The White Conduit Club (WCC) was a cricket club based on the northern fringes of London that existed from about 1782 until 1788. Although short-lived, it had considerable significance in the history of the game, as its members created the first Lord's venue and reorganised themselves as the new Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
White Conduit House, and the conduit head from which it was named, 1827
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