F S Ashley-Cooper Scrapbook: Cricket in 1919

Reference

SCR107

Date:

1919-01-01 - 1919-09-06

Level of description

item

Extent

1 volume

Scope and Content

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings compiled by F S Ashley-Cooper, relating to articles and reports on cricket in 1919. Includes articles on the resumption of the County Championship after the First World War and the decision to introduce two-day matches, reports on domestic cricket in Argentina, Australia, England and New Zealand, reports on the Australian Imperial Forces' tour of England in 1919, report on the MCC tour of Germany in 1919, review of the W G Grace Memorial Biography, articles on the death of Colin Blythe.
The scrapbook also contains a letter from Lord Harris to Ashley-Cooper discussing the status of County matches in 1919, a scorecard from the Derbyshire vs. Lancashire match at Chesterfield on 18-19 June 1919, a scorecard from the Hampshire vs. Gloucester match at Southampton on 27-28 June 1919, a scorecard from the Australians vs. Western District XI at Glasgow on 30 June-1 July 1919, a scorecard from the Oxford University vs. Major H D G Leveson Gower's XI match at Eastbourne on 3-4 July 1919, a scorecard from the Hampshire vs. Surrey match on 8-9 July 1919, a scorecard from the Derbyshire vs. Somerset match at Derby on 9-10 July 1919, a scorecard from the Somerset vs. Worcestershire match at Bath on 21-22 July 1919, a scorecard from the Yorkshire vs. Northamptonshire match on 23-24 July 1919, a scorecard from the Yorkshire vs. Lancashire match at Sheffield on 4-5 August 1919, a scorecard from the Hampshire vs. Middlesex match on 4-5 August 1919, a scorecard from the Kent vs. Essex match at Canterbury Cricket Week on 4-5 August 1919, a scorecard from the Somerset vs. Essex match on 11-12 August 1919, a scorecard from the Essex vs. Surrey match at Leyton on 30 August-1 September 1919.

Associations

Frederick Samuel Ashley-Cooper
George Robert Canning Harris
Colin Blythe

Subject

Australian Imperial Forces in England 1919, Australia in England 1919, MCC in Germany 1919, World War, 1914-1918, scorecards

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 volume

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