Refreshment Sub-Committee Minute Book, 1896-1925

Reference

MCC/CAT/1/2

Date:

1896-11-02 - 1925-12-09

Level of description

file

Extent

1 volume

Part of

Minutes (MCC/CAT/1)

Scope and Content

Bound volume, minutes of the Refreshment Sub-Committee [1896-1925]. Includes details of bank balances, food and drinks ordered by the department, reports of complaints from members, copy of statement showing the cost of operating the department during the winter of 1909-1910, report on the history of the department between 1897-1913 compiled by MCC Secretary F E Lacey, report on the trading of the refreshment department for 1916 compiled by Lacey, copy of paper by George Portman proposing that his wife becomes employed by MCC as an attendant to the off license and linen, report by Lacey on the Chartered Accountants' Report and figures for 1917, copy of the accounts for the refreshment department for 1917-1924 compiled by Edward Moore & Sons, details of contract agreements made with catering manager George Portman including salary increases in December 1919 and the decision by MCC to take out an insurance policy on Portman's life in July 1921, report on proposed changes to refreshments supplied to members following a conversation with Lacey, W Findlay and Lieutenant-Colonel F H Browning, summary of refreshment department accounts from April-September 1922, decision to Portman to move into the Lord's Hotel with his family in 1917.

Items include:

Decision to relieve W Sherwell, manager, of his duties from the refreshment department, 22 July 1902
Decision to hold a banquet to the MCC Australian tour team (1903-1904) at the Trocadero, 25 March 1904
Decision to hold a banquet to the MCC Australian tour team (1911-1912), 28 March 1912
Decision to increase George Portman's salary, 21 August 1912
Report on the performance of the Army Canteen unit operating at Lord's during the First World War, 29 November 1916.

Associations

Sir Francis Eden Lacey
George Portman
William Findlay
Lydia Portman
Frederick Henry Browning
Edward Moore & Sons

Subject

refreshment, Catering, Lord's Hotel

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 volume

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