Correspondence, telegrams, postcards and newspaper cuttings relating to an incident involving D B Close where he was stripped of the England captaincy after using delaying tactics for Yorkshire County Cricket Club in a match against Warwickshire. Includes letters from members of the public criticising Close, letters in defence of Close, letters congratulating and criticising MCC on selecting M C Cowdrey as captain for the MCC tour to the West Indies in 1967-1968, newspaper reports on the match between Warwickshire and Yorkshire, replies to letters by J A Bailey (MCC Assistant Secretary) in September 1967, letters discussing the proposed tour of Rhodesia by Yorkshire, comments on the performance of MCC Secretary S C Griffith on the television programme 'Twenty-Four Hours', correspondence with Lieutenant Colonel N G Bligh (son of Ivo Bligh) regarding a letter sent by Bligh to The Times regarding MCC's decision, articles written by K R Miller.