Marylebone Cricket Club - collections held by the Marylebone Cricket Club relating to Australia and New Zealand [M2401-2412], 1789-1987

M 2401-2412

fonds

Canberra : Australian Joint Copying Project, [19--]

432833

Microfilm : M 2401-2412

2 microfilm reels 35 mm

1. Archive collection. Includes papers relating to in F.S. Ashley Cooper tours, 1789-1930; cricket in Australia, New Zealand and Fiji; tours of British and Indian cricket teams to Australia, and tours of Australian cricketers to Great Britain. 2. Autograph letter collection. 3. Scorebook collection. Contains scorebooks for Australian tour of England, 1882; MCC/England tours of Australia and New Zealand, 1904-1988

Filmed as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project by the National Library of Australia and the State Library of New South Wales
National Library of Australia holds microfilm master
Available for reference
Australian Joint Copying Project miscellaneous series M2401-2412
Microfilm copy of originals held by Marylebone Cricket Club, London
Descriptive list available (16pp)
Associated materials: Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven papers relating to the MCC Tour of Australia, 1933-34 (restricted access) are held by the National Library of Australia at NLA mfm G 24784. The Hore-Ruthven papers comprise: Cables and letters concerning the MCC tour of Australia, the "body-line" controversy and the proposed tour of England by Australia, 26 Jan 1933-5 Feb 1934; plus undated notes and press cuttings. Correspondents include: Sir Walter Young (Adelaide), Lloyd Dumas (The "Advertiser", Adelaide), Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven (London & Adel.), Sir Lesley Wilson (Brisbane), Leigh Winser (Hore-Ruthven's private secretary, Adelaide), Sir George Murray (Adelaide), P.F. Warner (London), A.W. Hodgetts (Lichfield, Kensington Park). (Sir George Murray to Hore-Ruthven, 20 March 1933 includes political news and is incomplete). To view the Hore-Ruthven papers, authorisation in writing from the Curator, MCC, should be sent to the Manuscripts Librarian, National Library of Australia.