John Arlott. Middlesex v Gloucestershire, 2nd-4th May 1973. Original three page typed manuscript written by Arlott for an article for The Guardian newspaper. Writing at the close of play on the opening match of the 1973 County Championship season, Arlott describes how 'The perennial uncertainty of Maytime form produced an interestingly uneven pattern of play at Lord's yesterday. Gloucestershire, in a couple of bursts of enterprise, hauled themselves from the brink of collapse to an upright position'. Sold with a official match scorecard for the match annotated in hand by Arlott. VG - searchfix