Cricket, 1950-1955

Reference

MM/1

Date:

1950-04-26 - 1955-09-10

Level of description

item

Extent

1 folder

Part of

Collection of scrapbooks of articles of Michael Melford (MM)

Scope and Content

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings written and compiled by Michael Melford. The scrapbook contains reports on the following matches:
Kent vs. Essex, County Championship, Maidstone, 26-28 July 1950
Hampshire vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Southampton, 29 July-1 August 1950
Worcestershire vs. Sussex, County Championship, Worcester, 2-4 August 1950
Colonel L C Stevens' XII vs. West Indies, Eastbourne, 24-25 April 1950
Club Cricket Conference vs. West Indies, Kingston, 28 April 1950
Surrey vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, The Oval, 29 April-2 May 1950
Sussex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Hove, 3-5 May 1950
Northamptonshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Peterborough, 6-9 May 1950
Yorkshire vs. West Indies, County Championship, Bradford, 10-11 May 1950
Middlesex vs. Somerset, County Championship, Lord's, 13-16 May 1950
Cambridge University vs. West Indies, Cambridge, 18-20 May 1950
Kent vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Gillingham, 22-23 May 1950
Surrey vs. Essex, County Championship, The Oval, 24 May 1950
Oxford University vs. West Indies, Oxford, 25-27 May 1950
Middlesex vs. Sussex, County Championship, Lord's, 29-31 May 1950
Leicestershire vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Leicester, 1-3 June 1950
Middlesex vs. Kent, County Championship, Lord's, 5-7 June 1950
Middlesex vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, Lord's, 8-10 June 1950
Surrey vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, The Oval, 12-14 June 1950
Sussex vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Horsham, 15-17 June 1950
Warwickshire vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, Dudley, 19-20 June 1950
Northamptonshire vs. Essex, County Championship, Northampton, 21 June 1950
Essex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Colchester, 22-24 June 1950
Surrey vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Guildford, 26-28 June 1950
Kent vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Tunbridge Wells, 29-30 June 1950
Surrey vs. Cambridge University, The Oval, 1 July 1950
Gloucestershire vs. Cambridge University, Bristol, 4-5 July 1950
Warwickshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Edgbaston, 6-8 July 1950
Surrey vs. Kent, County Championship, The Oval, 10-12 July 1950
Lancashire vs. Sussex, County Championship, Old Trafford, 13 July 1950 (match completed in one day)
Derbyshire vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Derby, 14 July 1950
Yorkshire vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Headingly, 17-19 July 1950
Warwickshire vs. Somerset, County Championship, Edgbaston, 20-22 July 1950
Surrey vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, The Oval, 24-25 July 1950
Lancashire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Old Trafford, 7-9 August 1950
Sussex vs. Surrey, County Championship, Hastings, 10-12 August 1950
Northamptonshire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Wellingborough, 14-16 August 1950
Warwickshire vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Coventry, 17-19 August 1950
Middlesex vs. Surrey, County Championship, Lord's, 21-23 August 1950
Surrey vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 24-26 August 1950
Surrey vs. Lancashire, County Championship, The Oval, 26-28 August 1950
Middlesex vs. West Indies, Lord's, 29-30 August 1950
Surrey vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 31 August-2 September 1950
South of England vs. West Indies, 4-6 September 1950
H D G Leveson-Gower's XI vs. West Indies, 11-13 September 1950
D G Clark's XI vs. South Africa, Maidstone, 26 April 1951
Oxford University vs. Lancashire, Oxford, 1 May 1951
MCC vs. Surrey, Lord's, 4 May 1951
Yorkshire vs. South Africa, Bradford, 8-9 May 1951
Leicestershire vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Leicester, 11-12 May 1951
Middlesex vs. Sussex, County Championship, Lord's, 15-16 May 1951
Lancashire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Old Trafford, 17-19 May 1951
Surrey vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, The Oval, 22-23 May 1951
Middlesex vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Lord's, 24-26 May 1951
Nottinghamshire vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge, 29 May 1951
Middlesex vs. Warwickshire, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 31 May-2 June 1951
Surrey vs. South Africa, The Oval, 5-6 June 1951
Sussex vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Horsham, 7-8 June 1951
Surrey vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 9 June 1951
Middlesex vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Lord's, 12-13 June 1951
Essex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Brentwood, 14-16 June 1951
Middlesex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Lord's, 19-20 June 1951
Hampshire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Portsmouth, 21-23 June 1951
Surrey vs. Cambridge University, Guildford, 26-27 June 1951
Kent vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Guildford, 28-29 June 1951
England Women vs. Australia Women, Second Test Match, Worcester, 3 July 1951
Nottinghamshire vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 4 July 1951
MCC vs. Oxford University, Lord's, 5 July 1951
Oxford University vs. Cambridge University, Lord's, 9-11 July 1951
Gloucestershire vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Bristol, 12-14 July 1951
Surrey vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, The Oval, 17-18 July 1951
Kent vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Maidstone, 19-21 July 1951
Warwickshire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Edgbaston, 24-25 July 1951
Kent vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Folkestone, 26-28 July 1951
Warwickshire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Edgbaston, 31 July-1 August 1951
Northampton vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, Northampton, 2-4 August 1951
Sussex vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Hove, 7-8 August 1951
Hampshire vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, 9-11 August 1951
Public Schools vs. Combined Services, Lord's, 14-15 August 1951
Warwickshire vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Coventry, 16-18 August 1951
Middlesex vs. Somerset, County Championship, Lord's, 21-22 August 1951
Essex vs. Warwickshire, County Championship, Clacton, 23-25 August 1951
Sussex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Hove, 28 August 1951
An England XI vs. Commonwealth XI, Kingston, 30-31 August 1951
An England XI vs. South Africa, Hastings, 4 September 1951
Gentlemen vs. Players, Scarborough, 6-8 September 1951
T N Pearce's XI vs. South Africa, 10-12 September 1951
Cambridge University vs. Leicestershire, 1-3 May 1952
Kent vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Gillingham, 6-7 May 1952
Surrey vs. India, The Oval, 8-10 May 1952
Middlesex vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Lord's, 13-15 May 1952
Cambridge University vs. India, Cambridge, 16-17 May 1952
Nottinghamshire vs. Essex, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 20 May 1952
Warwickshire vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Edgbaston, 21 May 1952
Oxford University vs. India, Oxford, 22-24 May 1952
Yorkshire vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Sheffield, 27 May 1952
Leicestershire vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Leicester, 28 May 1952
Northamptonshire vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Northampton, 30-31 May 1952
Yorkshire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Headingly, 3-4 June 1952
Essex vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Romford, 5-7 June 1952
Middlesex vs. Kent, County Championship, Lord's, 10-11 June 1952
Warwickshire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Edgbaston, 12-13 June 1952
Middlesex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Lord's, 17-18 June 1952
Nottinghamshire vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 19-21 June 1952
Sussex vs. Oxford University, Worthing, 25 June 1952
Surrey vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Guildford, 26-27 June 1952
Eton vs. Winchester, Eton, 28-30 June 1952
Somerset vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, Bath, 1-2 July 1952
Glamorgan vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Cardiff, 3-5 July 1952
Surrey vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, The Oval, 8-9 July 1952
Hampshire vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Bournemouth, 10-12 July 1952
Lancashire vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Old Trafford, 15-16 July 1952
Surrey vs. Lancashire, County Championship, The Oval, 17-19 July 1952
Middlesex vs. Surrey, County Championship, Lord's, 22-23 July 1952
Somerset vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Glastonbury, 29-30 July 1952
Gloucestershire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Bristol, 31 July-2 August 1952
Kent vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Canterbury, 5-6 August 1952
Essex vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Southend, 7-9 August 1952
Public Schools vs. Combined Services, Lord’s, 12-13 August 1952
Sussex vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, Eastbourne, 14-16 August 1952
Middlesex vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 19 August 1952
Surrey vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, The Oval, 21-23 August 1952
Warwickshire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Edgbaston, 26-27 August 1952
Surrey vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, The Oval, 28-30 August 1952
Kent vs Yorkshire, County Championship, Canterbury, 1-2 September 1952
An England XI vs. A Commonwealth XI, Kingston, 4-6 September 1952
Gentlemen vs. Players, Scarborough, 8-10 September 1952
T N Pearce’s XI vs. India, Scarborough, 11-13 September 1952
East Molesey vs. Australia, East Molesey, 27 April 1953
Cambridge University vs. Sussex, Cambridge, 30 April 1953
MCC vs. Yorkshire, Lord’s, 5 May 1953
Northamptonshire vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Peterborough, 6 May 1953 (tied match)
Yorkshire vs. Australia, Bradford, 7-9 May 1953
Nottinghamshire vs. Kent, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 12-13 May 1953
Middlesex vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 14-16 May 1953
Sussex vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Hove, 19-20 May 1953
Oxford University vs. Australia, Oxford, 21-22 May 1953
Next 6 matches labelled as 1954 but took place during 1953
Surrey vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 23 May 1953
Lancashire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Old Trafford, 25-27 May 1953
Lancashire vs. Australia, Old Trafford, 29-30 May 1953
Middlesex vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 2-3 June 1953
Surrey vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, The Oval, 4-5 June 1953
Middlesex vs. Somerset, County Championship, Lord’s, 6 June 1953
Hampshire vs. Australia, Southampton, 9 June 1953
Surrey vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, The Oval, 10 June 1953
Sussex vs. Warwickshire, County Championship, Horsham, 11-13 June 1953
Sussex vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Horsham, 16 June 1953
Surrey vs Kent, County Championship, The Oval, 17 June 1953
Kent vs Leicestershire, County Championship, Tunbridge Wells, 18-19 June 1953
Middlesex vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 20 June 1953
Yorkshire vs. Australia, Sheffield, 23-24 June 1953
Glamorgan vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Newport, 25-27 June 1953
Somerset vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, Frome, 30 June-1 July 1953
Middlesex vs. Essex, County Championship, Lord’s, 2-4 July 1953
Surrey vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, The Oval, 7-8 July 1953
Sussex vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Worthing, 9-10 July 1953
Eton vs. Harrow, Lord’s, 11-13 July 1953
Kent vs. Surrey, County Championship, Blackheath, 14 July 1953
Essex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Colchester, 15 July 1953
Kent vs. Warwickshire, County Championship, Maidstone, 16-17 July 1953
Surrey vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 18 July 1953
Middlesex vs. Australia, Lord’s, 21-22 July 1953
Sussex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Hastings, 23-25 July 1953
Warwickshire vs. Essex, County Championship, Edgbaston, 28-29 July 1953
Surrey vs. Australia, The Oval, 30-31 July 1953
Sussex vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Hove, 4-5 August 1953
Surrey vs. Hampshire, County Championship, The Oval, 6-8 August 1953
Worcestershire vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Worcester, 11-12 August 1953
Leicestershire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Loughborough, 13-15 August 1953
Gloucestershire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Cheltenham, 18 August 1953
Middlesex vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Lord’s, 20-21 August 1953
Surrey vs. Middlesex, County Championship, The Oval, 24-25 August 1953
Surrey vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, The Oval, 27-29 August 1953
Middlesex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Lord’s, 1-2 September 1953
Sussex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Hove, 3-5 September 1953
Gentlemen vs. Players, Scarborough, 7-9 September 1953
T N Pearce’s XI vs. Australia, Scarborough, 10-12 September 1953
Cambridge University vs. Warwickshire, Cambridge, 29 April-1 May 1954
Pakistan vs. Indian Gymkhana CC, Osterley, 5 May 1954
MCC vs. Surrey, Lord’s, 7-8 May 1954
Northampton vs. Sussex, County Championship, Northampton, 11-12 May 1954
Cambridge University vs. Pakistan, Cambridge, 13-15 May 1954
Yorkshire vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Bradford, 18 May 1954
Leicestershire vs. Pakistan, Leicester, 19 May 1954
Oxford University vs. Pakistan, Oxford, 20-22 May 1954
Kent vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, Gillingham, 25-26 May 1954
Somerset vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Taunton, 27-29 May 1954
Surrey vs. Kent, County Championship, The Oval, 1-2 June 1954
Warwickshire vs. Essex, County Championship, Edgbaston, 3-5 June 1954
Kent vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Beckenham, 10-11 June 1954
Sussex vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, Worthing, 15 June 1954
Middlesex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 22-23 June 1954
Kent vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Tunbridge Wells, 24-25 June 1954
Nottinghamshire vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 29-30 June 1954
MCC vs. Oxford University, Lord’s, 1-2 July 1954
Oxford University vs. Cambridge University, Lord’s, 5, 7 July 1954
Surrey vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, The Oval, 8-10 July 1954
Yorkshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Sheffield, 12-14 July 1954
Derbyshire vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Burton-on-Trent, 15-17 July 1954
Middlesex vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 20-21 July 1954
Middlesex vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Lord’s, 22-23 July 1954
Hampstead CC vs. Canada, Hampstead, 24 July 1954
Surrey vs. Essex, County Championship, The Oval, 29-31 July 1954
Kent vs. Hampshire, County Championship, The Oval, 3-4 August 1954
Sussex vs Yorkshire, County Championship, Hove, 5-6 August 1954
Surrey vs. Middlesex, County Championship, The Oval, 11 August 1954
Gloucestershire vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Cheltenham, 12-13 August 1954
Yorkshire vs Middlesex, County Championship, Headingly, 17 August 1954
Gloucestershire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Cheltenham, 18 August 1954
Canada vs. Pakistan, Lord’s, 19-20 August 1954
Kent vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Dover, 25 August 1954
Surrey vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 27-28 August 1954
Middlesex vs. Pakistan, Lord’s, 31 August-1 September 1954
An England XI vs. Commonwealth XI, Hastings, 2-3 September 1954
Gentlemen vs. Players, Scarborough, 6-8 September 1954
T N Pearce’s XI vs. Pakistan, Scarborough, 9-10 September 1954
Cambridge University vs. Surrey, Cambridge, 3-4 May 1955
MCC vs. Surrey, Lord’s, 5-7 May 1955
Yorkshire vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Bradford, 10 May 1955
Nottinghamshire vs. Sussex, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 11 May 1955
Derbyshire vs. South Africa, Derby, 12-13 May 1955
Kent vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, Gravesend, 17 May 1955
Glamorgan vs. Sussex, County Championship, Cardiff, 19-21 May 1955
Leicestershire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Leicester, 24-25 May 1955
Oxford University vs. South Africa, Oxford, 26-27 May 1955
Lancashire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Old Trafford, 31 May 1955
Nottinghamshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 1 June 1955
Northamptonshire vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Peterborough, 2-4 June 1955
Surrey vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, The Oval, 9-10 June 1955
Hampshire vs. Essex, County Championship, Southampton, 11-12 June 1955
Middlesex vs. Kent, County Championship, Lord’s, 13 June 1955
Middlesex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Lord’s, 14 June 1955
Oxford University vs. Worcestershire, Oxford, 15 June 1955
Worcestershire vs. Sussex, County Championship, Dudley, 16-18 June 1955
Yorkshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Headingly, 20-22 June 1955
Essex vs. Warwickshire, County Championship, Westcliff, 23-25 June 1955
Somerset vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, Bath, 28-29 June 1955
Hampshire vs Yorkshire, County Championship, Bournemouth, 30 June-1 July 1955
MCC vs. Cambridge University, Lord’s, 2 July 1955
Northamptonshire vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Kettering, 5-6 July 1955
Eton vs. Harrow, Lord’s, 9-11 June 1955
Yorkshire vs. Sussex, County Championship, Sheffield, 12-13 July 1955
Surrey vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 14 July 1955
Middlesex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 19-20 July 1955
Leicestershire vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Leicester, 21-23 July 1955
Warwickshire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Edgbaston, 26 July 1955
Gloucestershire vs. Sussex, County Championship, Bristol, 27 July 1955
Rugby vs. Marlborough, Lord’s, 28-29 July 1955
Warwickshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Coventry, 30 July 1955
Surrey vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, The Oval, 2 August 1955
Sussex vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Hove, 3 August 1955
Kent vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Canterbury, 4-6 August 1955
Surrey vs. Middlesex, County Championship, The Oval, 9-10 August 1955
Hampshire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Portsmouth, 11-13 August 1955
Gloucestershire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Cheltenham, 16 August 1955
Sussex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Hove, 18-20 August 1955
Middlesex vs. Surrey, County Championship, Lord’s, 23-24 August 1955
Surrey vs. Sussex, County Championship, The Oval, 25-27 August 1955
Hampshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, The Oval, 30-31 August 1955
An England XI vs. South Africa, Hastings, 1-3 September 1955
Surrey II vs. Northumberland, Minor Counties, The Oval, 6-7 September 1955
T N Pearce’s XI vs. South Africa, Scarborough, 8-10 September 1955

The scrapbook also contains articles on the athletic track and field match between Princeton, Cornell, Oxford and Cambridge Universities at White City Stadium in London in July 1950, articles on the South African tour of England in 1951, articles on the release of the film 'Elusive Victory' covering the MCC tour of Australia in 1950-1951, batting and bowling averages for the 1951 season, articles on the MCC tour of India in 1951-1952, averages for the 1952 season, articles on the Pakistan tour of England 1954, articles on the South Africa tour of England in 1955.

Associations

Michael Melford
Daily Telegraph

Subject

County Championship, West Indies in England 1950, South Africa in England 1951, Australia Women in England 1951, Varsity Match, MCC in India 1951-1952, India in England 1952, South Africa in England 1955, Pakistan in England 1954, MCC in Australia 1950-1951, athletics, MCC in India 1951-1952, Australia in England 1953

Institution name

Marylebone Cricket Club

Conditions governing access

Open

Language

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

Size

1 folder

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