1980: Middlesex win the County Championship and Gillette Cup double

Under Mike Brearley’s captaincy, Middlesex became the dominant force in county cricket in both long and short formats, winning the County Championship outright in 1976 and 1980, and sharing the title in 1977. They also won the Gillette Cup in both 1977 and 1980. The team’s s...

1938: Wally Hammond scores 240 for England against Australia

In almost any other age, Walter Hammond would have been acknowledged as the greatest batsman of his generation. Nothing seemed more certain than that he would dominate cricket for a decade after he scored 905 Test runs at an average of 113.12 on England’s 1928-29 tour of Aus...

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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...

1914: Lord's is used by the War Office for the accommodation of troops

The outbreak of the Great War in 1914 brought to an end cricket’s ‘golden age’, a period lasting a quarter of a century during which the game established itself beyond question as England’s pre-eminent sport. The spread of county cricket had made the game truly national, and...

G.A. Gooch - G.A. Gooch 183 v New Zealand

For the second time in the summer of 1986, Graham Gooch etched his name on to the Lord’s Honours Board with a century at the Home of Cricket. This time, New Zealand were the opponents and Gooch’s long and commanding innings, as Wisden described it, helped England to a draw. ...

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...

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