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Curator's correspondence relating to research on W G Grace



Reference
MCC/AAL/2/TEMP659
Date:
1948-07-20 - 1987-01-27
Level of description
file
Extent
2 folders
Part of
department correspondence and papers (MCC/AAL/2)
Scope and Content
Curator's correspondence (Diana Rait Kerr, Stephen Green) and newspaper cuttings relating to research on W G Grace. Subjects include research into Grace's performances in minor cricket matches, Grace's performances for Eltham Cricket Club, correspondence with G Neville Weston, expert on W G Grace and collector of Grace memorabilia regarding Grace's career statistics, enquiries regarding Grace's innings at Grimsby for the United South of England XI vs. 22 of Grimsby in 1876, notes on Grace's performances for the United South of England XI, loan of photographs of Martha Grace from Dr Edgar M Grace, W G Grace's grandson, information on Grace's height and weight, report by Rait Kerr on exhibits in the pavilion of Gloucestershire County Cricket Club, letters on Grace's connection with bowls including his past presidency of the London and Southern Counties Bowling Association, copy of press release by the Post Office announcing the introduction of a W G Grace postcard, enquiries regarding the W G Grace plate to commemorate his hundred centuries from Mrs P M Blakemore who donated her husband's Midlands Cricket Club Conference tie to the collection, photocopies of Sotheby's auction catalogues which included the sale of Grace memorabilia.
Associations
Diana Mary Rait Kerr
Stephen Edgar Alexander Green
William Gilbert Grace
G. Neville Weston
Dr Edgar M Grace
Gloucestershire County Cricket Club
Sotheby's
Subject
bowls, research
Institution name
Marylebone Cricket Club
Conditions governing access
Requires permission from Club Secretary.
Language
English
Size
2 folders
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