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1961 Cricket Enquiry Papers



Reference
MCC/CRI/7/2/TEMP8
Date:
1960-11-23 - 1962-03-08
Level of description
file
Extent
1 folder
Part of
1961 Cricket Enquiry (MCC/CRI/7/2)
Scope and Content
Papers produced by and for the consideration of 1961 Cricket Enquiry. Subjects include correspondence from Colonel Rait Kerr informing others he has taken on Chairmanship of Enquiry Committee, article by E W Swanton in Daily Telegraph on proposition for one day county game dated 28 August 1961, Interim Report of the Enquiry Committee, details provided by County Clubs of their yearly attendances for 1939, 1948, 1960 and 1961, minutes of Cricket Enquiry meetings, notes from Bob Babb on alternative structure to first-class cricket and knockout competition, suggestions from members of the public, correspondence on the publication of report by the Cricket Society for the Enquiry Committee, correspondence following the death of Colonel Rait Kerr and arrangements for his successor as Chair of Enquiry Committee, suggestion from Lancashire CCC that members start paying admission fees - rejected, Chairman's Preliminary Appraisal of the General Problem of First-Class Cricket, correspondence with county clubs on forms being sent out and returned (forms in MCC/CRI/7/2/TEMP5), “Problem of County Cricket” by Wilfred Wooller, memo from Cyril Hastilow on importance for first-day play and limiting the first innings of each side, invitations and responses to serve on the Cricket Enquiry and suggestions of what the make-up and remit should be, unfilled questionnaire, 1937 report into problems of first-class county cricket championship in 1944, report into problems confronting county cricket after cessation of hostilities, 1957 report to consider the future welfare of first-class cricket, booklet produced by Political and Economic Planning on the finances of the cricket industry dated 13 August 1957, Lloyds Bank Review on the revolution in sport dated July 1960, extract from Wolfenden Committee Report on Sunday games, list of average County Championship Attendances 1951-1960.
Associations
Ernest William Swanton
Colonel Rowan Scrope Rait Kerr
Daily Telegraph
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Wilfred Wooller
Cyril Alexander Frederick Hastilow
Wolfenden Committee on Sport
Cricket Society
Subject
post war cricket, County Championship, county cricket, first-class cricket, attendances, one day cricket, laws of cricket, membership
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 folder
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