MCC tour of South Africa, 1964-1965: Correspondence

Reference

MCC/CRI/5/1/91

Date:

1964-02-04 - 1965-02-26

Level of description

file

Extent

3 folders

Part of

MCC Tours (MCC/CRI/5/1)

Scope and Content

Correspondence, telegrams and newspaper cuttings relating to the MCC tour of South Africa, 1964-1965. Subjects include itineraries for the tour, articles on traveller's diarrhoea, travel and clothing arrangements, correspondence with the South African Cricket Association regarding tour conditions, list of physiotherapists in South Africa, resolution to open a bank account for the tour in Johannesburg, acceptance by Mitch McLennan for him to be the scorer and baggage master for the tour, minutes of the South African tour Sub-Committee, request by Fred Titmus for his wife to join the tour, agreement to allow the MCC players to vote in the 1964 General Election despite being on tour, letters to players asking whether they would like free smoking materials while on tour, letters to S C Griffith from D B Carr, manager, on the progress of the tour, cartoon drawings of the MCC team which featured in the newspaper The Daily Dispatch.

Associations

South African Cricket Association
Mitchell McLennan
Frederick John Titmus
Stewart Cathie Griffith
Donald Bryce Carr
The Daily Dispatch

Subject

MCC in South Africa 1964-1965

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

3 folders

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