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1827: The first Oxford v Cambridge match takes place at Lord's

1827: The first Oxford v Cambridge match takes place at Lord's

The BBC comedy Blackadder Goes Forth famously referred to the three great English universities: Oxford, Cambridge and Hull. Two of those notable seats of learning compete in one of the oldest regular fixtures at Lord’s. The history of cricket in Cambridge and Oxford dates ...

1963: Colin Cowdrey bats with a broken arm for England against West Indies

1963: Colin Cowdrey bats with a broken arm for England against West Indies

1963 was an exciting year for cricket. The Gillette Cup brought new vitality to the county game and the West Indies were on tour, led for the first time in England by a black captain - Frank Worrell. Worrell’s first tour in the job, to Australia in 1960-61, had produced cric...

1926: The Father Time weathervane is gifted to MCC

1926: The Father Time weathervane is gifted to MCC

Even among MCC’s most senior Members, few can claim to have seen more than 100 Test Matches at Lord’s. But one familiar face on the Ground has done just that. He first watched England beat West Indies by an innings and 58 runs in June 1928. He was at Lord’s for Don Bradman’s...

2006: Claire Taylor scores 156 not out for England against India

2006: Claire Taylor scores 156 not out for England against India

Claire Taylor’s first One-Day International appearance at Lord’s in 2001 saw her top score with 50 not out against Australia. The 156 not out she made against India in her next innings at the Ground remains the highest ODI score ever made at the Home of Cricket by a batsman ...

1987: The new Mound Stand is completed

1987: The new Mound Stand is completed

After an almost 20 year gap following the construction of the Tavern Stand in the 1960s, MCC looked to celebrate its Bicentenary in 1987 with its most ambitious building project yet. The original Mound Stand had been built on the site of the old tennis court in 1899 and was ...

1878: The Australians bowl out MCC twice in one day

1878: The Australians bowl out MCC twice in one day

Ten years after the Aboriginal tour of 1868, a full representative side at last set out from Australia to tour Britain. The Aboriginals had been viewed as a curiosity, their appearances entertainments rather than serious sporting contests. Few expected the 1878 side to be mu...

1937: Patsy Hendren appears in a first-class match at Lord's for the last time

1937: Patsy Hendren appears in a first-class match at Lord's for the last time

One of the game’s most prolific run-scorers whose swift footwork made him particularly adept against spin, ‘Patsy’ Hendren is a true legend of Lord’s. Third on the all-time list for first-class runs worldwide and behind only Jack Hobbs in number of centuries, Hendren amassed...

1972: Troon win the first Village Cup Final

1972: Troon win the first Village Cup Final

Surely every active cricketer dreams of playing at least once in their lives at Lord’s. It is a dream that few can realise, but since 1972 thousands of cricketers across the country begin their season with a genuine hope that this might be their year. The Village Cup was the...

1929: Middlesex's Gubby Allen takes all ten wickets in an innings

1929: Middlesex's Gubby Allen takes all ten wickets in an innings

On the morning of 15 June 1929, fast bowling all-rounder George Oswald “Gubby” Allen was due to play at Lord’s for Middlesex against reigning champions Lancashire. He was late. After leaving university, Allen had taken a job in the City of London and played cricket on a stri...

1963: The first Gillette Cup Final is held at Lord's

1963: The first Gillette Cup Final is held at Lord's

By the start of the 1960s the post-war boom in county cricket was long over. Although the 1950s had seen an England team dominant in Test Matches, at domestic level the game was increasingly seen as stagnant, over cautious and lacking in entertainment value. The competing le...