Curator's correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC 1945-1960 donor surnames T-V

Reference

MCC/AAL/2/TEMP85

Date:

1931-07-15 - 1967-11-18

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

department correspondence and papers (MCC/AAL/2)

Scope and Content

Curator [Diana Rait Kerr, Stephen Green] and MCC [William Findlay, President and Secretary; Colonel Rait Kerr, Secretary; Ronald Aird, Secretary; Billy Griffith, Secretary] correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC. Subjects include:
Painting of the Twigas Cricket Pavilion donated by the Tanganyika Twigas Cricket Club
"Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club 1899-1959: Diamond Jubilee souvenir" donated by the club
Framed print of Lord's in 1822 donated by John Tanous
Tray cloth with signatures of 200 cricketers donated by Sir D J Tata
Scrapbook of cricket matches between 1871 and 1876 donated by Mrs E Taverner
Notes and personal reminiscences on visits to Lord's c1886 donated by T A Tayler
Cuttings from the "Illustrated London News Volume", "The Illustrated London News" and an early cricket match at Lord's donated by E J Taylor
Photograph of Prince Christian Victor as a member of I Zingari donated by Sir Godfrey Thomas
Books "Cricket my pleasure", "The great cricketer", "Pavilioned in splendour", "Cricket my happiness" and "The Exquisite burden" donated by the author, A A Thomson
Photostat of Stobie's map of Clackmannan and "Scottish cricket annual 1967" donated by the editor, A M C Thorburn
Photograph of Yatton vs. Thornbury 1883 donated by Lieutenant Colonel J F P Thorburn
Cricket scorecards dating from 1882 donated by D P Thres
Article written by Robert Hens [Editor, "Le Soir"] relating to his visit to Lord's for the second day of Clifton vs. Tonbridge 1954 donated by Nochilas Throckmorton [Central Office of Information]
Photograph of the ground and pavilion of the British Cricket Club at Nictheroy in Brazil donated by G S Tomkinson
Watercolour of the Coollattin Cricket Ground and the book "Memorable cricket matches" donated by the author, Sir Geoffrey Stewart Tomkinson
Cricket ball and report of the South Australian Royal Institution for the Blind donated by E S Toms
Picture postcards of County groups donated by S H Travis
Book "History of the Frogs Cricket Club 1903-1953" donated by Edgar A Tregoning [author of book and President, Frogs Cricket Club]
A collection of photographs of WG Grace and others donated by J Toppin
Photograph of the 22 of the Royal Artillery vs. All England Eleven in 1862 donated by Major General E A E Tremlett
Reproduction of a drawing by George Howard for Sir George Trevelyan showing a boy at the Eton vs. Harrow match of 1860 donated by Sir George Trevelyan
Photograph of the Australian team of 1905 signed by the players donated by A J Truman
Book "The golden age of cricket: a memorial book of Hugh Trumble" donated by Ian Johnson on behalf of the author, Robert Trumble
Picture of the United England Eleven and 1809 print of the Laws of Cricket donated by Colonel N C Tufnell
Bat autographed by the Australian Imperial Force XI and English Army XI in 1917 donated by Dudley T Turner on behalf of Betty Thompson, daughter of E A P Thompson
African drum presented by the Uganda Cricket Association to the MCC 1958
Publication "Uganda cricketer 1960" donated by the editors
Copy of "The Mitcham illustrated birthday newspaper" produced and annotated by Frederick Gale donated by Gale's grandson, G A Urmson
Offer of broadsheet by Frederick Gale "Mr Pepys on cricket" from G A Urmson, which was passed on to the Surrey County Cricket Club
Ball with which P B Van der Byl sent a bail the record distance of 44 yards 1 foot 10 inches donated by Van der Byl's brother, Major C Van der Byl
Bat with autographs of the Australian and England players in 1920 donated by E J Varley
Bound set of articles from the quarterly issues of the Commercial Union and Ocean Accident (CUACO) Link in 1951 and 1952
Photograph of MacCartney's Australian XI mounted on elephants
Bill of the Canterbury Cricket Week of 1873 donated by Sir St. Vincent Trourbridge
Scoresheets and poem written about Jim Laker donated by H V Viswanath
Silver casket mounted on a plinth to commemorate the first Test match played at Kanpur donated by H H Maharajkumar Dr Vijaya of Vizianagram

Associations

William Findlay
Diana Mary Rait Kerr
Colonel Rowan Scrope Rait Kerr
Ronald Aird

Subject

gifts, donations

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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