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No. 18, 1977-1985



Reference
ALLEN/23
Date:
1977-06-24 - 1985-01-04
Level of description
item
Extent
1 volume
Part of
Gubby Allen Scrapbooks (ALLEN)
Scope and Content
Bound volume including newspaper cuttings, funeral cards, dinner cards, correspondence, telegrams, photographs. Subjects include the Packer affair and the introduction of World Series Cricket, order of service for a thanksgiving ceremony for Sir Robert Menzies and Sir Wilfred Hill-Wood, articles on bouncers being bowled, reports on the Centenary Test Match at Lord's in 1980, minutes and press statements from the Cricket Council's Emergency Committee to discuss Robin Jackman's visa being revoked by the Guyanese government because of Jackman's links with South Africa, message of congratulations to Allen on his 80th birthday from Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, details of a dinner held at Lord's to celebrate Allen's 80th birthday and copy of Allen's speech, Allen's resignation from the Cricket Council, holiday photographs.
Associations
Sir George Oswald Browning Allen
Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer
Sir Robert Gordon Menzies
Sir Wilfred William Hill-Wood
Queen of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Elizabeth II
Robin David Jackman
Cricket Council
Subject
Packer affair, World Series Cricket, apartheid
Institution name
Marylebone Cricket Club
Conditions governing access
Requires permission of MCC Chief Executive and Secretary.
Language
English
Size
1 volume
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