Bound volume, MCC cricket Sub-Committee minutes [1957-1959]. Includes minutes of special Sub-Committee regarding future welfare of first-class cricket; attached are minutes of Sub-Committee regarding two day matches and knockout competition and notes on discussion between Mr G O Allen and county captains, minutes of cricket Sub-Committee, minutes of grounds and fixtures Sub-Committee, minutes of South African Tour Sub-Committee, minutes of MCC selection Sub-Committee, minutes of Sub-Committee regarding future programme of MCC overseas tours, minutes of Kenya Tour Sub-Committee, minutes of Australian Tour 1958-1959 Sub-Committee, minutes of Argentine Tour Sub-Committee meeting, minutes of special Sub-Committee regarding fixtures at Lord's, minutes of special Sub-Committee regarding Law 26, minutes of Canadian Tour Sub-Committee, minutes of West Indies Tour Sub-Committee, notes on first-class county captains meeting, notes on meeting of the first-class umpires, correspondence.
Items include
Unanimous rejection of two day county cricket, 3 January 1957
Agreement for yearly winter meeting of county captains, 3 January 1957
Experimental law regarding limitation in number of on side fielders, 3 January 1957
New laws on ways to speed up the tempo of county matches up, 3 January 1957
Debate into the changing of amateur status and refer to all players as "cricketers", proposal which was rejected, 17 January 1957
Agreement a knock out county competition should be created, 17 January 1957
Experimental change to Law 46 on what umpires can do with bowlers who perceived to be time wasting, 17 January 1957
Changes to rules regarding overseas first-class cricketers, 23 January 1957
Draft financial scheme of proposed knock out competition, 1 July 1957
Decided the standardisation of boundaries in county matches had been a success and will be continued in 1958, 14 October 1957
Report into Law 26 on experiments with foot fault no balls and proposals on changes to Law 26, 21 July 1958
Discussions on Lord's fixture lists with regards to Middlesex County Cricket Club, 16 October 1958
Decision to create a definition on what constitutes throwing and jerking, 2 April 1959
Decision for a two-year experiment on the legalisation of the dragging of a bowlers front foot over popping crease, 2 April 1959
Captains and managers report for the MCC Australasian Tour 1958-1959, 24 May 1959
Agreement that sight screens at the Pavilion end at Lord's have been a success and MCC would like them to remain, 28 May 1959
Notes on meeting regarding Fred Trueman's behaviour during the year and selection for West Indies Tour 1959-1960, 23 August 1959
Four possible solutions put forward on how to solve the dragging of the bowlers front foot problem, 28 September 1959
Experiment law on what constitutes throwing to remove the words "or jerked" and to take matters forward, 28 September 1959
Finalised experimental law on the definition of what constitutes throwing, 26 October 1959