Press - Miscellaneous

Reference

MCC/MED/2/10

Date:

1936-12-16 - 1960-10-31

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

Department correspondence (MCC/MED/2)

Scope and Content

Correspondence, telegrams, newspaper cuttings and memoranda relating to press arrangements at Lord's. Includes requests for publications from the Cricket Reporting Agency, criticism of MCC from journalists and newspapers, applications for press passes at Lord's, copy of the report of the MCC selection and planning sub-committee on the future of international tours, suggestions to improve press facilities at Lord's, report of an interview between the Secretary of MCC (R Aird) and Pat Marshall of the Daily Express regarding whether A V Bedser would be invited into the Pavilion in May 1953 despite not being an MCC member, copy of an article by Hafiz Kardar on how Test wickets play a part in team selection, letters informing MCC of the formation of the Cricket Writers' Club and its founding members, confirmation of press representatives from Australia reporting on the England vs. Australia Test matches in 1953, arrangements for a pass for Wilfred Isaacs to cover the South African tour of England in 1955, list of members of the Newspaper Conference, consideration of a letter from a member of the public asking whether sawdust could be coloured green so that it is not a distraction to the batsman.

Associations

Abdul Hafeez Kardar
Pat Marshall
Ronald Aird
Sir Alec Victor Bedser
Wilfred Isaacs
Cricket Writers' Club
Daily Express

Subject

press arrangements

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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