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Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports and proofs relating to events organised by the MCC Bicentennial Sub-Committee for MCC's Bicentenary Year, compiled by Lieutenant Colonel L G James, MCC Assistant Secretary (Administration). Includes copies of the Museums Association's Code of Practice for members sent to MCC prior to the Bicentenary Auction regarding the sale of items, advice sent by the Museums Association to MCC on the impact of the Bicentenary Auction and whether it would affect the MCC Museum's chances of obtaining accredited status, minutes of the Bicentenary Sub-Committee meetings from December 1986 to May 1987, copy of the standard MCC guest list issued in 1987, memorandum of administrative requirements for events in 1987, notes of a meeting of a Sub-Committee of the Dorset Square Trust to discuss arrangements for an event at the Dorset Square Hotel to celebrate MCC's bicentenary in May 1987, plans of the Nursery Ground layout for the Bicentenary Ball, table layouts for the Long Room dinner in May 1987, agreement by British Airways to assist with transporting players for the MCC vs. Rest of the World match in August 1987, request to borrow a document with Thomas Lord's signature from North Yorkshire County Council for display in the MCC Museum during the 1987 season, table of team entertainment during the 1987 season, agreement by J B Morten for a bat he presented to MCC in 1982, originally belonging to N E Haig, to be sold at the Bicentenary Auction, list of table hosts and their guests at the Spring Ball, memorandum of administrative arrangements for the Bicentenary Auction, suggested lettering for the plaque to present to Dorset Square Trust by MCC to mark the location of the first Lord's ground, copy of a garden catalogue from which MCC chose a bench to present to the Dorset Square Trust, draft table plans for the Long Room dinner, administrative arrangements for the Long Room dinner, letter from Michael Sissons to Anthony Boosey apologising for selling Mr Boosey's grandfather's scrapbook during the Bicentenary Auction, arrangements for filming a documentary about MCC for BBC in association with Phil Pilley Productions, requests for organisations to advertise in the Bicentenary Ball and Bicentenary Match programme, request for match tickets from the High Commissioner for Australia, details of competition winners who won match tickets, samples of advertising images for inclusion in the match programme, statistics produced by Cornhill Insurance for the England vs. Pakistan Test match in 1987, memorandum informing guests that the Bicentenary Ball would take place in the Pavilion after the Marquee had blew down on the morning of the event, table of income and expenditure from the Spring Ball, copy of the England vs. France Rugby Union programme produced by Programme Publications Limited, the company used to produced the Bicentenary match programme.

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