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D B Close Captaincy: Correspondence and Newspaper Cuttings



Reference
MCC/CRI/3/157
Date:
1967-08-19 - 1967-09-12
Level of description
file
Extent
2 folders
Part of
Department Correspondence and Papers (MCC/CRI/3)
Scope and Content
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.
Associations
Dennis Brian Close
Michael Colin Cowdrey
Warwickshire County Cricket Club
Yorkshire County Cricket Club
The Times
Keith Ross Miller
Stewart Cathie Griffith
Jack Arthur Bailey
Subject
MCC in West Indies 1967-1968
Institution name
Marylebone Cricket Club
Conditions governing access
Open
Language
Latin, Turkish, English
Size
2 folders
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