Sir Frank Worrell Trophy

Reference

ECB/4

Date:

1969-09-24 - 1976-11-14

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

England and Wales Cricket Board Collection (ECB)

Scope and Content

Correspondence and invitations relating to sponsorship of the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy, compiled by J A Bailey, Test and County Cricket Board Assistant Secretary. Includes draft press releases for the Sir Frank Worrell Commonwealth Fund established in honour of the outstanding boy cricketer of the year, correspondence with the award sponsors Courage Barclay and Simonds Limited, draft lift of invitations to the reception for the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy, invitations for a reception in the Committee Room at Lord's in November 1969, letters accepting and declining the invitation to attend the reception including from Brian Johnston of BBC, statistics detailing P D Johnson's school cricket record (winner of the competition in 1969), list of those present at the Sir Frank Worrell Trophy presentation in 1969, agreement that the winner of the 1970 award should be Warwick N Tidy, list of press representatives invited to the 1970 event, details of Tidy's cricketing career, biographical information and statistics on the 1971 winner A J Good, copy of Geoff Miller's nomination form for him to attend the England Young Cricketers tour of the West Indies in 1972, confirmation that Geoff Miller and A L Jones would be winners of the award in 1973 and 1974, arrangements for Paul Parker to be awarded the trophy in 1975.

Associations

Jack Arthur Bailey
Courage Barclay and Simonds Limited
Peter David Johnson
Brian Alexander Johnston
Warwick Nigel Tidy
Antony John Good
Geoffrey Miller
Alan Lewis Jones
Paul William Giles Parker

Subject

youth cricket, Sir Frank Worrell Trophy

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 folder

Hierarchy browser

• England and Wales Cricket Board Collection (ECB)
  
  • Sir Frank Worrell Trophy (ECB/4)