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Minutes of meetings at Lord's 1900-1926



Reference
MCC/CRI/2/1
Date:
1900-12-17 - 1926-12-26
Level of description
file
Extent
1 volume
Part of
Minutes of meetings at Lord's (MCC/CRI/2)
Scope and Content
Bound volume, minutes of meetings held at Lord's [1900-1926]. Includes meeting of first-class captains, first-class umpires meeting, minor counties meeting, Minutes of Board of Control and Test Matches, minutes of county secretaries, minutes of Advisory County Cricket Committee (ACCC), minutes of Imperial Cricket Conference, newspaper clippings of reports of meetings,

Items include:

Special Sub-Committee appointed to try Prince Ranjitsinhji for the abuse of an Umpire, 17 December 1900 - 7 March 1901
Considerations on which first-class captains based their decision not to bowl certain bowlers for 1901 season, 28 March 1901
Arrangements for Australia's Tour of England in 1902, 17 February 1902
Proposal for a promotion scheme for minor counties, Sub-Committee created, 28 June 1904
Arrangements for Australia's Tour of England in 1905, 7 February 1905
Proposal for the creation of the ACCC by the MCC with statement by F E Lacey, 30 December 1903
The Board of Control cannot legislate on a hit to the boundary being a four and hit over the boundary a 6, 26 May 1926
New law on player registration must be approved by the MCC, 19 December 1906
During the meeting of secretaries a mention of letter from South Africa on the creation of Imperial Cricket Contest to take part in England in 1909, 11 December 1907
Arrangements for Philadelphians Tour for 1908, 11 December 1907
Acceptance of proposal for Imperial Cricket Contest, with scheme for conduct, 27 January 1908
Resolutions regulating Australian Test Matches in England, 1909
First meeting of Imperial Cricket Conference, 15 June 1909
Rules, scheme and programme for Imperial Cricket Contest, July 1909
Failure of first-class finance Sub-Committee to produce a report into general state of the game, 3 June 1910
New points scoring system for county cricket, 24 February 1911
Newspaper report on first ACCC meeting after the First World War, with agreement for two-day county matches, 17 December 1918
Return to three-day matches, 20 August 1919
Registration scheme for county players rejected, 7 December 1921
Redrafted rules on qualification to play for a county by the ACCC, March 1923
Acceptance that India be asked to join the Imperial Cricket Conference, 28 July 1926
Proposal for change in leg before wicket Law, with suggested questions for circulation, 1926
Departure of F E Lacey as MCC Secretary, 8 December 1926
Regulations on size of cricket balls, after complaints they had been getting smaller, 17 December 1926
Associations
Prince Ranjitsinhji
Sussex County Cricket Club
Surrey County Cricket Club
Board of Control for Test Matches in England
Advisory County Cricket Committee
Sir Francis Eden Lacey
Imperial Cricket Conference
Subject
umpires, controversies, bowling, throwing, county cricket, Australia in England 1902, Ashes series, minor county cricket, laws of cricket, amateur status, Philadelphian cricketers, Imperial Cricket Contest, Australia in England, finance, Professionalism, County Cricket qualifications, Leg before wicket
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 volume
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