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World Cup Finals Part 1: The Prudential Cup Era

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...

1922: Memorial Gates erected in memory of W.G. Grace

1922: Memorial Gates erected in memory of W.G. Grace

When the great cricketer WG Grace died in 1915 it was inevitable that MCC would wish to commemorate his remarkable life and long association with the Club. Grace’s rise to prominence fifty years earlier had ushered in cricket’s golden age and helped to cement Lord’s position...

MCC partners with Hawes & Curtis creating exclusive Lord’s fashion collections

MCC partners with Hawes & Curtis creating exclusive Lord’s fashion collections

MCC has today announced a new partnership with renowned fashion brand Hawes & Curtis. The collaboration of the prestigious tailor with MCC, owners of Lord’s Cricket Ground, is a natural fit with both brands proudly boasting more than 100 years of heritage and authenticity. ...

2004: Surrey beat Middlesex in the first T20 match at Lord's

2004: Surrey beat Middlesex in the first T20 match at Lord's

By the turn of the millennium there was a growing feeling that county cricket was stagnating. The existing one-day competitions no longer seemed to possess the sense of occasion they once had, and a new kind of sports audience was thought to be developing, one accustomed to ...

Latest Exhibitions from Lord's

Latest Exhibitions from Lord's

Exhibitions Evolution of Women’s Cricket This major new exhibition is the first of its kind in the UK, examining the surprising and often overlooked history of women’s cricket. The result of three years’ research following MCC’s acquisition of the Women’s Cricket Association...

1968: The new Tavern Stand is completed

1968: The new Tavern Stand is completed

Thomas Lord knew when he opened his first cricket ground in 1787 that there were two main facilities – apart from the cricket - he needed to offer: a pavilion and a pub. They were the first two buildings on the Ground and the absence of a public house was one of the main rea...

1864: W.G. Grace plays at Lord's for the first time

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...

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926 - 2022

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, 1926 - 2022

it was with great sadness that marylebone cricket club received the sombre news of the death of her majesty queen elizabeth ii. I have written today to Buckingham Palace to ask that our deepest sympathy and condolences be conveyed to His Majesty The King and other members of...

Everyday heroes to ring the five-minute bell as MCC honour outstanding contributions

Everyday heroes to ring the five-minute bell as MCC honour outstanding contributions

MCC is proud to announce that during the first LV= Insurance Test Match between E ngland and New Zealand at Lord’s this week, it will be showing its appreciation of key workers and volunteers by asking them to ring the five-minute bell to signify the imminent start of play. ...

MCC Foundation host National Hubs Finals at Lord’s

MCC Foundation host National Hubs Finals at Lord’s

MCC Foundation hosted the grand final of its inaugural National Hub competition at Lord’s Cricket Ground yesterday. The event marked the conclusion of a 20-week long competition that has seen boys and girls aged 15 and under from 64 sites across the country competing against...