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Gerald Howat Collection



Reference
GHC
Date:
1933 - 1999
Level of description
fonds
Extent
0.015 cubic metres
Scope and Content
Correspondence, ration books, reports, photographs, newspaper cuttings, articles on cricket written by Howat including Bodyline and Pelham Warner, Gentlemen of Philadelphia, First Test Match between India and England in 1932, cricket in the United States, Thomas Hughes author of Tom Brown's schooldays, photocopies of articles, correspondence from the CC Morris Cricket Library, correspondence sent to Pelham Warner acquired by Howat, records relating to the Reverend Jack Parsons, requests for information about Pelham Warner, copies of captain's reports for the MCC tour of Australia in 1954-1955 and West Indies in 1953-1954, letters addressed to Pelham Warner and Len Hutton.

Photographs include Pelham Warner with his son and grandson at Lord's for the Eton vs. Harrow match in 1946, photograph of Fred Price, Ted Roberts, Leslie and Dennis Compton receiving military training during the Second World War.
Associations
Gerald Malcolm David Howat
Sir Pelham Francis Warner
Wilfred Frederick Frank Price
Edward Allen Roberts
Denis Charles Scott Compton
Leslie Harry Compton
CC Morris Library
John Henry Parsons
Sir Leonard Hutton
Subject
research, statistics, MCC in Australia 1954-1955, MCC in West Indies 1953-1954, Bodyline
Institution name
Marylebone Cricket Club
Conditions governing access
Records under 30 years old are closed to the public, records between 30 and 40 years require permission from the Club Secretary before access. All other records are open.
Language
English
Size
0.015 cubic metres
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  • Gerald Howat Collection (GHC)