Items refused

Reference

MCC/AAL/2/TEMP233

Date:

1971-06-21 - 1979-11-26

Level of description

file

Extent

3 folders

Part of

department correspondence and papers (MCC/AAL/2)

Scope and Content

Curator's correspondence (Stephen Green) relating to items refused by MCC due to cost and duplication. Items include bats signed by W G Grace, a silver medal issued by the Loyal East India Local Volunteers for ball firing at Lord's in 1803, a medal commemorating the MCC 1903-1904 tour of Australia, letters belonging to Jack Hobbs, a former school (Rosemead School) at 126 Atkins Road, SW12 which was offered to MCC for £415,000, a cricket cup from Liverpool Cricket Club, painting of a cricket match by Michael Lewis (a photograph is included with the correspondence), a painting by Amanda Stiby submitted to the Royal Academy entitled 'The Tourists of '76' depicting the West Indian team coming onto a cricket field, an archive of material belonging to J Southerton, books for the MCC Library. The file includes an agreement by MCC to accept a Lancaster Park Cricket Club tie from Lancaster Park Cricket Club.

Associations

Stephen Edgar Alexander Green
William Gilbert Grace
Lancaster Park Cricket Club
Liverpool Cricket Club
Sir John Berry Hobbs

Subject

MCC in Australia 1903-1904, rejected acquisitions, gifts

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English, 6574, , , , , , , , ,

Size

3 folders

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