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Tellex Reports, 1969



Reference
MCC/MED/2/29
Date:
1969-03-24 - 1969-12-08
Level of description
file
Extent
1 folder
Part of
Department correspondence (MCC/MED/2)
Scope and Content
File of news reports from television and radio relating to MCC and cricket, with dates and times they were broadcast. Subjects include the D'Oliveira affair, the South African tour of England in 1970, reports on a match between MCC and Leeds Grammar School in 1969, cricket in Ulster, sale of the Lord's scoreboard to Newark Cricket Club, the West Indies tour of England in 1969, transcript of a segment in the Radio 4 'The World This Weekend' programme titled 'Should the South African Cricket Team Visit Britain?', Tom Graveney's decision to play in his own benefit match in 1969 which caused him to be banned from international cricket, Somerset County Cricket Club's financial position, royal visits to Lord's in 1969, transcript of a segment in the BBC Television programme 'Twenty Four Hours' titled 'Sporting Exchanges Between Britain and South Africa', transcript of a segment in the BBC Radio 4 programme 'Radio Four Reports' titled 'Demonstrations against Apartheid and the South African Cricket Tour planned for 1970' which included interviews with Peter Hain and MCC Secretary S C Griffith, transcript of a segment in the BBC Television programme 'The Question Why?' entitled 'Should the Springbok Tour Continue?' which included interviews with Peter Hain and Michael Parkinson.
Associations
Thomas William Graveney
Leeds Grammar School
Newark Cricket Club
Somerset County Cricket Club
BBC
Peter Gerald Hain
Stewart Cathie Griffith
Sir Michael Parkinson
Subject
Television, radio, tellex reports, news reports, D'Oliveira affair, apartheid, South Africa in England 1970, West Indies in England 1969, MCC in South Africa 1968-1969
Institution name
Marylebone Cricket Club
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
English
Size
1 folder
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