Pitch Reports, 1979

Reference

MCC/CRI/12/6

Date:

1979-04-21 - 1979-09-03

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

Pitch Reports (MCC/CRI/12)

Scope and Content

Pitch reports for matches played at Lord's. Includes reports on the following matches played in 1979: MCC vs. Kent, Middlesex vs. Warwickshire (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Minor Counties North (Benson and Hedges Cup), Middlesex vs. Hampshire (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Essex (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Kent (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Leicestershire (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Yorkshire (Benson and Hedges Cup), Middlesex vs. Sussex (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Gloucestershire (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Gloucestershire (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Yorkshire (Benson and Hedges Cup Quarter-Final), England vs. Australia (Prudential Cup), Middlesex vs. Nottinghamshire (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Surrey (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Worcestershire (John Player League), England vs. West Indies (Prudential Cup Final), MCC vs. India, Middlesex vs. Warwickshire (John Player League), Oxford vs. Cambridge, Middlesex vs. Yorkshire (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Hampshire (Gillette Cup), Essex vs. Surrey (Benson and Hedges Cup Final), MCC vs. India, England vs. India (Test Match), Middlesex vs. Yorkshire (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Glamorgan (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Glamorgan (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Somerset (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Somerset (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Somerset (Gillette Cup Semi-Final), Middlesex vs. Worcestershire (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Sussex (John Player League). 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 pitches at Lord's.

Associations

Jack Arthur Bailey
James Fairbrother
Donald Bryce Carr

Subject

Cricket World Cup 1979, pitches, pitch reports

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Requires permission of Club Secretary.

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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