Innings

1884: England beat Australia in the first Lord's Test

The first Test Match to be held at Lord’s was the fourth to take place in England. The Oval got there first, hosting one-off matches in 1880 and 1882. In 1884, for the first time in England, a three-match series was scheduled between the teams and after the opening match at ...

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 ...

World Cricket Connects

Lord's Dining Club

Next Chefs Gallery Ollie Dabbous, Co-founder and Executive Chef of Hide hosts the fourth and final event for 2020 on Wednesday 25 November. Chef Patron Dabbous opened Hide in 2018 to great critical acclaim and was awarded a Michelin star within just six months. This followed...

2018: Alastair Cook plays his 26th Lord's Test

Sir Alastair Cook’s 26 Test Matches at Lord’s are a record at the Home of Cricket and the second highest total for a player’s appearances on a single ground in all Test cricket. Only Mahela Jayawardene’s 27 outings at the Sinhalese Sports Club ground in Colombo, Sri Lanka ra...

Sustainability

Reports Batting for a Better Future is MCC’s sustainability-focused campaign. It aims to promote and highlight the Club’s uniquely independent position in cricket so that we can do our part to address the challenges that climate change poses. The British Association for Sus...

R.A. Smith - R.A. Smith 148* v West Indies

This was one of two occasions that Robin Smith would appear on the Lord’s Honours Board, with the second occurrence later in the same summer, however this unbeaten 148 against the West Indies in 1991, batting at number six, must go down as one of his greatest innings. After ...

R.C. Russell - R.C. Russell 124 v India

Jack Russell was often best remembered for his outstanding wicketkeeping, but one of his two Test centuries came in the second Test Match against India at Lord’s in 1996, a match that was eventually drawn. Russell had fell only six runs short of earning a place on the covete...