Correspondence, newspaper cuttings, minutes and reports relating to the establishment of a new Sports Council, compiled by J G Dunbar, Secretary of the National Cricket Association. Includes reports of the executive of the National Cricket Association submitted to the Cricket Council, minutes of a special meeting of the executive committee of the Central Council of Physical Recreation in July 1971, press releases announcing the re-organisation of the Sports Council, minutes of meetings of regional sports councils, press releases from the Department of the Environment announcing the formation of the Sports Council, minutes of informal meetings of governing bodies of sport.