Preparation of Wickets and Ground Equipment

Reference

MCC/EST/2/1/3

Date:

1938-08-03 - 1955-05-28

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

Playing Area (MCC/EST/2/1)

Scope and Content

Correspondence and papers relating to the preparation of wickets and ground equipment. Includes 2 pictures of groundstaff practicing with lawnmowers on Nursery Ground, picture of universal handframe with following implements: turf piercing 4" penetration, 36" rake scarifying, 36" spiker slitter, 48" whalebone brush and 36" pressure roller, Gerson's Grass Seeds promotional booklet, Piggott's flagstaff manufacturers promotional booklets, Bromfield and Eggar sports trophy and prize catalogue, correspondence concerning electrical drying apparatus, orders for fertilizer with details of mixes, repairs needed for 24" Shanks Rajah Motor Mower, orders for grass seeds with details of mixes, sample of plastic for pitch covers, turf price lists, advice on sawdust for drying out pitches, correspondence with plastic and chemical companies on materials for pitch covers, series of pictures of a pitch cover inflating, diagram of inflatable pitch cover, poster for a cricket slip catch trainer, specification for new pitch covers and need for an evolution in them, details of pitch covers of Australian cricket grounds, instructions for the preparation of wickets at Lord's, picture of work carried out on pitch at Trent Bridge with letter providing details, mowing report by a headmaster of a Yorkshire school, chemist analysis of make-up of soil at Lord's, timesheet for groundstaff, correspondence on the purchase of "Sisis" equipment, correspondence on purchase and running of "Wizard" Self-Sprinklers, report on the Lord’s outfield, report by head groundsman on his methods and results, report on the condition of grass in the Lord's outfield, correspondence with Turkdean Limited on weed treatment, investigation into the Hauk Flame Gun, rules for the preparation and rolling of wickets at Lord's, report on the examination of the turf on the match ground, newspaper article 'Back to the "Natural" Wicket?', series of pictures of a sightscreen.

Subject

pitches, Pitch renovation, pitch covers, ground staff, equipment, Trent Bridge Cricket Ground, sightscreens

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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