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Lord's turns #RedforRuth on 11 July, to support families facing one of life's toughest tests

Lord's turns #RedforRuth on 11 July, to support families facing one of life's toughest tests

On Thursday 11 July, the cricketing world will once again unite at Lord’s, the Home of Cricket, to support the Ruth Strauss Foundation in celebrating the sixth year of #RedforRuth. An iconic moment in the sporting calendar, this annual takeover helps raise awareness and vita...

Players' Dining Room

Players' Dining Room

Hosted Experiences Following the success of the Players' Dining Room experience, we are pleased to launch an exciting new option, whereby a former cricketer will host the event, and share their memories of playing at Lord’s.  Find out more by clicking here.       Along...

MCC and Regent’s Park ward councillors dedicate bench to key workers

MCC and Regent’s Park ward councillors dedicate bench to key workers

MCC and the Regent’s Park ward councillors of Westminster City Council through the ward budget programme have funded the production and installation of a special bench which has been installed outside Lord’s, in recognition of the vaccination centre set up at the Ground, the ...

Charles Fry (1940 – 2024)

Charles Fry (1940 – 2024)

MCC is deeply saddened to hear of the passing of former President and Chair of the Club, Charles Fry. Charles enjoyed a long association with MCC. He was elected as a Member in 1959, and represented the Club as a player, including at Lord’s several times. He first served on...

What we do

What we do

THE MCC MUSEUM IS ONE OF THE OLDEST SPORTING MUSEUMS IN THE WORLD, DEDICATED TO TRACING THE HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CRICKET. The Collection was established in 1864 when Members were invited to donate items of interest to furnish the Pavilion. In 1953 HRH Duke of Edinburgh...

2001: Richie Benaud delivers the first MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

2001: Richie Benaud delivers the first MCC Spirit of Cricket Cowdrey Lecture

Cricket’s rise as a popular sport in the 18 th century left little room for the spirit of the game. It was a vehicle for serious gambling and match-fixing, with intimidation and outright cheating far from unknown. But by the beginning of the 19 th century this was beginnin...

W.E. Hollies 5-133 v New Zealand

W.E. Hollies - W.E. Hollies 5-133 v New Zealand

William Hollies obtained his only five-wicket haul against New Zealand in 1949. He took the wicket of Walter Hadlee, but was unable to dismiss Martin Donnelly, who reached a double century in the match. When Hollies bowled F B Smith in the match, he was the first England bo...

R.O. Jenkins 5-116 v West Indies

R.O. Jenkins - R.O. Jenkins 5-116 v West Indies

‘Roly’ Jenkins was a valuable all-rounder who combined an aggressive batting style with a right-arm leg-break and googly bowling. Jenkins took a five-for on his first Test match at Lord’s, against West Indies in June 1950. On the first day of the match, he had a twenty-minu...

A.V. Bedser 5-105 v Australia

A.V. Bedser - A.V. Bedser 5-105 v Australia

Alec Bedser’s second five-wicket haul at Lord’s came against Australia in 1953. In conditions not suited to him, Bedser nevertheless stood out as the most dangerous bowler. His victims included the captain Lindsay Hassett (after he had made a century), and Arthur Morris, a ...

F.S. Trueman 5-90 v Australia

F.S. Trueman - F.S. Trueman 5-90 v Australia

Fred Trueman's first five-wicket haul came at Lord’s on his second Test match appearance at the famous ground, against Australia. His bowling, described in the 1959 Wisden Almanack as ‘great-hearted’ helped to get England back in the game who had a deficit of 114 runs from t...