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Correspondence, telegrams and newspaper cuttings relating to the MCC tour of Australia, 1932-1933. Subjects include reactions to Bodyline from the Australian Board of Control and [James Henry] Thomas, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, and confirmation that Australia would be sending a team to tour England in 1934, article by P F Warner who expressed the opinion that Bodyline bowling be outlawed, copy of cable from Lloyd Dumas of the Adelaide Advertiser to Sir Alexander Hore-Ruthven, Governor of South Australia, asking Hore-Ruthven to use his influence in maintaining good relations between Australian and English cricket. The file contains a summary of papers included in the collection that were donated to MCC in 1971 by C Legh Winser, private secretary to Sir Alexander Hore Ruthven, later Lord Gowrie.

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