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J.H. Hampshire 107 v West Indies

J.H. Hampshire - J.H. Hampshire 107 v West Indies

John Hampshire’s brief Test career got off to a flying start with a debut hundred at Lord’s against West Indies. Hampshire was one of three Yorkshire cricketers to make centuries in the match, along with Geoff Boycott and Ray Illingworth. A fourth, Phil Sharpe, came close wi...

R. Illingworth 113 v West Indies

R. Illingworth - R. Illingworth 113 v West Indies

Ray Illingworth is best remembered for his victorious captaincy of England on their tour of Australia in 1970-71. He had been in and out of the England side as an off-spinning all-rounder for eleven years when he left his native Yorkshire to become Leicestershire captain in ...

G. Boycott 106 v West Indies

G. Boycott - G. Boycott 106 v West Indies

Geoff Boycott’s 18-year Test career provided as many talking points as successes. In 1967 he was dropped for batting too slowly after making 246* against India at Headingley, in a match England won by 6 wickets. Ten years later he returned to the England side after a three-y...

G. Boycott 121* v Pakistan

G. Boycott - G. Boycott 121* v Pakistan

In a match that was unfortunately decimated by poor weather, Geoff Boycott scored his second century at Lord’s in the second Test against Pakistan in 1971, to follow the hundred he scored against the West Indies at the Home of Cricket two years previous. After England had wo...

K.W.R. Fletcher 178 v New Zealand

K.W.R. Fletcher - K.W.R. Fletcher 178 v New Zealand

England could have been facing defeat to the New Zealanders at Lord’s in 1973 had it not been for an obdurate 178 from Keith Fletcher. Fletcher batted for a six and a quarter hours, hitting 21 fours and two sixes in an innings that helped defy New Zealand, as he batted out f...

D.L. Amiss 188 v India

D.L. Amiss - D.L. Amiss 188 v India

As England piled up their highest total at Lord’s, Dennis Amiss scored 188 of their 629 runs against India in 1974 as the hosts romped to victory in this one-sided affair at the Home of Cricket. Amiss put on a mammoth 221 with John Edrich, which was the highest partnership f...

A.W. Greig 106 v India

A.W. Greig - A.W. Greig 106 v India

Tony Greig was the third centurion in England’s huge total against India at Lord’s 1974, which propelled them a huge victory by an innings and 285 runs. The innings had already almost reached damage limitation proportions for India when Greig reached the crease. Centuries fr...

M.H. Denness 118 v India

M.H. Denness - M.H. Denness 118 v India

A first Test century for the skipper, Mike Denness hit 118 against India at Lord’s in 1974, in one of only two Tests he played at the Home of Cricket, which both came that summer. England were already in a suitably strong position when Denness strode out to the crease at 337...

J.H. Edrich 175 v Australia

J.H. Edrich - J.H. Edrich 175 v Australia

John Edrich’s final Test century of his 77 match career came in the Ashes Test of 1975, as he struck 175 against Australia at Lord’s. Edrich made his seventh hundred against Australia, a number only exceeded at the time by the likes of Sir Jack Hobbs, Wally Hammond and Herbe...

R.A. Woolmer 120 v Australia

R.A. Woolmer - R.A. Woolmer 120 v Australia

As England regained The Ashes for the first time since 1972, it was the first Test at Lord’s that set the tone for the 3-0 series victory in 1977, despite England unable to eventually force a win against Australia. However, Bob Woolmer’s century, his only entry on the Honour...