Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's Cricket Ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London. The club, formerly the governing body of cricket, retains considerable global influence.
A plaque in Dorset Square marks the site of the original Lord's Ground and commemorates the founding of the MCC
MCC member sporting the club's distinctive blazer
MCC coaching manuals
Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London. Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the ICC Europe and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC). Lord's is widely referred to as the Home of Cricket and is home to the world's oldest sporting museum.
The Pavilion
The pavilion, designed by the architect Thomas Verity and built in 1889–90.
A match in progress at Lord's in 1899.
Father Time (pictured) was damaged by a barrage balloon during World War Two.