Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1945-1960 donor surname Q-R

Reference

MCC/AAL/2/TEMP83

Date:

1941-05-25 - 1968-10-01

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

department correspondence and papers (MCC/AAL/2)

Scope and Content

Curator [Diana Rait Kerr], MCC [H S Altham, Chairman Arts and Library; Colonel Rait Kerr, Secretary; Ronald Aird, Secretary] correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC. Subjects include:
Annual reports of the Queensland Cricket Association (1937-1938 - 1965-1966) donated by the association [L A Nash, Secretary]
Eltham Cricket Club Scorebook of 1914 recording W G Grace's last game (Grove Park vs. Eltham 25 July 1914) with the batting order written in Grace's handwriting, donated by A W Rammell. Also post-war correspondence relating to the location of the scorebook, which was never recovered. Painting "Doctoring the Pitch at Lord's" donated by A B Ramsay.
Book "The Bermuda Club Association presents to Bermuda the Pakistan cricket team : April 12 to April 28 1958" donated by Percival St G Ratteray
Book "To the wood no more: a novel" donated by the author, Ernest Raymond
Donation of sections of a cricket ball in various stages of manufacturing process
Book "Reading cricket club centenary 1859-1959" donated by J Wray
Sample MCC tie together with ticket donated by Rendell & Son
Book "Old deer park" donated by Richmond Cricket Club
Book "The Cambridge review: a journal of university life and thought vol. 12 1890-91" donated by H B Ridgeway
Photograph of illuminated address presented to the MCC touring team by the Australian Capital Territory Cricket Association and printed leaf giving particulars taken from a programme of the MCC team's visit [enclosed in folder]
Letter from Curator to R W V Robins enquiring about "the ashes" of Canadian cricket
Manuscript copy of "The Taverners Song" dedicated to Lord Alexander donated by P S Robinson
Photograph of the MCC team taken on Durban Castle steamship in 1948 donated by A H Robson
Book "Towards the second century: a brief history of Roehampton cricket club" acquired from the club
USA cricket cap badge donated by R A Roberts
Signed and framed photograph of Sir George Robey donated by Lady Robey
Book "Netherton cricket club 1866-1966: one hundred years of cricket" donated by the author, Fred Rollason
Records and statistics of first class cricketers from 1830 compiled by Lord Rotherham donated by Lord and Lady Rotherham
Watercolour of an early match of the Harlequins donated by C S Roundell
Book "The history of the football association" donated by Sir Stanley Rous
Transcript of BBC broadcast of Easter Cricket Classes (17 April 1936) with Derek McCulloch, donated by R H Routledge
Book "More Saffron Walden then and now: Walden cricket 1841-1951" donated by the author, C Brightwen Rowntree
Photograph of the Australian matches at Lord's between 1942-1945 donated by the Royal Australian Air Force
Proposal by the Royal Australian Air Force to donate a memorial for the service cricket teams which played at Lord's between 1942-1945
1787 George III spade guinea donated by Rear Admiral Mark Rundle
Print of the match between the Gentlemen of Philadelphia and the English Team at Germantown extracted from the Harpers Magazine, donated by Vice Admiral E G N Rushbrooke
Autographed menu card of the dinner to the South African cricket team in 1935 at the United Hunts Club donated by F E Russell
Book "Well played, sir" donated by R M Russell
Book bought out for the Diamond Jubilee of the Rotterdam Cricket and Football VOC donated by Herr F Ruychaver

Associations

Diana Mary Rait Kerr
Colonel Rowan Scrope Rait Kerr
Ronald Aird
Arthur William Rammell
Queensland Cricket Association
Alfred Reader & Co
Rendell & Son

Subject

gifts, donations

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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