F S Ashley-Cooper Scrapbook: Cricket in 1926

Reference

SCR125

Date:

1925-10-24 - 1926-12-31

Level of description

item

Extent

1 volume

Scope and Content

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings compiled by F S Ashley-Cooper relating to cricket in 1928. Includes reports on domestic cricket matches in Australia, England, South Africa and West Indies, New Zealand's tour of Australia in 1925-1926, MCC's tour of West Indies in 1925-1926, Australia's tour of England in 1926, reports on the Cryptics' tour of Portugal in 1926, reports on E W S Thomson's Argentine team in Chile in 1925-1926, reports on the MCC tour of Argentina in 1926-1927, reports on the Gentlemen of Denmark's tour of England in 1926, reports on the MCC tour of India in 1926-1927, scores of South African Currie Cup matches, New Zealand Plunket Shield matches, Quadrangular Tournament in India, articles on the retirement of F E Lacey as Secretary of MCC, articles on the Ashes Urn being displayed at the Morning Post Exhibition of Decorative Art at the Central Hall in Westminster [prior to its donation to MCC].

The scrapbook also contains correspondence to Ashley-Cooper from MCC, Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and Lancashire County Cricket Club confirming gate receipts for the Test matches in 1926, scorecards from the following matches: Minor Counties vs. Australians (Holyport), Nottinghamshire vs. Northamptonshire (Trent Bridge).

Associations

Frederick Samuel Ashley-Cooper
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Sir Francis Eden Lacey

Subject

scorecards, New Zealand in Australia 1925-1926, MCC in West Indies 1925-1926, Australia in England 1926, Cryptics in Portugal 1926, Denmark in England 1926, MCC in India 1926-1927, Currie Cup Tournament, E W S Thomson's Argentine XI in Chile 1925-1926, Plunket Shield, Quadrangular Tournament in India 1926, Ashes urn, MCC in Argentina 1926-1927, MCC in South America 1926-1927

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 volume

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