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1975: West Indies beat Australia to win the first Men's World Cup

1975: West Indies beat Australia to win the first Men's World Cup

From the first One-Day International to the first men’s Cricket World Cup was but a short step. Domestic limited overs cricket had begun with the Gillette Cup in England in 1963, but the first ODI took place eight years later in Melbourne; a last-minute replacement for a was...

1788: MCC issues a Code of Laws for Cricket

1788: MCC issues a Code of Laws for Cricket

The first generally accepted code of Laws for cricket was issued in 1744. Prior to that, rules were generally agreed by the participants in advance of a given match, such as those agreed by the Duke of Richmond and Mr Brodrick in 1727. Neither these, nor the later Laws, offe...

1952: Vinoo Mankad scores 184 and takes 5-196 for India against England

1952: Vinoo Mankad scores 184 and takes 5-196 for India against England

India arrived at Lord’s for the second Test of their 1952 series in something approaching a state of shock. England had inflicted a crushing defeat on them at Headingley, reducing them to 0 for 4 at the start of their second innings, but at Lord’s India were boosted by the r...

1864: W.G. Grace plays at Lord's for the first time

1864: W.G. Grace plays at Lord's for the first time

It would be easy to see the year 1864 as the starting point for modern cricket. MCC legalised over-arm bowling, the first edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack appeared and a young William Gilbert Grace, just three days beyond his 16 th birthday, made his first appearanc...

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...