donated by W. H. Banthorpe. Book "Famous cricketers and cricket grounds" donated by L C Baker
Bank of England granting permission for retention by the club of 1880 gold sovereign
Bath Cricket Club [Frank March] request for and receipt of Bath CC centenary publication
BBC donation of Basil Taylor 'Home Talks Department' recording
George Allen & Unwin Limited [W N Beard] letter of thanks for assistance in publication of "Cricket for Schools"
Crest of Bedfordshire County Cricket Club donated by club [Frank Compton]
Photostat of Richard Nyren document donated by R G Benda
Wisdens supplied by Sporting Handbooks Limited and £150 donated by E A Bennett
Book "The cricketers' guide" donated by Major G R Benson
Book "My recollections of Wellington College" donated by author Captain G F H Berkeley
Lillywhite's cricket belt and clasp donated by Monty M Berman
Bermuda Cricket Association coat of arms on cedar shield donated by the club
Portrait of Ranjitsinhji in silver frame donated by Colonel H W Berthon
Bat of Pelham Francis Warner donated by widow of Douglas Bew, Mrs C Bew
Photograph of the two teams who played in the match MCC vs. Jersey Island Cricket Club in 1924 donated by Sir Reginald Biddle
Nulla-nulla previously owned by Mrs E Bishop and donated by Mr Lambton on behalf of his sister-in-law Mrs Wilkinson
Leg pad of E G Wenman donated by Mrs E R (Roy) Bligh
"The young cricketer's tutor" by John Nyren, first edition donated by Edmund Blunden
Sussex Martlets [Geoffrey Bolton] donation of booklet "Sussex Martlets 1905-1955"
Irish Cricket Union [J C Boucher] donation of silotar and handball for balls exhibition
David Boyle donation of Parian ware ornament, lion and kangaroo holding bat
Catalogue of books in the Cricket Library at Trent Bridge donated by Miss Doris Bradbury
R S Bradshaw's painting of R D Walker donated by his executor Colonel J W Sale
Postcard photograph of the London County Team donated by Mrs W Brassington
1825 map of London showing 'Lord's new cricket ground' donated by J H Brett
Book "Cricket Bat Willow Culture" donated by Claude W Brighten
Brisbane: Department of Public Instruction donation of book "Cricket Syllabus"
British Movietone News letter sent with copy of film of Don Bradman birthday presentation
Request for and receipt of photograph of 11th Duke of Beaufort [David Robert Somerset, ex MCC President] for Committee Room
Bermuda crown commemorating Bermuda's 350th anniversary donated by W F (Chummy) Hayward
Scorecard England vs. Australia at Lord's Monday June 22 1896 donated by Elizabeth Boult
26" x 22" picture of the 1903 MCC touring team donated by White Hart hotelier
Brooklyn Cricket Club centenary souvenirs donated by the club
Mrs H M Brooks donation of an oil painted portrait of her father Mr A G Steel [MCC President]
Reproduction of Broughton CC photograph of the All England XI vs. 18 of Broughton in June 1865 donated by Broughton Cricket Club [E F Luckarift, Secretary]
Photographs taken at the cricket ground at Crystal Palace by Thomas Bright donated by B A S Bruskill
Ball used in the match Bootle vs. Lord Stanley's XI at Knowsley Hall donated by H S Brown
Scorecard of MCC and Ground vs. England, 1877 donated by M Patrick Brown
Carved tennis racquets from Woburn Abbey donated by Sir Eric Gore-Browne
Book "Inter colonial cricket after the war" donated by Cyril Browne
Photograph of the West Indies team, 1930 donated by Cyril Browne
Cricket articles from the Richmond & Twickenham Times (subjects: C T Studd, Buns Thornton, Sir Timothy O'Brien, Andrew Stoddart, B J T Bosanquet, J T Hearne, Gregor Macgregor) written by Royman Browne, donated by the author
Small framed print of the cricket match at Brighton donated by E C Buchanan
Index the minor matches in 'Scores and Biographies' donated by G B Buckley
"More historical gleanings" compilation donated by compiler, G B Buckley
"Gentlemen v Players at Lords, 1806-1959" donated by compiler, G B Buckley
Sketch of W G Grace by RIP [Roland Hill] donated by Norman Burchell
Poems and brief summary of Sanderstead Sports Cricket Club season 1959 sent from T Burges
Photograph of Melbourne with record crowd in 1937 donated by Major G le Roy Burnham
MCC and I Zingari hat band ribbons donated by Mrs G Burrell
Book "Free gratis and for nothing" donated by author G S Burton
Reproduction of the cricket print showing Lady Jane Dundas presenting colours to the 3rd regiment of the East India Volunteers in 1799 donated by G S Burton
Ball with which S E Butler took all ten wickets in the Oxford vs. Cambridge match in 1871 and scorecard from this match donated by Rear Admiral Rowan Butler DSO
"Sporting Life" 9 November 1859 donated by F K Button
Manuscript record of cricket matches played at Lord's during the years 1838-1939

Associations

Diana Mary Rait Kerr
Jack Arthur Bailey
Ronald Aird
Jack Arthur Bailey
Allan Gibson Steel
Russell Donnithorne Walker
Nestor Montague Berman
Geoffrey Sadler Burton
George Bent Buckley
Robert Henry Dundas Bolton
Edgar Assheton Bennett

Subject

gifts, donations, Oxford vs. Cambridge, poetry

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

3 folders

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