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Bound volume, minutes of meetings held at Lord's [1948-1956]. Includes minutes of the Advisory County Cricket Committee (ACCC), minutes of the Board of Control of Test Matches at Home, minutes of the Imperial Cricket Conference, minutes of first class county captains meeting and minor county captains meeting, minutes of special registration Sub-Committee, account sheets for Test Seasons 1949-1955, summary of first class umpires reports and figures of merit 1948-1955, minutes of the county cricket Sub-Committee, newspaper clippings advertising MCC annual general meetings, minutes of meetings of minor counties, minutes of meetings of county secretaries. Items include: Expenses in respect of players, 7 December 1948 Expressed desire to cut down on the amount of autographing, 15 March 1949 Opinion of ACCC on use of television and copyright, 15 November 1949 Debate on whether too much first class cricket being played is leading to a strain on players, 15 November 1949 Letter from Secretary of the MCC to all first class counties and redistribution of funds following 1950-1951 MCC Tour of Australia, 16 November 1951 Negotiations with the BBC over television rights, 14 March 1950 New Law on tea interval, 14 March 1950 Decision by the Imperial Cricket Conference not to allow Pakistan to become a new member country, 27-28 June 1950 Meeting of a conference of representatives of first class and minor county cricket clubs to consider report of MCC cricket enquiry committee, with summary of report, 14 November 1950 Report of special Sub-Committee to review working rule of special registration, 18 December 1950 Criticism of the Football Association for encroaching the football season into the cricket one, 13 November 1951 Demand that the BBC pay more for television rights, 10 December 1951 Address by R S Rait Kerr, MCC Secretary, to county secretaries on the state of the modern game, including a graph of matches completed compared to attendance, calling for a more positive approach and an end draws, 11 December 1951 Retirement of R S Rait Kerr, 11 March 1952 Debate into current state of first-class cricket, 11 March 1952 Result of rights negotiating with the BBC, 11 March 1952 Board of Control for Cricket in India submits a resolution that Pakistan be allowed to join Imperial Cricket Conference, resolution passed unanimously, 28 July 1952 Agreement that the scrambling for stumps should be stopped, 28 July 1952 License approved and work begun on the Imperial Cricket Memorial, 28 July 1952 Debate on the report into the welfare of first class cricket, 1 November 1952 Outcome of negotiations with the BBC of fees paid and hours of transmission, 10 March 1953 Short report of the opening of the Imperial Cricket Memorial, 21 July 1953 Minutes of Sub-Committee appointed to review the rules of county cricket, with draft report, 7 December 1953 Agreement between MCC and Yorkshire on the splitting of financial rewards from the MCC 1954-1955 MCC Tour to Australia, 17 March 1954 Debate over BBC contract after BBC had offered numerous different proposals, in hours aired and fees, 28 April 1955 Two year update on Imperial Cricket Memorial, 14 July 1955

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