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1930: Donald Bradman scores 254 for Australia against England

1930: Donald Bradman scores 254 for Australia against England

When Don Bradman arrived on English shores for the first time in 1930 many pundits thought his technique would not cope with English wickets. By the end of that summer, how to get Bradman out was the most pressing problem in English cricket. The 254 he made on his first Test...

L. Hutton 150 v India

L. Hutton - L. Hutton 150 v India

Len Hutton was not quite 18 when he made his debut for Yorkshire and quickly established himself at the top of the batting order. He made his Test debut for England just three days after his 21 st birthday (when he had shared an opening stand of 315 with Herbert Sutcliffe a...

MCC Launches New Schools’ Initiative as World Cup Trophy Visits Lord’s

MCC Launches New Schools’ Initiative as World Cup Trophy Visits Lord’s

MCC today launched their Westminster state secondary school league at the Home of Cricket as the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Trophy visited Lord’s Cricket Ground. To mark the occasion, MCC invited local secondary schools to Lord’s to compete in the new secondary school leagu...

MCC World Cricket committee statement: “Game is at a crossroads with intervention required”

MCC World Cricket committee statement: “Game is at a crossroads with intervention required”

The MCC World Cricket committee (WCC), who recently met in Dubai, unanimously concluded that the game has reached an important crossroads, recommending urgent intervention from the game’s leaders to ensure international and franchise cricket can thrive together harmoniously. ...

M.P. Vaughan 101* v West Indies

M.P. Vaughan - M.P. Vaughan 101* v West Indies

Michael Vaughan’s second century during the same Test match guided England to victory over West Indies at Lord’s in the summer of 2004. Having already scored 103 in the first innings, Vaughan was determined to lead from the front, joining George Headley and Graham Gooch as t...

G.C. Smith 259 v England

G.C. Smith - G.C. Smith 259 v England

Graeme Smith hit the highest Test score by an individual player from overseas at Lord's, during the summer of 2003.  The South African opener beat Sir Donald Bradman's 73-year record of 254, during day three of the Test versus England after his side had dismissed the hosts f...

D.C. Boon 164* v England

D.C. Boon - D.C. Boon 164* v England

David Boon got his name up on the Lord’s honours boards by scoring a sublime 164* in the 2 nd Test of 1993 Ashes series. Australia had won the first match at Manchester were Boon had missed out on a century getting out on 93 in their second innings. Allan Border won the tos...

MCC back in the community

MCC back in the community

Some of MCC’s community projects were put on hiatus last year, but now MCC’s Community Development team are back delivering a busy winter programme running a variety of initiatives for the local area, for schoolchildren from primary and secondary schools to  older people look...

Barclays Media Centre

Barclays Media Centre

Since opening in 1999, the Barclays Media Centre has become one of the most iconic and recognisable buildings within sport. Its unique design won eight architectural awards, including the RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture – when it became the first sporting building to win...

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...