Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings written and compiled by Michael Melford. The scrapbook contains reports on the following matches:
MCC vs. Yorkshire, Lord’s, 1-2 May 1956
MCC vs. Surrey, Lord’s, 3-5 May 1956
Leicestershire vs. Australia, Leicester, 8-9 May 1956
Surrey vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, The Oval, 10-12 May 1956
Nottinghamshire vs. Australia, Trent Bridge, 15-16 May 1956
Oxford University vs. Hampshire, Oxford, 17-19 May 1956
Essex vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, Romford, 23 May 1956
Lancashire vs. Australia, Old Trafford, 24-26 May 1956
Sussex vs. Essex, County Championship, Worthing, 30 May 1956
Kent vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Gravesend, 31 May-2 June 1956
Sussex vs. Australia, Hove, 5-6 June 1956
Essex vs. Somerset, County Championship, Brentwood, 7-8 June 1956
Middlesex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 11-12 June 1956
MCC vs. Cambridge University, Lord’s, 14-16 June 1956
Kent vs. Australia, Canterbury, 19-20 June 1956
Sussex vs. Warwickshire, County Championship, Horsham, 22-23 June 1956
Surrey vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Guildford, 26-27 June 1956
Yorkshire vs. Australia, Sheffield, 28-29 June 1956
Middlesex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Lord’s, 3-4 July 1956
MCC vs Oxford University, Lord’s, 5-7 July 1956
Kent vs. Surrey, County Championship, Blackheath, 10-11 July 1956
Hampshire vs. Warwickshire, County Championship, Portsmouth, 12 July 1956
Eton vs Harrow, Lord’s, 14 July 1956
Gloucestershire vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Gloucester, 17-18 July 1956
Glamorgan vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Swansea, 19-21 July 1956
Yorkshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Sheffield, 24-25 July 1956
Hampshire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Bournemouth, 26-28 July 1956
Northamptonshire vs Sussex, County Championship, Northampton, 31 July-1 August 1956
Surrey vs. Australia, The Oval, 3-4 August 1956
Surrey vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, The Oval, 8 August 1956
Public Schools vs. Combined Services, Lord’s, 9-10 August 1956
Surrey vs. Middlesex, County Championship, The Oval, 14-15 August 1956
Gloucestershire vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Cheltenham, 16-18 August 1956
Middlesex vs. Surrey, County Championship, Lord’s, 20-22 August 1956
Middlesex vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 23-25 August 1956
Surrey vs. Lancashire, County Championship, The Oval, 30-31 August 1956
Sussex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Hove, 4 August 1956
T N Pearce’s XI vs. Australia, Scarborough, 6-8 August 1956
Surrey vs. Rest of England, The Oval, 10 August 1956
The scrapbook also contains articles on the 1956 Australian tour of England.
