F S Ashley-Cooper Scrapbook: Cricket in 1931

Reference

SCR123

Date:

1931-01-01 - 1931-11-21

Level of description

item

Extent

1 volume

Scope and Content

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings compiled by F S Ashley-Cooper relating to cricket in 1931. Includes reports on the MCC tour of South Africa in 1930-1931, reports on the West Indies tour of Australia in 1930-1931, reports on Sheffield Shield matches, reports on Plunket Shield matches in New Zealand, reports on domestic cricket in England and India, reports on New Zealand's tour of England in 1931, reports on C T Studd's death, articles on the possibility of greyhound racing taking place at The Oval, reports on South Africa's tour of Australia in 1931-1932.
The scrapbook also contains a letter from E V Lucas enquiring about the type of wood for Fuller Pilch's bat.

Associations

Frederick Samuel Ashley-Cooper
Edward Verrall Lucas
Charles Thomas Studd

Subject

MCC in South Africa 1930-1931, West Indies in Australia 1930-1931, South Africa in Australia 1931-1932, New Zealand in England 1931, Plunket Shield, Sheffield Shield

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 volume

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