India in England 1979

Reference

IR/SS/E/13

Date:

1977-12 - 1979-09-04

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

International Cricket Tours of England (IR/SS/E)

Scope and Content

Scoresheets, scorecards, press releases, betting slips, memoranda. The papers relate to India's tour of England in 1979. Includes betting odds for matches supplied by Ladbrokes, press release from Victoria Sporting Club announcing that G Boycott had won 100 bottles of champagne for being the first England player to score a Test century in 1978, memorandum to spectators by the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (ASTMS) urging them to sign a petition demonstrating against Cornhill Insurance's treatment of staff, press release announcing post-match presentations, advice from the BBC pronunciation unit relating to writing pronunciations, with list of Indian player's names for the tour.

The file contains Rosenwater scoresheets from the following matches:
England vs. India (First Test, Edgbaston), England vs. India (Second Test, Lord's), England vs. India (Third Test, Headingley), England vs. India (Fourth Test, The Oval)

The file contains scorecards from the following matches in 1979:
England vs. India (Second Test, Lord's), England vs. India (Third Test, Headingley), England vs. India (Fourth Test, The Oval).

Associations

Irving Rosenwater
Geoffrey Boycott
Ladbrokes
BBC
British Broadcasting Corporation
Technical and Managerial Staffs Association of Scientific
Cornhill Insurance
Victoria Sporting Club

Subject

India in England 1979

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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