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1914: Lord's is used by the War Office for the accommodation of troops

1914: Lord's is used by the War Office for the accommodation of troops

The outbreak of the Great War in 1914 brought to an end cricket’s ‘golden age’, a period lasting a quarter of a century during which the game established itself beyond question as England’s pre-eminent sport. The spread of county cricket had made the game truly national, and...

1998: The Women's Ashes are created in a ceremony in the Harris Garden

1998: The Women's Ashes are created in a ceremony in the Harris Garden

The women’s Ashes, created in 1998, is a hollow wooden ball, containing the ashes of a miniature bat signed by both the Australian and England teams and those of a copy of the Women's Cricket Association rules and constitution, burnt in a ceremony at Lord's. The ceremony was...

2001: Richie Benaud delivers the first MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

2001: Richie Benaud delivers the first MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

Cricket’s rise as a popular sport in the 18 th century left little room for the spirit of the game. It was a vehicle for serious gambling and match-fixing, with intimidation and outright cheating far from unknown. But by the beginning of the 19 th century this was beginnin...

2016: Pakistan's Misbal-ul-Haq scores a maiden Lord's century aged 42

2016: Pakistan's Misbal-ul-Haq scores a maiden Lord's century aged 42

The reaction of most batsmen to reaching a Test Match century is usually quite predictable. A handshake with their batting partner, a raising of the bat to acknowledge the applause of the crowd and his teammates. When Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq reached his tenth Test hun...

1987: Four players make centuries in MCC's bicentenary Test

1987: Four players make centuries in MCC's bicentenary Test

When the teams were announced for MCC’s Bicentenary match in August 1987, it was clear that this was a game the top names in cricket wanted to play in. Almost all the greats were present and a capacity crowd there to see it, with the newly-opened Mound Stand resplendent in t...

1928: Learie Constantine scores 103 and takes 7-57 for West Indies against Middlesex

1928: Learie Constantine scores 103 and takes 7-57 for West Indies against Middlesex

Cricket has boasted few more remarkable life stories than that of Learie Constantine. Born into a cricketing family in Trinidad, he quickly made a name on the island as a genuinely fast bowler, hard-hitting batsman and outstanding cover fielder. After two successful tours of...

1805: The first Eton v Harrow match takes place at Lord's

1805: The first Eton v Harrow match takes place at Lord's

The annual Eton v Harrow match is the longest-running regular fixture at Lord’s. The first match, in 1805, arose out of a challenge issued by the Harrow boys on 20 June 1805. It was four months and one day before the Battle of Trafalgar: “The gentlemen of Harrow School requ...

1938: Wally Hammond scores 240 for England against Australia

1938: Wally Hammond scores 240 for England against Australia

In almost any other age, Walter Hammond would have been acknowledged as the greatest batsman of his generation. Nothing seemed more certain than that he would dominate cricket for a decade after he scored 905 Test runs at an average of 113.12 on England’s 1928-29 tour of Aus...

2012: Lord's hosts the Olympic Archery tournament

2012: Lord's hosts the Olympic Archery tournament

Cricket has only featured once in the Olympics - at Paris in 1900 when the amateur team Dorset Wanderers defeated a Parisian XI in a one-off match. But cricket grounds themselves do have a closer involvement with Olympic history. Most notably, the Melbourne Cricket Ground se...

1982: Pakistan beat England to claim their first Lord's Test victory

1982: Pakistan beat England to claim their first Lord's Test victory

Most new Test playing nations have to wait some time before they can claim a win away from home against more experienced opposition. This wasn’t true of Pakistan. On their very first tour of England in 1954 they forced a dramatic win in a low-scoring match at the Oval to dra...