A M Miller Scrapbook

Reference

SCR285

Date:

1878 - 1957-08-30

Level of description

item

Extent

1 volume

Scope and Content

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, scorecards, invoices, postcards, compiled by A M Miller. Includes scores and reports from matches Miller played in for Wiltshire, Dawlish, Berkeley Hunt, Tetbury, Ozleworth, Knole Park, Mr W H Laverton's Team, C L Townsend's XI, Clifton, Horfield, Thornbury, Lansdown, Incogniti, Duke of Beaufort's Hunt, Cricket Golfers, Mr Bulteel's XII, Free Foresters, MCC and Ground, Eton Ramblers, Wiltshire Wanderers, Energetics (Cambridge), Major F J P Butler's XI, W G Grace's XI, I Zingari and Constitutional Club, copy of the pamphlet 'The First Robinson Cricket Match 1878 (2nd Edition)', articles on the Earl of Portsmouth's kennels of England, copy of 'Parnellism and Crime: The National League At Work' taken from The Times newsletter, photograph of W G Grace playing croquet, articles on the strength of European armies, horse racing, boxing and superstition in the nineteenth century, copy of a song for the Hawkesbury Red Cross Hospital in 1914, Miller's Sporting League membership card, theatre programme for a performance of 'A Country Girl' at Big Hall in Charlton Park, Wiltshire, where Miller played the role of The Rajah of Bhong with reviews of the play in the Bath Society newspaper, theatre programme for a performance of 'The Village School' at Oddfellows' Local in Lacock where Miller played the role of School Inspector, notes on gardening techniques, report of a match Miller played in for Wiltshire vs. West Indies at Swindon in 1900, copy of an article on Miller published in 'Cricket: A Weekly Record of the Game' in July 1903, admission cards for Miller to attend the procession of the Royal Diamond Jubilee, dinner invitations and first-class railway passes issued to Miller as part of Lord Hawke's tour of South Africa in 1895-1896, copy of a permit authorising Miller to purchase diamonds whilst in South Africa, admission cards for Miller to attend the Wanderers' Club and Gymkhana Club, copy of court summons issued to Miller for alleged damage to James Parson's car, notice issued to Miller by Westbury-on-Trym Council instructing him to build a sufficient fence around his quarry, articles on Miller's 80th birthday.

The scrapbook contains scorecards from the following matches:

1895
Swindon Cricket Club vs. Malmesbury Cricket Club, Swindon vs. Corsham

1914
Bourton Vale vs. MCC (Bourton Vale Cricket Week), Bourton Vale vs. Eton Ramblers (Bourton Vale Cricket Week)

Associations

Audley Montague Miller
Wiltshire County Cricket Club
Clifton Cricket Club
Thornbury Cricket Club
Lansdown Cricket Club
Incogniti Cricket Club
Free Foresters Cricket Club
Eton Ramblers Cricket Club
I Zingari
Swindon Cricket Club

Subject

West Indies in England 1900, Lord Hawke's XI in South Africa 1895-1896, plays, boxing, Horse Racing, croquet, World War, 1914-1918

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

Afrikaans, English

Size

1 volume

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