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Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings written and compiled by Michael Melford. The scrapbook contains reports from the following matches: Northamptonshire vs. Glamorgan, Gillette Cup, Northampton, 1 May 1966 Oxford University vs. West Indies, Oxford, 8 May 1966 MCC vs. West Indies, Lord's, 15 May 1966 England vs. West Indies, Old Trafford, 5 June 1966 Surrey vs. Kent, County Championship, The Oval, 12 June 1966 England vs. West Indies, Lord's, 19 June 1966 England vs. West Indies, Trent Bridge, 3 July 1966 Oxford University vs. Cambridge University, Lord's, 10 July 1966 Kent vs. Northamptonshire, County Championship, Maidstone, 17 July 1966 Essex vs. Lancashire, County Championship, Colchester, 24 July 1966 Warwickshire vs. Worcestershire, County Championship, Edgbaston, 31 July 1966 England vs. West Indies, Headingley, 7 August 1966 England vs. West Indies, The Oval, 21 August 1966 Surrey vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, The Oval, 28 August 1966 Warwickshire vs. Worcestershire, Gillette Cup Final, Lord's, 4 September 1966 England XI vs. Rest of the World XI, Lord's, 11 September 1966 South Africa vs. Australia, Cape Town, 1 January 1967 Border vs. Australia, East London, 8 January 1967 Orange Free State vs. Australia, Bloemfontein, 15 January 1967 South Africa vs. Australia, Durban, 22 January 1967 South Africa vs. Australia, Johannesburg, 5 February 1967 South Africa vs. Australia, Port Elizabeth, 26 February 1967 Worcestershire vs. Sussex, Gillette Cup, Worcester, 30 April 1967 Middlesex vs. Derbyshire, County Championship, Lord's, 7 May 1967 Warwickshire vs. Somerset, Gillette Cup, Edgbaston, 14 May 1967 MCC vs. India, Lord's, 21 May 1967 Middlesex vs. Yorkshire, County Championship, Lord's, 4 June 1967 England vs. India, Headingley, Lord's, 11 June 1967 Northamptonshire vs. Warwickshire, Northampton, 18 June 1967 England vs. India, Lord's, 25 June 1967 Kent vs. Pakistan, Canterbury, 2 July 1967 Oxford University vs. Cambridge University, Lord's, 9 July 1967 England vs. India, Edgbaston, 16 July 1967 England vs. Pakistan, Lord's, 30 July 1967 Kent vs. Leicestershire, County Championship, Canterbury, 6 August 1967 England vs. Pakistan, Trent Bridge, 13 August 1967 England vs. Pakistan, The Oval, 27 August 1967 The scrapbook also contains articles relating to the West Indies tour of England in 1966, articles on C C Griffith's bowling action during the England vs. West Indies Test series, articles by Melford on suggested changes to county cricket including proposals for four-day matches and comments on the report of the Clark Committee, articles on golfer Gary Player's victory in the South African Open Golf Championship, article by Melford on the state of pitches in county cricket, articles on the Australian tour of South Africa in 1966-1967, articles on the MCC tour of South Africa in 1968-1969 and the Indian tour of England in 1967, articles on whether D B Close should remain as England captain (for the MCC tour of West Indies in 1967-1968) following an incident in the Yorkshire vs. Warwickshire match where Close was accused of deliberately time-wasting.

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