Bound volume, minutes of meetings held at Lord's [1948-1956]. Includes minutes of the Advisory County Cricket Committee (ACCC), minutes of the Board of Control of Test Matches at Home, minutes of the Imperial Cricket Conference, minutes of first class county captains meeting and minor county captains meeting, minutes of special registration Sub-Committee, account sheets for Test Seasons 1949-1955, summary of first class umpires reports and figures of merit 1948-1955, minutes of the county cricket Sub-Committee, newspaper clippings advertising MCC annual general meetings, minutes of meetings of minor counties, minutes of meetings of county secretaries.
Items include:
Expenses in respect of players, 7 December 1948
Expressed desire to cut down on the amount of autographing, 15 March 1949
Opinion of ACCC on use of television and copyright, 15 November 1949
Debate on whether too much first class cricket being played is leading to a strain on players, 15 November 1949
Letter from Secretary of the MCC to all first class counties and redistribution of funds following 1950-1951 MCC Tour of Australia, 16 November 1951
Negotiations with the BBC over television rights, 14 March 1950
New Law on tea interval, 14 March 1950
Decision by the Imperial Cricket Conference not to allow Pakistan to become a new member country, 27-28 June 1950
Meeting of a conference of representatives of first class and minor county cricket clubs to consider report of MCC cricket enquiry committee, with summary of report, 14 November 1950
Report of special Sub-Committee to review working rule of special registration, 18 December 1950
Criticism of the Football Association for encroaching the football season into the cricket one, 13 November 1951
Demand that the BBC pay more for television rights, 10 December 1951
Address by R S Rait Kerr, MCC Secretary, to county secretaries on the state of the modern game, including a graph of matches completed compared to attendance, calling for a more positive approach and an end draws, 11 December 1951
Retirement of R S Rait Kerr, 11 March 1952
Debate into current state of first-class cricket, 11 March 1952
Result of rights negotiating with the BBC, 11 March 1952
Board of Control for Cricket in India submits a resolution that Pakistan be allowed to join Imperial Cricket Conference, resolution passed unanimously, 28 July 1952
Agreement that the scrambling for stumps should be stopped, 28 July 1952
License approved and work begun on the Imperial Cricket Memorial, 28 July 1952
Debate on the report into the welfare of first class cricket, 1 November 1952
Outcome of negotiations with the BBC of fees paid and hours of transmission, 10 March 1953
Short report of the opening of the Imperial Cricket Memorial, 21 July 1953
Minutes of Sub-Committee appointed to review the rules of county cricket, with draft report, 7 December 1953
Agreement between MCC and Yorkshire on the splitting of financial rewards from the MCC 1954-1955 MCC Tour to Australia, 17 March 1954
Debate over BBC contract after BBC had offered numerous different proposals, in hours aired and fees, 28 April 1955
Two year update on Imperial Cricket Memorial, 14 July 1955