Correspondence, 1938

Reference

MCCC/2/16

Date:

1937-02-23 - 1939-01-03

Level of description

file

Extent

10 folders

Part of

Correspondence (MCCC/2)

Scope and Content

Correspondence compiled by Middlesex County Cricket Club, 1938. Subjects include ticketing and membership enquiries, arrangements for the Theatre Royal Bath to allow Middlesex players and officials to attend the theatre one evening during their match against Somerset in June 1938, letter from Barclays Bank confirming that they would open an account for the W F F Price Benefit Fund, correspondence relating to arrangements for Price's benefit, requests for equipment from cricket clubs, arrangements to pay the rent for the flat of the wife of umpire Harry Lee as requested by P F Warner, correspondence with Thomas Cook regarding train bookings for away fixtures during 1938, requests for employment with Middlesex, letters from Lancashire County Cricket Club proposing an introduction of the 8-ball over in 1938, arrangements for fixtures during the 1939 season, article by Warner on R W V Robins' decision to resign the captaincy of Middlesex, negotiations with Yorkshire County Cricket Club regarding their match against Middlesex in June 1938, table of accounts (receipts and payments) for the Middlesex vs. Yorkshire challenge match at The Oval in September 1937, copy of Teddington Cricket Club's accounts for 1936-1937, table of profit and loss accounts incurred by Middlesex from 1930 to 1937, request by Lancashire for Jim Smith to play for Lancashire against Australia at Blackpool in 1938 which was approved by Middlesex, letter from the British Sports and Games Association thanking Middlesex for donating money to the King George's Jubilee Trust Fund, request by B A Johnston to become a member of Middlesex upon his return to England from Brazil in May 1939, letter from Middlesex and Hertfordshire Association congratulating Middlesex on winning the County Championship in 1937, request by Jack Durston for another benefit, request for references for Denis Hendren who had applied to rent a flat in Balham, letter to George Allison of Arsenal Football Club asking if Leslie Compton could play in a President's XI match in September 1938, letter to E H Hendren confirming that his testimonial card would be put up in the Pavilion during 1938. The files also contain correspondence addressed to and answered by the Secretary of MCC, including purchases of coal and coke, requests for E C Devereux to produce a cap in the MCC colours of red and yellow, copy of the annual report of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club for 1938, correspondence with Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club regarding the history of the MCC printing department.

The files contain returned Membership Cards for the 1937 and 1938 season.

Associations

Middlesex County Cricket Club
Wilfred Frederick Frank Price
Sir Pelham Francis Warner
E C Devereux
Barclays Bank
Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club
Middlesex and Hertfordshire Association
Arsenal Football Club
Thomas Cook
Denis Hendren
Elias Henry Hendren
Frederick John Durston
Lancashire County Cricket Club
Teddington Cricket Club
Robert Walter Vivian Robins
British Sports and Games Association
Brian Alexander Johnston
Leslie Harry Compton
Yorkshire County Cricket Club

Subject

Middlesex Membership, Australia in England 1938, benefits, testimonials, MCC caps

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English, 6574, , , , , , , , ,

Size

10 folders

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