Pakistan and West Indies in Australia 1983-1984 (Benson and Hedges World Series Cup)

Reference

IR/SS/A/4

Date:

1984-01-08 - 1984-02-23

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

International Cricket tours of Australia (IR/SS/A)

Scope and Content

Scoresheets, telegrams, press releases, commentator's notes, statistics, memoranda, newspaper cuttings. The papers relate to the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup in 1983-1984 between Australia, Pakistan and West Indies. Includes attendance reports, instructions for television commentators to mention tickets available for the tournament and sponsors, advertisement for R W Marsh's Testimonial Dinner, television presentation information following the end of matches, telegram sent to R Benaud regarding the Kanga Cricket programme for children, programme of events for the South Australian Athletic League's lunch break entertainment during the matches at Adelaide on 29-30 January 1984, corrections to the score of the Pakistan vs. West Indies match at Perth recorded by Rosenwater, press release by the Australian Cricket Board announcing the 1984 Esso Scholars, letters from Rosenwater to PBL Marketing asking for confirmation of attendance figures during the tournament, correspondence from Robert E L Aldred of the University of Melbourne Department of Mathematics disputing the formula used for the KitKat strike rates during the tournament, team records for the the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup between 1979-1980 and 1984-1985.

The file contains Rosenwater scoresheets from the following Benson and Hedges World Series Cup matches:
Australia vs. West Indies (Melbourne), Australia vs. Pakistan (Sydney), Pakistan vs. West Indies (Melbourne), Pakistan vs. West Indies (Brisbane), Australia vs. Pakistan (Brisbane), Australia vs. West Indies (Sydney), Pakistan vs. West Indies (Sydney), Australia vs. Pakistan (Melbourne), Australia vs. West Indies (Melbourne), Australia vs. Pakistan (Sydney), Pakistan vs. West Indies (Adelaide), Australia vs. West Indies (Adelaide), Australia vs. Pakistan (Adelaide), Pakistan vs. West Indies (Perth), Australia vs. West Indies (First Final, Sydney), Australia vs. West Indies (Second Final, Melbourne), Australia vs. West Indies (Third Final, Melbourne)

Associations

Irving Rosenwater
Rodney William Marsh
Richard Benaud
South Australian Athletic League

Subject

Pakistan in Australia 1983-1984, West Indies in Australia 1983-1984, Benson & Hedges World Series

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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