Pitch reports for matches played at Lord's. Includes reports on the following matches played in 1981: Middlesex vs. Essex (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Hampshire (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Hampshire (Benson and Hedges Cup), England vs. Australia (Prudential Trophy), Middlesex vs. Somerset (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Somerset (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Australia, Middlesex vs. Leicestershire (John Player League), Oxford vs. Cambridge, England vs. Australia (Test Match), Somerset vs. Surrey (Benson and Hedges Cup Final), Middlesex vs. Gloucestershire (John Player League), Middlesex vs. Gloucestershire (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Warwickshire (County Championship), Middlesex vs. Warwickshire (John Player League), Derbyshire vs. Northamptonshire (NatWest Trophy Final). The reports are signed by the umpires and the MCC Head Groundsman, J E Fairbrother. The file also contains a report on outbreaks of fus appearing on the square, copy of letter from MCC Secretary J A Bailey to the Test and County Cricket Board Secretary D B Carr asking him to not criticise the Lord's pitch used for the England vs. Australia Test match in 1981, letter from MCC Assistant Secretary (Cricket) Lieutenant Colonel J R Stephenson to Fairbrother congratulating him and the MCC Groundstaff for coming first in the table of reports for three-day matches in 1981.
