Photographs taken during the visit to India of G O B Allen (MCC President) and S C Griffith (MCC Secretary)
Reference
SCR286
Date:
1964-01 - 1964-02
Level of description
item
Extent
1 album
Scope and Content
Photograph album of pictures commemorating G O B Allen and S C Griffith's visit to India during the MCC tour of India in 1963-1964. Includes the following photographs:
1. Allen and M C Cowdrey arriving at Bombay Airport, January 1964
2. Griffith and Cowdrey being received by His Highness the Fateh Singh Gaekwad of Baroda, President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India, January 1964
3. Allen speaking to Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Lady Gore-Booth (wife of Sir Paul Gore-Booth, High Commissioner in India for the United Kingdom), and His Highness the Maharaja of Baroda at the India vs. England Test match at New Delhi, February 1964
4. Allen receives a souvenir from His Highness the Maharaja of Baroda at the Ashoka Hotel in New Delhi
5. M J K Smith and the Nawab of Pataudi, the English and Indian captains, cutting the cake at a reception to both teams at the Ashoka Hotel in New Delhi
6. Allen, His Highness the Maharaja of Baroda and the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram at the Ashoka Hotel in New Delhi
7. Cowdrey, D Clark (MCC team manager), Z R Irani, Griffith, Ghulam Ahmed and K K Tarapor at the Ashoka Hotel in New Delhi
8. His Highness the Maharaja of Baroda welcoming Allen at the dinner at the Ashoka Hotel in New Delhi
9. His Highness the Maharaja of Baroda addressing the gathering at the Ashoka Hotel in New Delhi
10. Allen with D N Sardesai, Ramakant Desai and Don Wilson
11. Allen with the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram at Varanasi
12. Allen being garlanded by the Maharajkumarini of Vizianagram
13. Maharajkumar of Vizianagram receiving Allen at Varanasi
14. Allen and Griffith with the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram at Varanasi
15. Reception to Allen and Griffith by the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram
16. Allen and Griffith having dinner with the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram at Varanasi
17. Allen and Griffith with the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram at Varanasi
18. Allen and Griffith with the Maharajkumar of Vizianagram on the pleasure boat on the River Ganges
19. His Highness the Maharaja of Baroda with Allen at the Grand Hotel in Calcutta for a dinner in Allen and Griffith's honour
20. Allen and His Highness the Maharaja of Baroda eating dinner
21. M J K Smith, D Clark, Allen, Griffith and His Highness the Maharaja of Baroda at the Grand Hotel in Calcutta
22. M C Cowdrey, M Chinnaswanmi, Griffith, M A Chidambaram and Ghulam Ahmed at the Grand Hotel in Calcutta
23. M Chinnaswamy, Maharajkumar of Vizianagram, His Highness the Maharaja of Baroda, R K Patell and S Sriraman at the Grand Hotel in Calcutta
24. Allen, Mr Bose, T K Ghosh (President of the Cricket Association of Bengal), Griffith and Cowdrey at the Grand Hotel in Calcutta
25. M Dutta Ray, Griffith, His Highness the Maharaja of Baroda, Allen, M Chinnaswamy, M A Chidambaram, N Kolay, A N Ghose and N D Karmarkar at the Grand Hotel in Calcutta
26. S Sriraman, M Chinnaswamy, Allen, N D Karmarkar, H R Mohla, A N Ghose, Griffith, N C Kolay at the Grand Hotel in Calcutta
27. Allen, R K Patell and K K Tarapor at the Grand Hotel in Calcutta
28. Griffith with M Chinnaswamy, M A Chidambaram, Maharajkumar of Vizianagram