MCC tour of South America, 1958-1959

Reference

MCC/CRI/5/1/74

Date:

1957-11-17 - 1959-12-07

Level of description

file

Extent

2 folders

Part of

MCC Tours (MCC/CRI/5/1)

Scope and Content

Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, minutes, postcards and telegrams relating to the MCC tour to Argentina and Brazil, 1958-1959. Subjects include itineraries, travel arrangements, minutes of the Argentine tour Sub-Committee, invitations to players for the MCC team, confirmation of the MCC team to play in Brazil and Argentina, list of cricketers receiving testimonials in 1957, notes and instructions for the MCC team regarding their stay in South America including enquiries relating to currency and whisky, report on the tour by the captain, G H G Doggart, correspondence with J E Ward, Honorary Secretary of the Argentine Cricket Association, plans for a reunion party of the MCC team that toured South America in Spring 1959, copy of lyrics to [Cole Porter's] 'You're The Top' rewritten and sung by the MCC team to reflect the Argentine tour.

Associations

Argentine Cricket Association
George Hubert Graham Doggart

Subject

MCC in South America 1958-1959, MCC in Brazil 1958, MCC in Argentina 1959

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English, Spanish

Size

2 folders

Hierarchy browser

• MCC Tours (MCC/CRI/5/1)
  
  • MCC tour of South America, 1958-1959 (MCC/CRI/5/1/74)
    • You're The Top (Argentine Version) (MCC/CRI/5/1/74/1)
    • Notes and Instructions (MCC/CRI/5/1/74/2)