Press Releases

Reference

MCC/MED/2/39

Date:

1998-04-06 - 1999-02-15

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Part of

Department correspondence (MCC/MED/2)

Scope and Content

File of MCC press releases compiled by Iain Wilton, MCC Head of Media and Communications. The file contains the following press releases:
MCC/Lord's Taverners' Cricketer of the Year Competition, 15 February 1999
Local girls invited to take part in initiative to develop women's cricket, 15 February 1999
MCC events, February 1999
MCC unveils new Ashes Trophy, 1998
MCC memorial match benefits Diana, Princess of Wales charities by more than £500,000, 7 January 1999
MCC assist with opening of new gymnasium (Leopards Health and Fitness Club at the City of Westminster College), November 1998
MCC appoints new head of cricket (A I C Dodemaide), 1998
MCC establishes a consortium of Test Match Grounds to maintain and improve the infrastructure essential for international cricket, 12 October 1998
MCC votes to admit women, 28 September 1998
MCC announces that Charles Henn won the MCC Christmas Card prize for 1997, 1998
MCC vs. Rest of the World programme, 1998
MCC to host Australian Ladies game at Shenley (vs. South of England), 1998
Gardiner and Theobald project manage new Grand Stand at Lord's, 10 June 1998
Opening of Grand Stand by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh at the England vs. South Africa Test match, June 1998
Trial installation of square leg camera technology, 1998
Announcement that Waterford Crystal had made a special trophy for the MCC vs. Rest of the World match, 1998
Announcement of the W G Grace exhibition in the MCC Museum, 1998
Photocall for MCC's new hover cover, May 1998
Statement on the eligibity of ladies as members, 1998
Biography of A R Lewis, MCC President for 1998-2000, 1998
Announcement of teams for the MCC vs. Rest of the World match, 1998
MCC to hold schools cricket seminars, 1998
MCC to hold Easter Coaching Classes for girls, 1998

The file also contains a list of media who attended the unveiling of the Ashes Trophy on 9 December 1998, a press release from Middlesex County Cricket Club in 1998 announcing that A R C Fraser had not quit Middlesex, a press release from Citroen announcing their sponsorship of the MCC vs. Rest of the World match in 1998, press release from Waterford Crystal announcing that they had produced a trophy for the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Match, letter from Women's Cricket Association confirming the teams for the South of England vs. Australia match in 1998, list of attendees for a MCC seminar titled 'The Coaching of Batting and Captaincy' in 1998.

Associations

Iain Wilton
Anthony Ian Christopher Dodemaide
Angus Robert Charles Fraser
Middlesex County Cricket Club
Anthony Robert Lewis

Subject

Lord's Taverners, Ashes Trophy, Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Match, Test Match Grounds Adivsory Committee, Christmas cards, Rest of the World in England 1998, Easter Coaching Classes, South Africa in England 1998, Grand Stand, women membership, hover cover machines

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Closed

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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