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Curator's correspondence (Diana Rait Kerr, Stephen Green), photographs and newspaper cuttings relating to other games and non-cricket sports associated with Lord's such as bat and trap, trap ball (knurr and spell) stoolball, hockey, pallone, real tennis, lawn tennis. Subjects include photographs of international hockey at Lord's in 1970 between England and Spain, references to stoolball and whether it was played at Lord's, copy of 'Hockey News - Official Journal of The Hockey Association' from November 1967 which has a picture of the pre-Olympic hockey tournament at Lord's on the cover, extracts from Antonio Scaino: del Givoco della Palla on the game of Pallone, Scanno and Racquet games in Italy, information regarding a lacrosse match played at Lord's in 1909-1910, history of MCC's association with Lawn Tennis, information on the history of archery at Lord's in the nineteenth century, copy of a handbook from the Central Council of Physical Recreation, proof copy of 'The Royal Game of Tennis' by P A Negretti, extracts from MCC minute books on the rules of lawn tennis, enquiries answered by the Curator as to whether a cricket ball can be hit further than the ball in baseball, references to the origins of cricket, request by Lord Aberdare to use photographs of the tennis court at Lord's in his book 'Tennis and Rackets'.

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