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Mervyn King to become next President of MCC

Mervyn King to become next President of MCC

Mervyn King has been named as the next President of MCC. He will serve a 12-month term as President, taking up the post on 1 October 2024. His appointment was announced by the current President, Mark Nicholas, at the Club’s Annual General Meeting held today. Lord King of Lo...

Ed Joyce to ring the five-minute bell on Day 1

Ed Joyce to ring the five-minute bell on Day 1

Ed Joyce will ring the bell to signal five minutes before the start of play on Day One of the historic England v Ireland Specsavers Test match at Lord’s on Wednesday. Born in Dublin to a cricketing family (two brothers and two sisters also played at the highest level), the...

1998: The new Grand Stand is completed

1998: The new Grand Stand is completed

Like the Pavilion, the current Grand Stand at Lord’s is the third to stand on the site. The first was opened in 1867, its construction funded by a private syndicate of MCC Members from whom the Club bought the stand two years later. The stand was 175ft long by 30ft high, con...

Enid Bakewell to ring five-minute bell at Lord's

Enid Bakewell to ring five-minute bell at Lord's

Enid Bakewell will ring the bell to signal five minutes before the start of play on the opening day of the England v India LV= Insurance Test Match at Lord’s. Regarded as one of England’s great cricketers, and one of the most recognisable names in the women’s game, Bakewell ...

1979: Viv Richards is named Man of the Match in the men's World Cup Final

1979: Viv Richards is named Man of the Match in the men's World Cup Final

Having won the inaugural men’s World Cup tournament in 1975, West Indies went into the second tournament as strong favourites. In the past four years they had established themselves conclusively as the world’s pre-eminent cricket team. Before the days of one-day specialists,...

1890: Thomas Verity's new Pavilion is completed

1890: Thomas Verity's new Pavilion is completed

The Lord’s Pavilion was designed by architect Thomas Verity and built over the winter of 1889-90 at a cost of £21,000. Verity was one of the leading architects of the late Victorian period, renowned in particular for his theatre work, having designed among others the Royalty...

Ed Smith to become next President of MCC

Ed Smith to become next President of MCC

Ed Smith has been named as the next President of MCC. He will serve a 12-month term as President, taking up the post on 1 October 2025. His appointment was announced today by the current President, Lord King of Lothbury, at the Club’s Annual General Meeting held at Lord’s. ...

Mervyn King takes office as MCC President

Mervyn King takes office as MCC President

Mervyn King has today become President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) with 1 October marking the start of his year in office. He was announced as successor to Mark Nicholas at the Club’s Annual General Meeting in May. Lord King is an economist who was Governor of the Bank ...

Lord’s To Turn Red For The Ruth Strauss Foundation

Lord’s To Turn Red For The Ruth Strauss Foundation

On Thursday 15th August, Lord’s will be turning red for day two of the second Specsavers Ashes Test between England and Australia in aid of the Ruth Strauss Foundation. Lord’s Cricket Ground, England and Wales Cricket Board and MCC will be supporting the Ruth Strauss Found...