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Curator [Diana Rait Kerr] and MCC [Billy Griffith, Secretary; Colonel Rait Kerr, Secretary] correspondence relating to gifts to the MCC. Subjects include: Two agreements regarding James Lillywhite's tour to Australia in 1876 donated by Fred Sadler Issue of "The St. Helena 'Wirebird'" and St. Helena Cricket Association wall plaque donated by the association [A A Dalby, Secretary] Photostats of various maps showing Lord's and book "Handlist to the Ashbridge collection on the history and topography of St. Marylebone" donated by St. Marylebone Library [Geoffrey Stephens, Borough Librarian] Book "The merry wives of cricket" donated by the author, Sue Sandford Scorecard of James Thorne's XI vs. Thornbury 30 April 1881 in which E M Grace scored a double century and W G Grace made 196 donated by Lord Sandhurst Museum display case to commemorate the visit of Fares Sarofeem Bey's Egyptian cricket team to England donated by Fares Sarofeem Bey Six volumes of scrapbooks containing pictures of County and Test cricket donated by E J A Schill Cricket 'flip' of W G Grace and Ranjitsinhji returning from the nets donated by Miss Elizabeth E Scott Photograph of Gregor McGregor donated by Sir Charles D Seligman MCC cap and I Zingari belt of General R M Poore donated by The Earl of Selkirk Julius Ceasar staffordshire ware figure donated by Colonel G J Pocklington Stenhouse Book "The history of cricket" donated by the publisher, Shelley, Sevice & Co Ltd Book "Sevenoaks and Vine cricket : 1731-1959" donated by the Sevenoaks Vine Cricket Club "The book of cricket: a gallery of famous players" and "Bat v. ball: the book of individual cricket records 1864-1900" donated by Mrs A E Shaw Army Cricket Club cap of Lieutenant Colonel T W Sheppard donated by his nephew The Reverend David Sheppard Book "A cricketer's notebook" donated by Colonel R D Sherbrooke-Walker Copy of the print "Pensioner's Hall Charterhouse" donated by J E S Simon Framed photograph of Major Warton's Cape Team which played in South Africa 1888-1889 donated by Lieutenant Colonel J E M Skinner Bat of Maitland Hathorn donated by Miss G J Slater Bat with caricatures of 1954 England Team drawn by Tony Rafty donated by Slazenger [Michael MacMaster] Photograph of E J Smith keeping wicket donated by E J Smith Book "The cricketer's guide, or a concise treatise" donated by L J Smith Photographs of the Nairobi Cricket Club pavilion donated by M J K Smith Book "History of the tests: a record of all test cricket matches between England and Australia 1877 to 1946" donated by the author, Sydney Smith Pair of bronze cricket figures donated by E S Snell [Boodles] Book "A history of Leicestershire cricket" donated by the author, E E Snow Books "New Zealand Cricket Council: Annual Report and Balance Sheet, For the Season 1947-48", "Cricket in the Fiji Islands" and photographs of the Fiji team in 1948 donated by P A Snow Bat of G C Macartney donated by F G Souter Photograph of the 1951 South African team in England donated by S Pegler [Manager, South African Cricket Team] Official souvenir brochure of the South African Indian Cricket Union (SAICU) donated by the SAICU South African Cricket Association annual reports for 1965-1966 and 1966-1967 donated by the association Books "Batter's castle: a ramble round the realm of cricket" and "Bowler's turn: a further ramble round the realms of cricket" donated by the publishers, Souvenir Press Ltd Two letters of W G Grace and his answers to a questionnaire sent to him by M H Spielman in connection with an article in the Pall Mall Gazette donated by Spielman's son, Dr Percy E Spielman Books "Henfield cricket and its Sussex cradle" and "Pre-Victorian Sussex cricket" donated by the author, Dr H F Squire "Dr. P. Subbarayan memorial library catalogue of books" donated by S Sriraman Portrait of S F Barnes commissioned and donated by Borough of Stafford [T H Higson, Borough Engineer & Surveyor] Programme of the Hampstead Cricket Club Annual Athletic Meeting 1886 with the score of the record innings of Hampstead vs. Stoics on the back donated by Miss A E Stanjer Book "Gedenkboek iutgegeven ter gelegenheid van het 50-jarig bestaan der Haarlemsche Cricket Club 'Rood en Wit', 1881-1931 [Jubilee-book published on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Haarlem Cricket Club, 'Red and White'] and Free Forresters Cricket Club records donated by Lieutenant Colonel K B Stanley Picture of W G Grace donated by G Steggals Book "The oval is sixty 1896-1956: the Queen's Park cricket club diamond jubilee" and photographs of West Indian cricketers taken in England, India and Australia donated by Jeff B Stollemeyer Book "Kynaston Studd: baronet of Netheravon in the County of Wiltshire of Eton, Cambridge and the Polytechnic London, Lord Mayor of London, 1928-1929" donated by Bernard C Studd I Zingari cap worn by Sir J E Kynaston Studd c1870 donated by Sir Eric Studd Photographs published in the Sunday Times of the three West Indian cricketers Walcott, Worrell and Weekes donated by The Sunday Times [H J Deverson, Picture Editor] Silk reproduction of the final scorecard of the Fifth Test Match 1953 donated by Surrey County Cricket Club Copy of the photograph of the Humphrey handkerchief with a note from Dr Squire donated by Sussex County Cricket Club [Lieutenant Colonel G S Grimston, Secretary] Scoresheet of the cricket match between an All England XI and 33 of Norfolk 1797 donated by M T Sutthery "Knowle cricket club centenary book 1852-1952" donated by Stanley C Sutton Book "Jerks in from short leg" donated by Major F Swaine Book "Report from South Africa: with P.B.H. May's M.C.C. team 1956-7" donated by the author, E W Swanton Photograph of Sir Spencer Ponsonby-Fane taken at his home at Brymton in 1907 donated by Mrs G Sykes

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