Bound volume, MCC cricket Sub-Committee minutes [1962-1963]. Includes minutes of the special Sub-Committee regarding MCC Australasian Tour 1962-1963, minutes of the grounds and fixtures Sub-Committee, minutes of the knock out competition Sub-Committee, minutes of the cricket Sub-Committee, minutes of the overseas tours Sub-Committee, minutes of the leg before wicket Sub-Committee and leg before wicket conference, minutes of the MCC vs. West Indies selection Sub-Committee, minutes of the MCC selection Sub-Committee for tours to East Africa September 1962 and India January 1964, minutes of the status of matches Sub-Committee, report into leg before wicket experiment, minutes of the programme of future tours Sub-Committee, notes on meeting of first class county captains, notes of meeting of first class county umpires.
Items include:
County captains support for the discontinuation of bonus points due to negative bowling and field placing, other suggestions put forward, 24 September 1962
Suggestions put forward by individual county captains on improvements to first class cricket, 24 September 1962
Recommendations implemented for 1963 knock out competition, 26 November 1963
Clarification to umpires on what would constitute a foot fault no ball for 1963 County Championship, 1 October 1962
Agreement that there should be equal pay for umpires, 1 October 1962
Agreement across all countries at recent Imperial Cricket Conference for implementation on given definition on foot fault no balls, 8 October 1962
Finalised definition on catches across boundary line which will be used for two years, 8 October 1962
Finalised points scoring system for County Championship, 8 October 1962
No desire from MCC committee at this stage to change nature of amateur status as would damage structure of the game, 13 November 1962
Rules from the Advisory County Cricket Committee on overseas players, 13 November 1962
Consideration of report of faster pitches Sub-Committee, matters specifically relating to Lord's, 5 February 1963
Notes on discussion following a meeting between MCC Chairman and Don Bradman and Australian Board of Control with regards to the McGlew Incident with Geoff Griffin, 5 March 1963
Discussion on proposal to change leg before wicket Law with regards to ball pitching outside off stump, 5 March 1963
Leg before wicket conference debates reverting to old rule of ball pitching outside off stump and the widening of the size of wickets, 8 April 1963
Minutes of meeting following experimental match to practice return to old leg before wicket rule and widening of the wicket to 11 inches, 11 July 1963
MCC intends to write a letter to Australian Board of Control requesting them to take action to prevent the export of Australian cricket balls to Britain, 25 September 1963
Umpires statement that they are in favour of front foot no ball rule but would be better for the foot to be allowed to touch the crease and not go wholly over, 27 September 1963
Praise for umpires for eliminating doubtful bowling actions, 27 September 1963