Bound volume, minutes of meetings held at Lord's [1956-1959]. 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 (ICC), minutes of first-class county captains meeting and minor county captains meeting, minutes of special registration Sub-Committee, account sheets for Test Seasons 1956-1959, summary of first class umpires reports and figures of merit 1956-1959, minutes of the county cricket Sub-Committee, minutes of amateur status Sub-Committee and amateur status standing committee, Minutes of Sub-Committee regarding the distribution of Test Match profits 1958-1959.
Items include:
Special registration of Ted Dexter for Sussex, 24 July 1956
Proposal by India to change the make up of the ICC so each country gets an equal two votes, 20 July 1956
Agreement from ICC to experiment on no balls in aim to reduce "dragging", 20 July 1956
Debate on the payment for interviews by the BBC and review if current situation with television broadcasting, 1 November 1956
Agreement between MCC and Yorkshire on the splitting of financial rewards from the MCC of the 1956-1957 MCC Tour to South Africa, 13 November 1956
Distribution of television fees amongst minor counties, 13 November 1956
Assessment by ACCC into the report of special committee regarding the future welfare of first class cricket, 26 March 1957
Special registration of Sonny Ramadhin, July 1957
First major discussion into the status of amateur cricket and whether things need to change, 9 October 1957
Debate into the discussion of the irregularities in present amateur system and proposals for remedies, 31 October 1957
Memorandum on payments to professionals and amateurs for overseas cricket tours, 1957
Anomalies of current amateur cricket such as making money from autographs, 15 November 1957
First suggestion of abolishing amateur & professional differentiation and all should become "cricketers", from Thomas Evans, 15 November 1957
Vote of ACCC to advise Kent not to attempt to register Sonny Ramadhin, 12 November 1957
Debate on the preparation of pitches for county matches, 12 November 1957
Report of the special committee appointed by the MCC to examine amateur status, 1957
Consideration and vote on proposals by ACCC of the report into amateur status, 11 March 1958
Proposed rules of procedure for amateurs claiming expenses, 16 April 1958
Draft rules on amateur testimonials and the possibility of an amateur status specifically for a tour, 25 June 1958
Agreement between MCC and Yorkshire on the splitting of financial rewards from the MCC of the 1958-1959 MCC Tour to Australia and New Zealand, 31 July 1958
Agreement of amateur status standing committee that under current arrangement Peter Richardson is considered a professional, 29 October 1958
Decision to allow Raman Subba Row, a professional, to change arrangements with his county, 29 October 1958
Lengthy debate into playing conditions of first class county matches, 18 November 1958, 12 January 1959
Minutes of special committee set up by ACCC to consider the covering of pitches in county matches, 12 January 1959
Amateur Status special committee accepts amateur status as it is known is at an end, the report either needs to be re-written or thrown out, and that amateur status may indeed need to be abolished, 26 January 1959
Distribution of Test Match profits from broadcasting and television fees, interim report, 1959
Decision that Peter Richardson is not qualified to play for Worcestershire, 14 May 1959
Confidential document on the amateur status problem and recommendations for the future, strong suggestion of removing the distinction, 1959
ICC rules that experiments will be conducted into testing front foot no balls and eliminating throwing bowling actions, 15 July 1959
Rules of the ICC as of July 1959, 15 July 1959
Summary of Statement from G O Allen on behalf of MCC to ICC on concerning throwing, 15 July 1959
Report of conference between amateur status special committee and representatives of first class counties, vote on what status should be, 19 October 1959
Playing conditions for first class county matches, 18 November 1959
Peter Richardson receives special registration to play for Worcestershire, 18 November 1959