Indian tour of British Isles, 1936

Reference

MCC/CRI/5/2/5

Date:

1933-07-16 - 1947-03-28

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

International Cricket Tours of British Isles (MCC/CRI/5/2)

Scope and Content

Correspondence, telegrams and newspaper cuttings relating to Indian tours of the British Isles. Subjects include the decision by MCC to reject a private cricket tour of England by Rajputana Cricket Club, acceptance by Board of Control for Cricket in India that their players would adopt the experimental leg before wicket rule, agreement to play three Tests in 1936, notification to MCC from Board of Control for Cricket in India that they wanted the Nawab of Pataudi to captain the Indian team, naming of team to tour England which excluded Pataudi, letters circulated by MCC to all cricket clubs stressing that the Indian team be referred to as India and not All India, details of insurance claims made against MCC for injured players during the Indian tour of 1946.

Associations

Rajputana Cricket Club
Board of Control for Cricket in India
Nawab of Pataudi

Subject

India in England 1936, India in England 1946, insurance, cancelled tours

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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