595:, which led to the cancellation of England's tour of South Africa. He praised D'Oliveria for the great dignity that he had maintained throughout the affair. He was elected a trustee of the MCC in 1971, a position he held until his appointment as a life vice-president in 1983. In addition to his administrative roles within the MCC over a sixty-year period, Aird was also an administrator in
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as MCC secretary in the same year. He also played first-class cricket for the MCC from 1927 to 1939, making fifteen appearances and scoring 520 runs at an average of exactly 26. His administrative duties with the MCC had the effect of greatly reducing his appearances for
Hampshire, so much so that
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after the 1926 season he never made more than seven appearances for the county in a given season. Aird maintained his role as assistant secretary in 1936, when
Findlay was succeeded as secretary by
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in 1920, making over 100 appearances for the county in which he scored over 3,600 runs. After also playing first-class cricket for
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771:"First-Class Batting and Fielding in Each Season by Ronnie Aird"
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489:(MCC) when he was appointed assistant secretary in 1926, with
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1048:Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
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1098:Recipients of the Military Cross
842:. 20 October 1939. p. 7102.
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618:, winning the silver
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139:Cambridge University
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646:References
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575:The Ashes
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