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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...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

2009: England win their first Lord's Test against Australia in 75 years

2009: England win their first Lord's Test against Australia in 75 years

England’s 2005 Ashes triumph had given English cricket a long-awaited boost, but a 5-0 reverse down under in 2006-07 demonstrated that Australia remained powerful opponents. When Ricky Ponting’s men arrived in England again in 2009 they had every hope of relegating 2005 to d...

1980: Middlesex win the County Championship and Gillette Cup double

1980: Middlesex win the County Championship and Gillette Cup double

Under Mike Brearley’s captaincy, Middlesex became the dominant force in county cricket in both long and short formats, winning the County Championship outright in 1976 and 1980, and sharing the title in 1977. They also won the Gillette Cup in both 1977 and 1980. The team’s s...

1996: Dickie Bird umpires his fifteenth and final Lord's Test

1996: Dickie Bird umpires his fifteenth and final Lord's Test

Harold Dennis “Dickie” Bird umpired in 66 Test Matches over 23 years. His first Test coming at his home ground, Headingley, in 1973 and his last of all at his equally beloved Lord’s, when England played India in 1996. Trusted for his impeccably sound judgement, his calm and ...

1936: A ball strikes a sparrow which is later stuffed and displayed in the MCC Museum

1936: A ball strikes a sparrow which is later stuffed and displayed in the MCC Museum

On 3 July 1936, Indian fast bowler Jahangir Khan was playing for Cambridge against MCC at Lord's. He was bowling to Tom Pearce, who had just played a defensive push when it was noticed that the bails had been dislodged. It was then that a dead sparrow was found beside the st...

1934: Hedley Verity takes 14 wickets in a day for England against Australia

1934: Hedley Verity takes 14 wickets in a day for England against Australia

After two days’ play the omens for an England victory in the 1934 Lord’s Test were not particularly good. They hadn’t beaten Australia in a Test at Lord’s since 1896, and while they had posted a strong first innings total of 440 – Les Ames becoming the first wicket-keeper to...