Cricket and Selection Sub-Committee Minutes, 1898-1908

Reference

MCC/CRI/1/15

Date:

1898-05-19 - 1908-01-22

Level of description

file

Extent

1 volume

Part of

Sub-Committee minutes (MCC/CRI/1)

Scope and Content

Bound volume, minutes of the Cricket and Selection Sub-Committee [1898-1908]. Includes a copy of the Laws of Cricket revised 1894, enquiries regarding players' eligibility for counties and enquiries relating to the laws of cricket.

Items include:

Invitations for players to represent MCC vs. Australia in June 1899 including W G Grace, 25 May 1899
Arrangements for the English tour of Australia in 1901-1902 including playing conditions, 4 February 1901
Report that a cablegram had been sent asking MCC to send an English team to play Australia in 1903-1904, 15 May 1903
Confirmation that P F Warner would captain the MCC team to tour Australia in 1903-1904, 4 June 1903
Decision that the colours of the MCC team to tour Australia in 1903-1904 would be a dark blue coat with dark blue cap and St George and the Dragon motif on the pocket of the coat, 24 July 1903
Invitations for players to represent MCC vs. Australia at Lord's in 1905, 23 May 1905
Recommendation that the South African team be invited to tour England in 1907, 27 April 1906
Report on selection for the MCC tour of Australia in 1907-1908, 16 August 1907
Discussion of a letter by Abe Bailey proposing a scheme for holding an Imperial Cricket Contest in England between England, Australia and South Africa, with the recommendation that the idea be favourably considered, 4 December 1907

Associations

William Gilbert Grace
Sir Pelham Francis Warner
Abe Bailey

Subject

laws of cricket, Imperial Cricket Contest, MCC in Australia 1903-1904, Australia in England 1899, MCC in Australia 1907-1908, Australia in England 1905, South Africa in England 1907, England in Australia 1901-1902

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 volume

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