Bound volume, MCC Tennis Court and Racquet Court Minute Book [1875-1895]. Includes accounts, drafts of the minutes, rules of the MCC Billiard Room from 1865, list of conditions for the 'MCC Challenge Tennis Racquets', copy of the Laws of Lawn Tennis revised by MCC in 1876, 1878 and 1888, copy of the rules of [Real] Tennis revised by MCC in 1872, rules and terms of the Tennis and Racquet Courts revised by MCC in 1876, income and expenditure accounts for the Tennis Court, Racquet Court, Billiard Room and Lawn Tennis for 1887 and 1889-1894.
Items include:
Settlement of Mr Holland's (builders) account for the alterations to the Tennis and Racquet Courts, 27 August 1875
Approval to alterations of the rules for Lawn Tennis, substituting the word 'Points' for 'Aces', 11 November 1875
Report that J M Heathcote had won the Gold Tennis Prize for 1876 with R D Walker winning the Silver Prize, 23 April 1877
Request by Tennis Committee to MCC that due to demand, it would be necessary to build another court at Lord's, 23 April 1877
Receipts and payments from 1-30 December 1876, 3 May 1877
Proposal by J M Heathcote to revise the rules of Lawn Tennis, 3 May 1877
Conditions of the MCC Challenge Tennis Prizes competition, 16 May 1877
Resolution by J M Heathcote that the method of scoring in Lawn Tennis be altered, which was carried, 7 June 1877
Copy of the Lord's Tennis Court Rules adopted by the MCC Committee, 30 July 1877
Proposal by J M Heathcote to send a revised copy of the laws of Lawn Tennis to the All England Lawn Tennis Association for their consideration, 4 March 1878
Copy of Rules of Lawn Tennis adopted by the MCC and the All England Club and Lawn Tennis Club, 1 May 1878
Suggestion by Mr Boyle that a change in the laws of Lawn Tennis be made to permit volleying the ball, 9 June 1879
Rules for use of the Lawn Tennis Court at Lord's, 30 June 1879
Recommendation that the Lawn Tennis Courts be discontinued after 30 September 1879, 24 September 1879
Report that the new permanent tennis court had completely broken up, 28 January 1880
Consideration of alteration to laws proposed by All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC), 28 January 1880
Discussion of the AELTC's proposal to reduce the height of the net in Lawn Tennis from 4 feet to 3 feet 6 inches, 12 May 1882
Report that J M Heathcote had won the Gold Tennis Prize for 1883, 17 July 1883
Changes to the rules of the MCC Challenge Tennis Prizes competition, 20 July 1886
Copy of revised laws of Lawn Tennis by the MCC and AELTC, 19 March 1888
Discussion of whether W Lambert, Marker, should receive a retirement pension, 9 February 1889
Move of the Billiard Table to the Tavern, 17 July 1890
