T.G. Southee - T.G. Southee 6-43 v England

Tim Southee sealed his second spot on the Lord’s Honours Boards with a five-wicket haul against England on the fourth day of the 2021 Test between the hosts and New Zealand. Southee, who took ten wickets in the 2013 Test between the sides at Lord’s, claimed England debutant ...

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A.R. Morris - A.R. Morris 105 v England

Left-handed opening batter Arthur Morris emerged as something of a prodigy in the early 1940s, becoming the first man to score hundreds in both innings of his First Class debut when he was just 18. The War robbed him of some of his formative years in the sport, but he earned...

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MCC celebrates The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee with special ‘70’ tribute on the Lord’s pitch

Over 150 local school children joined MCC staff, Members and representatives from the local community in Westminster to pay a special tribute to The Queen on the pitch at Lord’s and help celebrate Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. The children from Gateway Academy who take par...

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World Cup Finals Part 1: The Prudential Cup Era

With the 2019 Cricket World Cup final at Lord's fast approaching, MCC Archivist Rob Curphey looks back at previous World Cups finals. The first World Cup final was held at Lord’s on 21 June 1975, the climax of a tournament which took place in England over two weeks in June 1...

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H. Verity - H. Verity 15-104 v Australia

No mention of Hedley Verity’s Test career would be complete without discussing his greatest triumph; taking 15-104 against Australia at Lord’s in 1934. He took 14 wickets for 80 on the final day, 6 of which in the final hour, to secure England’s only win against Australia at...

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Start of play; cessation of play

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The Ashes

The term 'Ashes' was first used after England lost to Australia - for the first time on home soil - at The Oval on 29th August 1882. A day later, the Sporting Times carried a mock obituary of English cricket which concluded that: "The body will be cremated and the ashes take...

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Preamble to the Laws: Spirit of Cricket

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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...

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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...

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