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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...

1993: The first of Andrew Festing's Conversation Piece paintings is unveiled

1993: The first of Andrew Festing's Conversation Piece paintings is unveiled

In 1991, MCC’s Curator of Collections Stephen Green presented a paper to the Club’s Arts & Library sub-committee outlining the growth of MCC’s collection of cricket portraits since 1890. The results, he said, had been piecemeal and a number of significant cricketers from rec...

1987: Gordon Greenidge's century for MCC earns him a place on the home honours board

1987: Gordon Greenidge's century for MCC earns him a place on the home honours board

In almost a century and a half of Test cricket at Lord’s, only one man has scored a hundred for both home and away teams and had their name inscribed in the Honours Boards in both dressing rooms. That the man is Gordon Greenidge should perhaps be no great surprise. While Gre...

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...

1950: West Indies win a Lord's Test for the first time

1950: West Indies win a Lord's Test for the first time

Cricket, lovely cricket! At Lord’s where I saw it. Not many cricket matches in history have inspired music, but the 1950 Lord’s Test between England and West Indies was one of them. The famous calypso by Lord Beginner (Egbert Moore) was written in its aftermath, as jubi...

1993: The MCC Foundation is established

1993: The MCC Foundation is established

The MCC Foundation is the Club’s charitable arm and was established in 1993 with the aim of transforming lives through cricket. The Foundation works both in the UK and overseas, offering coaching and facilities to enable young cricketers to access the game and optimise their...

1983: India win the men's World Cup

1983: India win the men's World Cup

If ever there was a match that changed cricket, it took place at Lord’s on 25 June 1983. The third men’s World Cup Final was expected to be a walkover. Holders West Indies were the undisputed masters of World Cricket and had never lost a single World Cup match before the tou...

1998: MCC votes to admit women as Members

1998: MCC votes to admit women as Members

For the first 211 years of its existence, MCC operated as a male only Club. The idea of admitting women as Members was discussed by the Committee in 1967, but it would be another three decades before sufficient support among existing Members could be generated. The catalyst ...

1787: Thomas Lord founds a cricket ground at Dorset Fields

1787: Thomas Lord founds a cricket ground at Dorset Fields

By 1787 the gentlemen of the White Conduit Club were in search of a new home. The club had been a social and sporting success, but their cricket ground, White Conduit Fields in Islington, was near one of the busy turnpikes leading north out of London - easy to get to but a l...

1814: MCC beat Hertfordshire in the first match at this ground

1814: MCC beat Hertfordshire in the first match at this ground

The Marylebone Cricket Club was founded in 1787 by a group of gentlemen seeking a more peaceful and secluded area for their cricket. Thomas Lord’s new Ground at Dorset Fields was popular and successful, but the peace and seclusion didn’t last long. At turn of the 19 th cent...