Lord's Old Ground
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use British English Lord's Old Ground was a cricket venue in London that was established by Thomas Lord in 1787. It was used mainly by Marylebone Cricket Club for major matches until 1810, after which a dispute about rent caused Lord to relocate.
Matches
The first match known to have been played at Lord's Old Ground was White Conduit Club v Middlesex on Monday 21 May 1787.[1]
The first regular cricket fixture at Lord's which continues today was the annual Eton v Harrow match which was first played on the Old Ground in 1805.[1]
The inaugural Gentlemen v Players match took place at the Old Ground in July 1806.[1]
Location
Lord's Old Ground was on the site of what is now Dorset Square.
Lord purchased another ground in 1811, Lord's Middle Ground, a site at Lisson Grove in the vicinity of Regent's Park which was unpopular and barely used and which was requisitioned for a canal cutting in 1814. He then leased the present Lord's Cricket Ground, formerly a duckpond in St John's Wood.
A commemorative plaque was unveiled in Dorset Square by Andrew Strauss on 9 May 2006.
External links
- Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
References
<templatestyles src="Reflist/styles.css" />
- ↑ a b c Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
External links
Script error: No such module "Coordinates".
Script error: No such module "Navbox".
- Pages with script errors
- Pages with broken file links
- 1787 establishments in England
- Cricket grounds in Middlesex
- Defunct cricket grounds in England
- Defunct sports venues in London
- English cricket venues in the 19th century
- English cricket venues in the 18th century
- History of Middlesex
- Sports venues completed in 1787
- Marylebone Cricket Club