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1994: South Africa beat England in their first Lord's Test for 29 years

1994: South Africa beat England in their first Lord's Test for 29 years

When South Africa toured England in 1965 there were already signs of their impending expulsion from international sporting competition. The broadcaster John Arlott, a passionate opponent of South Africa’s apartheid laws, refused to commentate on their games, while protesters...

1953: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh opens the Imperial Memorial Gallery now known as the MCC Museum

1953: HRH The Duke of Edinburgh opens the Imperial Memorial Gallery now known as the MCC Museum

The MCC collections are the oldest sporting collection in the world, but for almost a century after their inception, few people beyond the Club’s membership were able to see them. From their beginning in 1864, the Club’s collections were only displayed in the Pavilion at Lor...

MCC v NACC

MCC v NACC

MCC will take on the National Asian Cricket Council (NACC) in two T20 matches at Lord’s on Wednesday 4 May. The National Asian Cricket Council exists to support and promote the interests of the South Asian Cricketing Community at National and Regional levels, whilst developi...

1899: Albert Trott hits a cricket ball over the Lord's Pavilion

1899: Albert Trott hits a cricket ball over the Lord's Pavilion

Since the Pavilion at Lord’s opened in 1890, many of cricket’s biggest hitters have tried to hit the ball over its roof. Only one man has succeeded. Albert Edward Trott struck a ball from Monty Noble clear over the Pavilion roof while batting for MCC against the Australians ...

1999: MCC Women play their first match

1999: MCC Women play their first match

When MCC changed its rules in 1998 to permit women to apply for membership, it didn’t mean an immediate change to the demographics of the Club. With a waiting list usually in excess of two decades in length, it would not be until 2018 that the first women were elected as ful...

2014: Sachin Tendulkar captains MCC to victory in the bicentenary of Lord's match

2014: Sachin Tendulkar captains MCC to victory in the bicentenary of Lord's match

Once more, a great anniversary at Lord’s was celebrated with a festival match between MCC and Rest of the World, featuring the very best players of the current era. It was in fact the third of three special matches scheduled to celebrate two centuries of cricket at the third...

2009: Pakistan wins the Men’s and England wins the Women's World T20 Finals on the same day

2009: Pakistan wins the Men’s and England wins the Women's World T20 Finals on the same day

T20 cricket went from unfamiliar new format to World Cup Final in just four years. The longer limited overs game had taken 12 years to reach the same stage of development. By the time the second men’s tournament was held in England in 2009, T20 matches had become an establis...

1972: Bob Massie takes match figures of 16-137 for Australia

1972: Bob Massie takes match figures of 16-137 for Australia

Perhaps cricket’s greatest ‘one-hit wonder’, Perth-born Bob Massie hadn’t yet played a Test Match for Australia when he was picked for the 1972 tour of England. He made his Test debut at Lord’s having missed out on the first Test at Old Trafford, which England won by 89 runs...

1890: Thomas Verity's new Pavilion is completed

1890: Thomas Verity's new Pavilion is completed

The Lord’s Pavilion was designed by architect Thomas Verity and built over the winter of 1889-90 at a cost of £21,000. Verity was one of the leading architects of the late Victorian period, renowned in particular for his theatre work, having designed among others the Royalty...

1909: The Imperial Cricket Conference, now known as the International Cricket Council, is founded at

1909: The Imperial Cricket Conference, now known as the International Cricket Council, is founded at

ICC, the governing body in world cricket is today the International Cricket Council and has its headquarters in Dubai. But its origins lay in a very different world at the height of the British Empire. It was at the end of South Africa’s first Test tour of England in 1907 th...