Lord's Cricket Ground

Lord's Cricket Ground
Lord's
The pavilion opened in 1890 in August 2005
Data
place	St. John's Wood Road London NW8 8QN, England , United Kingdom
Coordinates	51 ° 31 '45.8 "  N , 0 ° 10' 21.7"  W Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '45.8 "  N , 0 ° 10' 21.7"  W.
owner	Marylebone Cricket Club
start of building	1814
surface	Natural grass
capacity	28,000 seats
Societies)
Marylebone Cricket Club (since 1814) Middlesex County Cricket Club (since 1877) English national cricket team
Events
Eton - Harrow (annually) Oxford - Cambridge (annually) Royal London One-Day Cup Final Cricket World Cup 1975 Cricket World Cup 1979 Cricket World Cup 1983 Women's Cricket World Cup 1993 Cricket World Cup 1999 ICC World Twenty20 2009 2012 Summer Olympics Women's Cricket World Cup 2017

The main stand (April 2005)

The media center (September 2006)

The Lord's Cricket Ground is a cricket - Stadium in the district City of Westminster of the British capital London , United Kingdom . It is considered the most important and most traditional address for cricket worldwide. This venue, built in 1814, is located on St. John's Wood Road west of Regent's Park and has a capacity of around 30,000 spectators.

The Lord’s is home to the Marylebone Cricket Club , which is also the seat of the Middlesex County Cricket Club , the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) and the European Cricket Council (ECC). From 1909 to 2005 it was also the seat of the International Cricket Council and its predecessors before their headquarters were moved to Dubai .

Capacity & Infrastructure

The facility has been modernized several times in the course of its history and now offers space for 28,000 visitors. The stadium was expanded with the media center for the 1999 Cricket World Cup . In 2007 temporary floodlight masts were installed because complaints from residents prevented permanent masts. It was not until 2009 that an agreement was reached on the use of new floodlight masts. Part of the agreement with the residents is that the lighting is only operated at 50% power from 10 p.m. and is switched off from 11 p.m. The first match under floodlights took place on May 29, 2009 in a Twenty20 Cup game between Kent and Middlesex . The two wicket ends are called Pavilion End and Nursery End . In addition to the actual playing area and the grandstands, the facility also includes a somewhat smaller practice area as well as a cricket school, a museum, the clubhouse, offices and various shops and restaurants.

history

precursor

The current site is already the third location. In 1787 the businessman and cricketer Thomas Lord built the first cricket ground , while the Marylebone Cricket Club was founded at the same time . The first first class match arranged by Thomas Lord in his cricket ground between the counties of Middlesex and Essex on May 31, 1787. Middlesex won with 93 runs. Between 1787 and 1810 the Lord’s was located near what is now Dorset Square (now referred to as Lord’s Old Ground ). The first cricket match between the schools Eton and Harrow took place as early as 1805 and is still held annually to this day. This makes the cricket match one of the oldest regularly held sporting events in the world. As land prices and rents rose in the neighborhood, Lord built a second cricket ground nearby. Both locations existed side by side for two years. In 1811 Lord decided to move completely to the new location and to give up the first ground. From 1811 to 1813, the "younger" Lord's Cricket Ground , now known as Lord's New Middle Ground , was in Regent's Park . In 1812 it was announced that the construction of Regent's Canal was to begin. The cricket ground was in the way and Lord was about to demolish the stadium. In return, Lord received £ 4,000. The stadium was moved to its current location on St John's Wood.

First years

In 1814 Lord's was moved to its current location. In a fire in 1825, the pavilion and all records were destroyed. The first cricket match between Oxford and Cambridge colleges took place on June 4, 1827 and ended in a draw . Since then, it has been held annually as a University Match . In May 1868 the first tour of an Australian cricket team in England began, which consisted only of Aborigini players and is now known as the Aboriginal cricket team tour of England . The game between the Aboriginal team and the MCC on Lord's cricket ground began on June 12, 1868. In 1877, the Middlesex County Cricket Club decided to choose Lord's as its home ground. The first test at Lord's took place from July 21 to 23, 1884 between England and Australia that England could win with one innings and five runs. On June 20, 1898, it was announced that the Marylebone Cricket Club had established a Board of Control . The board's job was to organize and manage the test matches in England. The chairman of the MCC was also the chairman of the board. The board also consisted of 5 members of the MCC and representatives of the 10 leading cricket teams of the County Championship. The board met for the first meeting on October 10th of the same year at Lord's . It was determined that the board is responsible for the player selection and that a test match should not last longer than 3 days. In 1899 the new Large Stand (Mound Stand) was opened with space for 10,000 members.

Before World War II

In early September 1909, the Imperial Cricket Conference was held at Lord's . The participating countries were England, Australia and South Africa . A schedule was drawn up for the next 4 years and when the test tours of the three cricket teams should take place. Furthermore, it was determined what proportion of the income the visiting team should get from the cricket tours. The International Cricket Council is the successor to the Imperial Cricket Conference . In 1912 a Triangular Tournament was held - a competition consisting of 3 teams. During the course of the tournament, the first test match since the Lord's founding took place in which the English team did not play. Australia faced South Africa on July 15th and won with 10 wickets. In 1937, the 150th anniversary of the MCC was celebrated at Lord's . In 1938 the BBC installed the first TV cameras in the stadium and in June of that year the first test was broadcast between England and Australia. Three cameras were set up: At the nursery end , one camera was aimed at the batsman and another at the bowler. The third camera was placed on the hotel in order to be able to show overview images. In the course of the TV broadcast, a commentator's place had to be set up between today's Edrich stand and the old Mound stand. The first TV commentator was Teddy Wakelam .

Use as a hockey field

In 1967, a pre-Olympic hockey tournament took place here from October 15 to 22 , in which 12 teams from the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City took part: Australia, Belgium, Germany, GDR, France, Great Britain, India, Japan, New Zealand, Netherlands, Spain and Pakistan. As was customary at the time, 30 friendly matches were played. Each team had five games, an overall rating or table was not created.

Recent past

From July 21 to 25, 2011, the 2000th test in the history of cricket took place at Lord's . England won against India with 196 runs. That same year, the MCC announced that JP Morgan was the new sponsor. The 4 year contract included that the media center was officially renamed JP Morgan Media Center . It was the largest sponsorship deal in the Lord's 224-year history . At the 2012 Olympic Games , the field was used for archery competitions. For this purpose, two grandstands for a total of 4500 spectators were set up on the playing area, between which the athletes competed, with the targets set up in front of the media center. In 2014 Lord's celebrated its 200th anniversary. On the occasion of the birthday, the MCC hosted a match between the MCC and a team for the rest of the world on July 5th. The two team captains were Sachin Tendulkar and Shane Warne . The Marylebone Cricket Club team won by 7 wickets.

Remodeling plans

After a development plan was presented at the Annual General Meeting in 2013, the plans for converting the Lord are becoming more concrete. In November 2018, the Marylebone Cricket Club submitted a planning application for two grandstands. This plan affects the Compton and Edrich grandstands , which are located at the Nursery End of the Cricket Ground. Both are to be expanded to three ranks and offer 11,500 places, which would be an increase of 2,500 places. The architecture was designed by WilkinsonEyre . If the city and the members agree at the general meeting, construction work could start after the England versus Australia friendly in August 2019. Completion is scheduled for 2021. The conversion of the spectator area with seats should be available as early as 2020. This should only be the beginning of the redesign of the entire area. A total of five grandstands are to be converted. There are also new banquet, retail and office space, as well as improved access to the site. The aim is to keep the unique charm and character of the complex, as it has developed since it was built in 1814. The modernization of the Lord's Cricket Ground is intended to further expand its pioneering role as the best cricket ground in the world. The complete renovation, called the master plan , should be completed in 2032.

International cricket

The first test was held in the stadium in 1884 between England and Australia , the first One-Day International , also between the two teams, in 1972. The test matches traditionally always start on Thursdays. At the Cricket World Cups in 1975 , 1979 , 1983 and 1999 , Lord's was the venue for numerous ODI matches. The stadium was also the venue for 7 group matches and the final during the 2009 Twenty20 World Cup .

National cricket

The stadium has been the home of the Middlesex County Cricket Club since 1877 . The home matches are played here in County Cricket , the Royal London One-Day Cup and the Twenty20 Cup . The stadium is also used by the Marylebone Cricket Club for friendly matches.

particularities

With over 200 years of history, Lord's also offers a number of sights, specialties and traditions.

Lord's Pavilion

The Lord's Pavilion is considered the center of cricket and the Mecca for every cricketer. The pavilion reopened in 1890 after the old pavilion burned down. The architect was Thomas Verity. In 1899, the cricketer Albert Trott managed a boundary blow over the Pavilion, which no other batsman has done since. The pavilion offers changing rooms for the two teams, seating and standing room for the MCC members, the Lord's Honors Board and the long room . Until 1999 only men were allowed as members of the club. Therefore, women were not allowed into the pavilion, with an exception for the Queen. The long room and the seats for the spectators are located on the ground floor . The changing rooms with the balcony for the teams are on the first floor. When it is a player's turn, he goes down the stairs, through the long room , past the rows of seats and then onto the cricket field. On the two long sides there are two flagpoles on which the national flags of the respective teams fly during test matches and the respective team flags during county matches.

Long room

Lord's Long Room

The Long Room is located on the ground floor of the pavilion. Only the players and the members of the MCC are allowed to stay there during a test match. Every player walks through this room when he has to go to the cricket field. The way is considered difficult. This is how the English cricketer David Steele got lost in 1975 and stranded in the toilets in the basement of the pavilion. The walls feature paintings of famous cricketers from the 18th century until today. Foreign test players are also immortalized. This is considered a great honor. Only four Australians were immortalized with a painting, among them Shane Warne . The Long Room is also used for private festive activities such as weddings.

Lord's Honors Boards

Lord's Honors Board of the English Batsmen

On the Lord's Honors Boards , the players who managed a century or 5 wickets in a test innings are immortalized. A cricketer is also immortalized on the board if he scores 10 wickets in a test match. There are two honor boards, one is in the home team's locker room, the other hangs in the visiting team's locker room. The cricketer Sir Ian Botham is the most immortalized player with eight times 5 wickets, one time 10 wickets in a test and one time as a batsman who made a century. A Neutral Honors Board was also set up. There foreign cricketers are mentioned who meet the above criteria and took part in a neutral test. A test is considered neutral if the England national team is not the home team. This peculiarity occurred only twice in the history of the lord . In 1912, two Australians were honored in a match against South Africa. In 2010 a test took place between Australia and Pakistan. The Australians Shane Watson and Marcus North were honored for their 5 wickets.

Peter, the cat

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Peter the Cat (1950 to 1964) was a house cat that lived in Lord's Cricket Stadium in London.

Father Time

Old Father Time

Father Time , also known colloquially as Old Father Time , is a figure that adorns a wind direction indicator . It was installed in 1926 and is 1.63 m tall. Sir Herbert Baker was the architect of the great tribune. He gave it as a gift for the MCC as the construction of the Mound Stand was delayed due to a strike. Old Father was next to this grandstand. In 1996, after a new grandstand was built, the wind direction transmitter was re-installed over the old clock on the scorer's box . The figure symbolizes time, or also the grim reaper. In one hand she has a scythe with a gilded scythe blade. With the other hand she removes the bails from the stumps . Next to the three stumps is a gold-plated cricket ball . The four letters for the wind directions are also gold-plated. The figure refers to Law 12 of the Laws of Cricket : After the call of Time, the bails shall be removed from both wickets.

Marylebone Cricket Club Membership

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MCC member in the typical MCC colors

The members of the Marylebone Cricket Club have special privileges. You are allowed to stay in the pavilion during all test matches of the English team. Furthermore, the members stand out due to their special clothing. They wear a yellow and red striped jacket and a matching tie. Membership is very popular and there is a waiting list that lasts for decades. The current waiting period is 27 years. In addition to famous cricketers, members of the public also have membership. Former Prime Minister David Cameron has been a member since 2010.

Others

Literary processing

Lord's Cricket Ground plays an important role in the third part of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , in the book Life, the Universe and Everything .

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  Plaque on Lord's first cricket ground

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  England versus Australia cricket match on July 10, 2005

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  Archery at the 2012 Olympic Summer Games

panorama

and display information about the image

Panorama of the grandstands in January 2012

See also

• List of test cricket stadiums

Web links

Commons : Lord's Cricket Ground  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of the MCC (English)
• Official website London 2012 ( Memento of December 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Lord's ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
2. ↑ Martin Williamson: Lord's, let there be light ( English ) Cricinfo. September 10, 2007. Accessed July 31, 2016.
3. ↑ Lord's granted floodlight permission ( English ) Cricinfo. January 23, 2009. Accessed July 31, 2016.
4. ↑ England Domestic Season, Middlesex XI v Essex XI at Lord's (Old), May 31, 1787 ( English ) espncricinfo. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
5. ↑ Lord's Old Ground ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
6. ↑ Lord's New Middle Ground ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
7. ↑ Thomas Lord's cricketing legacy ( English ) BBC. November 27, 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
8. ↑ THE THREE LORD'S GROUNDS ( English ) Marylebone Cricket Club. Retrieved July 2, 2017.
9. ^ Oxford University vs Cambridge University ( English ) Marylebone Cricket Club. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
10. ^ All Right There - the 1868 Aboriginal Cricket Tour of England ( English ) Cricket Web. Retrieved August 2, 2016.
11. ↑ 1868: Aboriginal cricket team tours England ( English ) national museum australia. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
12. ^ Lord's Milestones ( English ) Marylebone Cricket Club. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
13. ↑ England vs Australia ( English ) cricket archives. Retrieved July 30, 2016.
14. ^ Lord's Milestones ( English ) Marylebone Cricket Club. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
15. ^ Minute Book, 1892-1907 ( English ) Marylebone Cricket Club. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
16. ^ Imperial Cricket Conference ( English ) National Library of Australia. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
17. ↑ Asuatrlia v South Africa accessdate = 2016-08-4 ( English ) EspnCricInfo.
18. ↑ The dawn of television coverage ( English ) EspnCricInfo. Retrieved August 5, 2016.
19. ↑ Photos from Pre Olympic Tournament played at Lords in 1967 ( Memento from May 3, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (English)
20. ↑ Video: Hockey Match AKA Pre-Olympic Hockey Tournament 1967. Accessed April 1, 2013 . 
21. ↑ Volker Kluge: Olympic Summer Games. Die Chronik Teil 3.Sportverlag, Berlin 2000, p. 204, note 503
22. ^ Men Field Hockey Pre-Olympic Tournament 1967 - London. Retrieved April 1, 2012 . 
23. ↑ England vs India ( English ) ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
24. ↑ MCC agrees Lord's sponsorship deal with JP Morgan ( English ) UKIP Media & Events Ltd. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
25. ^ Rest of the World XI tour of England, Marylebone Cricket Club v Rest of the World XI at Lord's ( English ) ESPNCricInfo. Retrieved August 3, 2016.
26. ↑ Refurbishment plans for Lord's Cricket Ground are progressing. In: stadionwelt.de. November 6, 2018, accessed November 7, 2018 . 
27. ↑ The master plan for the redevelopment of Lord's. In: lords.org. Retrieved November 7, 2018 . 
28. ↑ Australia tour of England and Scotland, 2nd ODI: England v Australia at Lord's, Aug 26, 1972 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
29. ↑ Australia tour of England and Scotland, 2nd ODI: England v Australia at Lord's, Aug 26, 1972 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
30. ↑ Refurbishment of Lord's pavilion gets underway ( English ) Cricinfo. September 13, 2004. Accessed July 31, 2016.
31. ↑ Martin Williamson: Albert Trott's mighty hit ( English ) Cricinfo. June 19, 2010. Accessed July 31, 2016.
32. ↑ Christopher Martin-Jenkins: First women members to join MCC ( English ) Telegraph. March 16, 1999. Accessed July 31, 2016.
33. ↑ MCC delivers first 10 maidens ( English ) BBC. March 16, 1999. Accessed July 31, 2016.
34. ^ Peter Oborne: The MCC is killing cricket ( English ) Observer. July 4, 2004. Accessed July 31, 2016.
35. ↑ Ben Dirs: Ashes 2015: David Steele became an unlikely England hero in 1975 ( English ) BBC. July 15, 2015. Accessed July 31, 2016.
36. ↑ Warne unveils painting at Lord's ( English ) Cricinfo. June 8, 2005. Accessed July 31, 2016.
37. ↑ Honors Boards ( English ) Lord's. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
38. ↑ Neutral Honors Boards ( English ) Lord's. Retrieved July 28, 2016.
39. ↑ Weird but true ... curious cricketing tales from the annals of Wisden ( English ) The Independent. August 3, 2006. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
40. ↑ Lord's Father Time weather vane damaged by high winds ( English ) Cricinfo. March 30, 2015. Accessed July 13, 2016.
41. ↑ Father Time returns in time for Father's Day ( English ) Cricinfo. June 18, 2015. Accessed July 13, 2016.
42. ↑ MCC Membership - how to join ( English ) MCC. August 4, 2004. Retrieved August 4, 2016.