Cricket score cards, publications and newspaper cuttings

Scope and Content

Various printed scorecards, some carrying manuscript annotations, including England versus Australia; England versus India; England versus New Zealand; England versus South Africa; and Oxford versus Cambridge. Also includes 1948 Australian Tour programme [Donald Bradman's farewell series] and various miscellaneous newspaper cuttings relating to cricket.

Access Information

Open, access to all registered researchers.

Acquisition Information

Purchased January 2017 from Dominic Winter Auctioneers, 'Children's and Illustrated Books' auction held on 15 December 2016

Other Finding Aids

Please see full catalogue for more information.

Archivist's Note

Description prepared by Mark Eccleston, February 2017, in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

Conditions Governing Use

Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Director of Special Collections (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk). Identification of copyright holders of unpublished material is often difficult. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material