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Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings written and compiled by Michael Melford. The scrapbook contains reports on the following matches: Kent vs. Essex, County Championship, Maidstone, 26-28 July 1950 Hampshire vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Southampton, 29 July-1 August 1950 Worcestershire vs. Sussex, County Championship, Worcester, 2-4 August 1950 Colonel L C Stevens' XII vs. West Indies, Eastbourne, 24-25 April 1950 Club Cricket Conference vs. West Indies, Kingston, 28 April 1950 Surrey vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, The Oval, 29 April-2 May 1950 Sussex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Hove, 3-5 May 1950 Northamptonshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Peterborough, 6-9 May 1950 Yorkshire vs. West Indies, County Championship, Bradford, 10-11 May 1950 Middlesex vs. Somerset, County Championship, Lord's, 13-16 May 1950 Cambridge University vs. West Indies, Cambridge, 18-20 May 1950 Kent vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Gillingham, 22-23 May 1950 Surrey vs. Essex, County Championship, The Oval, 24 May 1950 Oxford University vs. West Indies, Oxford, 25-27 May 1950 Middlesex vs. Sussex, County Championship, Lord's, 29-31 May 1950 Leicestershire vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Leicester, 1-3 June 1950 Middlesex vs. Kent, County Championship, Lord's, 5-7 June 1950 Middlesex vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, Lord's, 8-10 June 1950 Surrey vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, The Oval, 12-14 June 1950 Sussex vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Horsham, 15-17 June 1950 Warwickshire vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, Dudley, 19-20 June 1950 Northamptonshire vs. Essex, County Championship, Northampton, 21 June 1950 Essex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Colchester, 22-24 June 1950 Surrey vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Guildford, 26-28 June 1950 Kent vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Tunbridge Wells, 29-30 June 1950 Surrey vs. Cambridge University, The Oval, 1 July 1950 Gloucestershire vs. Cambridge University, Bristol, 4-5 July 1950 Warwickshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Edgbaston, 6-8 July 1950 Surrey vs. Kent, County Championship, The Oval, 10-12 July 1950 Lancashire vs. Sussex, County Championship, Old Trafford, 13 July 1950 (match completed in one day) Derbyshire vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Derby, 14 July 1950 Yorkshire vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Headingly, 17-19 July 1950 Warwickshire vs. Somerset, County Championship, Edgbaston, 20-22 July 1950 Surrey vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, The Oval, 24-25 July 1950 Lancashire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Old Trafford, 7-9 August 1950 Sussex vs. Surrey, County Championship, Hastings, 10-12 August 1950 Northamptonshire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Wellingborough, 14-16 August 1950 Warwickshire vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Coventry, 17-19 August 1950 Middlesex vs. Surrey, County Championship, Lord's, 21-23 August 1950 Surrey vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 24-26 August 1950 Surrey vs. Lancashire, County Championship, The Oval, 26-28 August 1950 Middlesex vs. West Indies, Lord's, 29-30 August 1950 Surrey vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 31 August-2 September 1950 South of England vs. West Indies, 4-6 September 1950 H D G Leveson-Gower's XI vs. West Indies, 11-13 September 1950 D G Clark's XI vs. South Africa, Maidstone, 26 April 1951 Oxford University vs. Lancashire, Oxford, 1 May 1951 MCC vs. Surrey, Lord's, 4 May 1951 Yorkshire vs. South Africa, Bradford, 8-9 May 1951 Leicestershire vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Leicester, 11-12 May 1951 Middlesex vs. Sussex, County Championship, Lord's, 15-16 May 1951 Lancashire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Old Trafford, 17-19 May 1951 Surrey vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, The Oval, 22-23 May 1951 Middlesex vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Lord's, 24-26 May 1951 Nottinghamshire vs. South Africa, Trent Bridge, 29 May 1951 Middlesex vs. Warwickshire, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 31 May-2 June 1951 Surrey vs. South Africa, The Oval, 5-6 June 1951 Sussex vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Horsham, 7-8 June 1951 Surrey vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 9 June 1951 Middlesex vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Lord's, 12-13 June 1951 Essex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Brentwood, 14-16 June 1951 Middlesex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Lord's, 19-20 June 1951 Hampshire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Portsmouth, 21-23 June 1951 Surrey vs. Cambridge University, Guildford, 26-27 June 1951 Kent vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Guildford, 28-29 June 1951 England Women vs. Australia Women, Second Test Match, Worcester, 3 July 1951 Nottinghamshire vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 4 July 1951 MCC vs. Oxford University, Lord's, 5 July 1951 Oxford University vs. Cambridge University, Lord's, 9-11 July 1951 Gloucestershire vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Bristol, 12-14 July 1951 Surrey vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, The Oval, 17-18 July 1951 Kent vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Maidstone, 19-21 July 1951 Warwickshire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Edgbaston, 24-25 July 1951 Kent vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Folkestone, 26-28 July 1951 Warwickshire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Edgbaston, 31 July-1 August 1951 Northampton vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, Northampton, 2-4 August 1951 Sussex vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Hove, 7-8 August 1951 Hampshire vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, 9-11 August 1951 Public Schools vs. Combined Services, Lord's, 14-15 August 1951 Warwickshire vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Coventry, 16-18 August 1951 Middlesex vs. Somerset, County Championship, Lord's, 21-22 August 1951 Essex vs. Warwickshire, County Championship, Clacton, 23-25 August 1951 Sussex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Hove, 28 August 1951 An England XI vs. Commonwealth XI, Kingston, 30-31 August 1951 An England XI vs. South Africa, Hastings, 4 September 1951 Gentlemen vs. Players, Scarborough, 6-8 September 1951 T N Pearce's XI vs. South Africa, 10-12 September 1951 Cambridge University vs. Leicestershire, 1-3 May 1952 Kent vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Gillingham, 6-7 May 1952 Surrey vs. India, The Oval, 8-10 May 1952 Middlesex vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Lord's, 13-15 May 1952 Cambridge University vs. India, Cambridge, 16-17 May 1952 Nottinghamshire vs. Essex, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 20 May 1952 Warwickshire vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Edgbaston, 21 May 1952 Oxford University vs. India, Oxford, 22-24 May 1952 Yorkshire vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Sheffield, 27 May 1952 Leicestershire vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Leicester, 28 May 1952 Northamptonshire vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Northampton, 30-31 May 1952 Yorkshire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Headingly, 3-4 June 1952 Essex vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Romford, 5-7 June 1952 Middlesex vs. Kent, County Championship, Lord's, 10-11 June 1952 Warwickshire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Edgbaston, 12-13 June 1952 Middlesex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Lord's, 17-18 June 1952 Nottinghamshire vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 19-21 June 1952 Sussex vs. Oxford University, Worthing, 25 June 1952 Surrey vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Guildford, 26-27 June 1952 Eton vs. Winchester, Eton, 28-30 June 1952 Somerset vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, Bath, 1-2 July 1952 Glamorgan vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Cardiff, 3-5 July 1952 Surrey vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, The Oval, 8-9 July 1952 Hampshire vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Bournemouth, 10-12 July 1952 Lancashire vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Old Trafford, 15-16 July 1952 Surrey vs. Lancashire, County Championship, The Oval, 17-19 July 1952 Middlesex vs. Surrey, County Championship, Lord's, 22-23 July 1952 Somerset vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Glastonbury, 29-30 July 1952 Gloucestershire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Bristol, 31 July-2 August 1952 Kent vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Canterbury, 5-6 August 1952 Essex vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Southend, 7-9 August 1952 Public Schools vs. Combined Services, Lord’s, 12-13 August 1952 Sussex vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, Eastbourne, 14-16 August 1952 Middlesex vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 19 August 1952 Surrey vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, The Oval, 21-23 August 1952 Warwickshire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Edgbaston, 26-27 August 1952 Surrey vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, The Oval, 28-30 August 1952 Kent vs Yorkshire, County Championship, Canterbury, 1-2 September 1952 An England XI vs. A Commonwealth XI, Kingston, 4-6 September 1952 Gentlemen vs. Players, Scarborough, 8-10 September 1952 T N Pearce’s XI vs. India, Scarborough, 11-13 September 1952 East Molesey vs. Australia, East Molesey, 27 April 1953 Cambridge University vs. Sussex, Cambridge, 30 April 1953 MCC vs. Yorkshire, Lord’s, 5 May 1953 Northamptonshire vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Peterborough, 6 May 1953 (tied match) Yorkshire vs. Australia, Bradford, 7-9 May 1953 Nottinghamshire vs. Kent, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 12-13 May 1953 Middlesex vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 14-16 May 1953 Sussex vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Hove, 19-20 May 1953 Oxford University vs. Australia, Oxford, 21-22 May 1953 Next 6 matches labelled as 1954 but took place during 1953 Surrey vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 23 May 1953 Lancashire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Old Trafford, 25-27 May 1953 Lancashire vs. Australia, Old Trafford, 29-30 May 1953 Middlesex vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 2-3 June 1953 Surrey vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, The Oval, 4-5 June 1953 Middlesex vs. Somerset, County Championship, Lord’s, 6 June 1953 Hampshire vs. Australia, Southampton, 9 June 1953 Surrey vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, The Oval, 10 June 1953 Sussex vs. Warwickshire, County Championship, Horsham, 11-13 June 1953 Sussex vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Horsham, 16 June 1953 Surrey vs Kent, County Championship, The Oval, 17 June 1953 Kent vs Leicestershire, County Championship, Tunbridge Wells, 18-19 June 1953 Middlesex vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 20 June 1953 Yorkshire vs. Australia, Sheffield, 23-24 June 1953 Glamorgan vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Newport, 25-27 June 1953 Somerset vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, Frome, 30 June-1 July 1953 Middlesex vs. Essex, County Championship, Lord’s, 2-4 July 1953 Surrey vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, The Oval, 7-8 July 1953 Sussex vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Worthing, 9-10 July 1953 Eton vs. Harrow, Lord’s, 11-13 July 1953 Kent vs. Surrey, County Championship, Blackheath, 14 July 1953 Essex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Colchester, 15 July 1953 Kent vs. Warwickshire, County Championship, Maidstone, 16-17 July 1953 Surrey vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 18 July 1953 Middlesex vs. Australia, Lord’s, 21-22 July 1953 Sussex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Hastings, 23-25 July 1953 Warwickshire vs. Essex, County Championship, Edgbaston, 28-29 July 1953 Surrey vs. Australia, The Oval, 30-31 July 1953 Sussex vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Hove, 4-5 August 1953 Surrey vs. Hampshire, County Championship, The Oval, 6-8 August 1953 Worcestershire vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Worcester, 11-12 August 1953 Leicestershire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Loughborough, 13-15 August 1953 Gloucestershire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Cheltenham, 18 August 1953 Middlesex vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Lord’s, 20-21 August 1953 Surrey vs. Middlesex, County Championship, The Oval, 24-25 August 1953 Surrey vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, The Oval, 27-29 August 1953 Middlesex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Lord’s, 1-2 September 1953 Sussex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Hove, 3-5 September 1953 Gentlemen vs. Players, Scarborough, 7-9 September 1953 T N Pearce’s XI vs. Australia, Scarborough, 10-12 September 1953 Cambridge University vs. Warwickshire, Cambridge, 29 April-1 May 1954 Pakistan vs. Indian Gymkhana CC, Osterley, 5 May 1954 MCC vs. Surrey, Lord’s, 7-8 May 1954 Northampton vs. Sussex, County Championship, Northampton, 11-12 May 1954 Cambridge University vs. Pakistan, Cambridge, 13-15 May 1954 Yorkshire vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Bradford, 18 May 1954 Leicestershire vs. Pakistan, Leicester, 19 May 1954 Oxford University vs. Pakistan, Oxford, 20-22 May 1954 Kent vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, Gillingham, 25-26 May 1954 Somerset vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, Taunton, 27-29 May 1954 Surrey vs. Kent, County Championship, The Oval, 1-2 June 1954 Warwickshire vs. Essex, County Championship, Edgbaston, 3-5 June 1954 Kent vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Beckenham, 10-11 June 1954 Sussex vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, Worthing, 15 June 1954 Middlesex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 22-23 June 1954 Kent vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Tunbridge Wells, 24-25 June 1954 Nottinghamshire vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 29-30 June 1954 MCC vs. Oxford University, Lord’s, 1-2 July 1954 Oxford University vs. Cambridge University, Lord’s, 5, 7 July 1954 Surrey vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, The Oval, 8-10 July 1954 Yorkshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Sheffield, 12-14 July 1954 Derbyshire vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Burton-on-Trent, 15-17 July 1954 Middlesex vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 20-21 July 1954 Middlesex vs. Glamorgan, County Championship, Lord’s, 22-23 July 1954 Hampstead CC vs. Canada, Hampstead, 24 July 1954 Surrey vs. Essex, County Championship, The Oval, 29-31 July 1954 Kent vs. Hampshire, County Championship, The Oval, 3-4 August 1954 Sussex vs Yorkshire, County Championship, Hove, 5-6 August 1954 Surrey vs. Middlesex, County Championship, The Oval, 11 August 1954 Gloucestershire vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Cheltenham, 12-13 August 1954 Yorkshire vs Middlesex, County Championship, Headingly, 17 August 1954 Gloucestershire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Cheltenham, 18 August 1954 Canada vs. Pakistan, Lord’s, 19-20 August 1954 Kent vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Dover, 25 August 1954 Surrey vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 27-28 August 1954 Middlesex vs. Pakistan, Lord’s, 31 August-1 September 1954 An England XI vs. Commonwealth XI, Hastings, 2-3 September 1954 Gentlemen vs. Players, Scarborough, 6-8 September 1954 T N Pearce’s XI vs. Pakistan, Scarborough, 9-10 September 1954 Cambridge University vs. Surrey, Cambridge, 3-4 May 1955 MCC vs. Surrey, Lord’s, 5-7 May 1955 Yorkshire vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Bradford, 10 May 1955 Nottinghamshire vs. Sussex, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 11 May 1955 Derbyshire vs. South Africa, Derby, 12-13 May 1955 Kent vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, Gravesend, 17 May 1955 Glamorgan vs. Sussex, County Championship, Cardiff, 19-21 May 1955 Leicestershire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Leicester, 24-25 May 1955 Oxford University vs. South Africa, Oxford, 26-27 May 1955 Lancashire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Old Trafford, 31 May 1955 Nottinghamshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Trent Bridge, 1 June 1955 Northamptonshire vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Peterborough, 2-4 June 1955 Surrey vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, The Oval, 9-10 June 1955 Hampshire vs. Essex, County Championship, Southampton, 11-12 June 1955 Middlesex vs. Kent, County Championship, Lord’s, 13 June 1955 Middlesex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Lord’s, 14 June 1955 Oxford University vs. Worcestershire, Oxford, 15 June 1955 Worcestershire vs. Sussex, County Championship, Dudley, 16-18 June 1955 Yorkshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Headingly, 20-22 June 1955 Essex vs. Warwickshire, County Championship, Westcliff, 23-25 June 1955 Somerset vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, Bath, 28-29 June 1955 Hampshire vs Yorkshire, County Championship, Bournemouth, 30 June-1 July 1955 MCC vs. Cambridge University, Lord’s, 2 July 1955 Northamptonshire vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Kettering, 5-6 July 1955 Eton vs. Harrow, Lord’s, 9-11 June 1955 Yorkshire vs. Sussex, County Championship, Sheffield, 12-13 July 1955 Surrey vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, The Oval, 14 July 1955 Middlesex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Lord’s, 19-20 July 1955 Leicestershire vs. Hampshire, County Championship, Leicester, 21-23 July 1955 Warwickshire vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Edgbaston, 26 July 1955 Gloucestershire vs. Sussex, County Championship, Bristol, 27 July 1955 Rugby vs. Marlborough, Lord’s, 28-29 July 1955 Warwickshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Coventry, 30 July 1955 Surrey vs. Nottinghamshire, County Championship, The Oval, 2 August 1955 Sussex vs. Middlesex, County Championship, Hove, 3 August 1955 Kent vs. Gloucestershire, County Championship, Canterbury, 4-6 August 1955 Surrey vs. Middlesex, County Championship, The Oval, 9-10 August 1955 Hampshire vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Portsmouth, 11-13 August 1955 Gloucestershire vs. Surrey, County Championship, Cheltenham, 16 August 1955 Sussex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Hove, 18-20 August 1955 Middlesex vs. Surrey, County Championship, Lord’s, 23-24 August 1955 Surrey vs. Sussex, County Championship, The Oval, 25-27 August 1955 Hampshire vs. Surrey, County Championship, The Oval, 30-31 August 1955 An England XI vs. South Africa, Hastings, 1-3 September 1955 Surrey II vs. Northumberland, Minor Counties, The Oval, 6-7 September 1955 T N Pearce’s XI vs. South Africa, Scarborough, 8-10 September 1955 The scrapbook also contains articles on the athletic track and field match between Princeton, Cornell, Oxford and Cambridge Universities at White City Stadium in London in July 1950, articles on the South African tour of England in 1951, articles on the release of the film 'Elusive Victory' covering the MCC tour of Australia in 1950-1951, batting and bowling averages for the 1951 season, articles on the MCC tour of India in 1951-1952, averages for the 1952 season, articles on the Pakistan tour of England 1954, articles on the South Africa tour of England in 1955.

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