#marylebone

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Lord's Ground Improvements and the MCC's Growing Authority, 1853

Marylebone Cricket Club

1853-04-01

Through the early 1850s the MCC invested in improvements to Lord's — drainage, re-turfing and the construction of new members' facilities — and simultaneously consolidated its authority over the laws of cricket. The MCC's status as the sole custodian of the laws was not formally challenged in the 1850s, but the overarm bowling debate that was building would require its intervention before the decade was out.

#roundarm-era#early-victorian#1850s

⭐Mild

The Mary-Le-Bone Tavern Becomes Cricket's Headquarters — MCC Committee, 1805

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1805-04-14

In April 1805 the MCC committee passed a resolution formally adopting the Mary-Le-Bone Tavern in High Street as the club's permanent headquarters. The tavern — already used informally for committee meetings since 1788 — became the site at which all major cricket matches were arranged, all stakes were settled and all rule disputes were resolved. It was the de facto governing body of cricket for the next twenty years.

#regency-cricket#underarm#lord-s-old-ground