Bound volume, MCC cricket Sub-Committee minutes [1952-1957]. Includes minutes of special Sub-Committee appointed to consider proposed tour by Canada in 1954, minutes of cricket Sub-Committee, minutes of special Sub-Committee appointed to consider experiments with smaller ball, minutes of grounds and fixtures Sub-Committee meetings, report and minutes of special Sub-Committee regarding MCC tour to West Indies 1953-1954, minutes of MCC selection Sub-Committee, report of Sub-Committee appointed to consider re-drafting Note 4 to Law 46, minutes of special Sub-Committee appointed to consider Laws 31 and 19, minutes of the special Sub-Committee for the MCC Australasian Tour 1954-1955, minutes of the Laws of Cricket Sub-Committee, minutes of meetings of special Sub-Committee re financial arrangements for future MCC tours abroad, minutes of Sub-Committee appointed to deal with the arrangements for the tour to Pakistan by an MCC 'A' team in 1995-1956, minutes of MCC Australasian tour 1958-1959 Sub-Committee, minutes of special Sub-Committee to consider an instruction to umpires on the interpretation of Law 26, minutes of amateur status Sub-Committee, minutes of South African tour and selection Sub-Committee meetings, minutes of meeting between MCC, Australian and South African representatives to discuss Law 26, minutes of special Sub-Committee regarding future welfare of first class cricketers, correspondence.
Items include:
Agreement for the complete covering of pitches for the next MCC tour to Australia, 24 November 1952
Design of the size and construction of experimental smaller cricket ball, 17 December 1952
Re-organisation of MCC professional staff in 1953, 17 December 1952
Special instruction to umpires on referring players deliberately time wasting, 18 February 1953
Re-drafting of Note 4 to Law 46 on persistent bowling of fast, short-pitched balls, 9 March 1953
Consideration given for the introduction of light meters to gauge the light, 15 July 1953
Team named for tour of West Indies 1953-1954 with Len Hutton as Captain, 15 July 1953
Itinerary for MCC tour of Australia 1954-1955, with proposal for tea during Test Matches to be extended to 20 minutes, 23 October 1953
Tribute to Sir Pelham Warner, 26 October 1953
Decision to improve the covering of wicket at Lord's based on methods used at Wimbledon and Sydney, Australia, 27 October 1953
Removal of words "either or", "of the" and "previously" from Law 31 on how a wicket shall be held "Down", 14 December 1953
Changes to Law 19 on what constitutes a short run, 14 December 1953
Report into the results of smaller ball experiment, 11 January 1954
Agreement to write letter to Len Hutton on West Indies 1953-1954 tour, expressing MCC support should he decide to discontinue wide, leg-side defensive bowling, 1 February 1954
Manager's and captain's report of MCC tour to West Indies 1953-1954, 25 May 1954
Availability of players for MCC Australasian Tour 1954-1955
Len Hutton appointed captain for MCC Australasian Tour 1954-1955, 14 July 1954
Meeting on Dennis Compton's fitness ahead of MCC Australasian Tour 1954-1955, 24 August 1954
Amendment to Law 30 on constituting a dead ball if it has struck the leg and no run has taken place, 14 December 1954
Expressed concern at a slowing of over rates on MCC Tour to Australia 1954-1955, 2 March 1955
Response to the Captain's and Manager's reports of the MCC Australasian Tour 1954-1955, 29 June 1955
Changes to be made the Lord's cricket pitch following report by Sports Turf Research Institute, 12 July 1955
Decision that the standard of umpiring in Test Matches in United Kingdom and other first class cricket had been deteriorating and measures were drawn up to improve standard, 3 October 1955
Re-wording and guidance given to Law 26 on what constitutes a front foot no ball to clear matters up, 17 January 1956
Recommendation that the whole framework of English First Class Cricket is looked at and most desirable to retain and encourage amateur players, 28 February 1956
Creation of a film library at Lord's for purposes of coaching methods and general cricket interest, 27 March 1956
Agreement that fielding sides were not allowed to make appeals against the light, 27 September 1956
Experiment to change to Note 1 to Law 30 regarding dead ball being called after striking batsman declared a success, 27 September 1956
Possible approaches regarding Law 26, 27 September 1956
Change to Law 15, the captain of batting side may declare innings closed at any point during a match, 28 November 1956
Change to Law 18, if during last over a match players go off owing to bad weather or bad light the match shall be declared finished, 28 November 1956
Law 26 on no balls formulated so that a bowlers back feet are within, and not touching, the line of the return crease and his front foot his grounded fully behind the popping crease, 28 November 1956
Regulations on umpires control of deciding whether pitches should be dried out and likewise for bowler’s footholds, 28 November 1956