Newspaper Cuttings relating to cricket, 1954-1958

Reference

NC19

Date:

1954-04-10 - 1958-06-10

Level of description

file

Extent

1 folder

Scope and Content

Newspaper cuttings relating to cricket, 1954-1958. Subjects include the history of collecting scorecards, the speed of fast bowlers, article by E W Swanton on the English cricket season in 1955, reports on stoolball matches in Sussex, articles marketing the centenary of cricket at Old Trafford in 1957, article on the history of the picture of Miss Wicket and Miss Trigger in 1778, article on MCC’s acquisition of the portrait of William Nicholson in 1954, history of the National Playing Fields Association, article on Frank Worrell, Clyde Walcott and Everton Weekes which featured in The Sunday Times’ ‘Portrait Gallery’ section in June 1957, article on a dog catching a cricket ball during a match.

Associations

Ernest William Swanton
William Nicholson
National Playing Fields Association
Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell
Sir Clyde Leopold Walcott
Sir Everton de Courcy Weekes

Subject

scorecards, Fast Bowling

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

English

Size

1 folder

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