MCC REBUKED FOR TRAMPLING HISTORY

THE 212 members who forced a special general meeting of the MCC in a bid to reinstate the controversially axed Eton v Harrow and Oxford v Cambridge matches at Lord’s have written to other members to outline their position and request their support ahead of the summit later this month. The letter states that the MCC’s decision ‘trampled over the history and traditions of Lord’s’ and adds, ‘by failing to consult and engage with members beforehand, it was also arbitrary, undemocratic and hence disrespectful to all members’.

There is also mention of colostomy-gate, which saw chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown disciplined when he was caught on microphone at an annual meeting joking about members having to empty their colostomy bags during a break. ‘This disrespect was further to be seen in the attitude of the club’s chairman towards older members, with his comment about colostomy bags at this year’s AGM,’ the letter states.