Pitch reports for matches played at Lord's. Includes reports on the following matches played in 1980: MCC vs. Essex, Middlesex vs. Lancashire (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Lancashire (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Surrey (Benson and Hedges Cup), Middlesex vs. West Indies, Middlesex vs. Kent (Benson and Hedges Cup), Middlesex vs. Sussex (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Northamptonshire (John Player League), England vs. West Indies (Prudential Trophy), Middlesex vs. Surrey (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Yorkshire (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Yorkshire (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Sussex (Benson and Hedges Cup Quarter-Final), Middlesex vs. Surrey (John Player League), England vs. West Indies (Test Match), Middlesex vs. Northamptonshire (Benson and Hedges Cup Semi-Final), Oxford vs. Cambridge, Middlesex vs. Ireland (Gillette Cup), Middlesex vs. Northamptonshire (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Derbyshire (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Leicestershire (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Hampshire (County Championship), Essex vs. Northamptonshire (Benson and Hedges Cup Final), Middlesex vs. Kent (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Kent (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Essex (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Essex (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Leicestershire (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Nottinghamshire (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Nottinghamshire (John Player League), England vs. Australia (Centenary Test Match), Middlesex vs. Surrey (Gillette Cup Final). The reports are signed by the umpires and the MCC Head Groundsman, J E Fairbrother. The file also contains correspondence between MCC Secretary J A Bailey and Test and County Cricket Board Secretary D B Carr regarding the quality of the pitch, complaints from players and managers about the quality of pitches, request from Carr for MCC to attend a TCCB County Pitches Committee Meeting in July 1980 to discuss the quality of pitches, a pitch report from the Derbyshire vs. Yorkshire County Championship match at Chesterfield in August 1980, comments by D Constant on the pitch for the Centenary Test Match, copy of captain's report on the pitch (R D V Knight) for the Gillette Cup Final in 1980, copy of statement by Fairbrother in connection with the covering of the Centenary Test Match pitch, diagram of the covers at Lord's in November 1980.