- ReferenceMM
- TitleCollection of scrapbooks of articles of Michael Melford
- Date1950-04-26 - 1987-09-02
- Level of descriptionfonds
- Extent29 scrapbooks and 1 collection of loose newspaper cuttings
- Scope and ContentThe scrapbooks and newspaper cuttings consist of articles from the Sunday and Daily Telegraph mainly on cricket written by Michael Melford. They start in the 1950 season and to the 1987 season. The articles cover certain domestic cricket matches in the English cricket season within those dates including County Championship, Gillette Cup/Natwest Trophy, John Player League, and Benson & Hedges Cup matches. The articles cover international cricket team tours to England within those dates including the Australia tours of 1968, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1980, and 1981, the Pakistan tours of 1954, 1971, 1974, and 1978, the South Africa tours of 1951, 1955, 1960, 1965, and proposed tour of 1970, the West Indies tours of 1950, 1957, 1963, 1969, 1973, 1976, and 1980, the India tours of 1952, 1959, 1971, 1974, and 1979, the New Zealand tours of 1958, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1978, and 1983, and the Sri Lanka tour of 1981. The articles also cover MCC tours overseas within those dates including the tours of Australia in 1965-66, 1970-71, 1974-75, 1978-79, and 1979-80, Pakistan in 1968-69, 1972-73, and 1977-78, the cancelled tour of South Africa in 1968-69, West Indies in 1980-81, India in 1972-73, 1976-77, and 1979-80, New Zealand in 1965-66, 1970-71, and 1977-78, and Sri Lanka in 1968-69 and 1972-73. The articles also cover the Australian tour of South Africa in 1969-70 as well as the cancelled South Africa tour of Australia in 1971-72, and the West Indies tour of Australia in 1979-80. The articles also cover the 1975 and 1979 Prudential World Cup.
- Associations
- Institution nameMarylebone Cricket Club
- Conditions governing accessOpen
- LanguageEnglish
- HistoryMichael Melford was born in St Johns Wood in 1916 and died in Gerrard’s Cross in 1999. He studied at Oxford from 1935 to 1938 where he received multiple Blues for athletics. He was a sports journalist and mainly wrote on cricket, although he did cover some rugby union and athletics events. He wrote for the Daily Telegraph from 1950 and also for the Sunday Telegraph, from when it launched in 1961, until his retirement.
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- Collection of scrapbooks of articles of Michael Melford (MM)
- Cricket, 1950-1955 (MM/1)
- Cricket, 1956 (MM/2)
- Cricket, 1957 (MM/3)
- Cricket, 1958 (MM/4)
- Cricket, April 1959-Aug 1959 (MM/5)
- Cricket, 1960 (MM/6)
- Sunday Telegraph, February 1961-1966 (MM/7)
- Daily Telegraph, Cricket March 1961-August 1962 (MM/8)
- Daily Telegraph, Cricket November 1962-May 1965 (MM/9)
- Daily Telegraph, Away, India 1964, South Africa 1964 (MM/10)
- Daily Telegraph, Away, Australia and New Zealand 1965-1966 (MM/11)
- Daily Telegraph, Cricket from June 1965 to August 1967 (MM/12)
- Daily Telegraph, Away, South Africa 1966-1967 (MM/13)
- Sunday Telegraph, May 1966-August 1967 (MM/14)
- Sunday Telegraph, September 1967-July 1969 (MM/15)
- Home Cricket, 3-5-67 until 6-9-69 (MM/16)
- Sunday Telegraph, July 1969-December 1970 (MM/17)
- Daily Telegraph, Away, Pakistan 1969, South Africa 1970 (MM/18)
- Home Cricket, 5-5-70 until 28-5-74 (MM/19)
- Daily Telegraph, Away, South Africa 1970/1971, India 1972-1973 (MM/20)
- Sunday Telegraph, December 1970-May 1972 (MM/21)
- Sunday Telegraph, May 1972-February 1975 (MM/22)
- Daily Telegraph, Away, India 1973, Pakistan 1973 and 1977-1978, South Africa 1975, India 1976-1977 (MM/23)
- Daily Telegraph, Home June 1974-May 1976 (MM/24)
- Daily Telegraph, Home May 1976-June 1978 (MM/25)
- Sunday Telegraph, December 1976-April 1981, Daily Telegraph, Away, January-April 1981 (MM/26)
- Daily Telegraph, Home, June 1978-May 1981 (MM/27)
- Daily Telegraph, Away, Pakistan 1978, Australia 1978/79, Australia 1979/80, India 1980 (MM/28)
- Daily Telegraph, Home, May 1981-May 1987 (MM/29)
- Folder of loose newspaper cuttings (MM/30)