Editing Lord's (section)

===Inter–war years and WWII===
[[File:Lord's weathervane.jpg|thumb|200px|right|''[[Father Time (Lord's)|Father Time]]'' (pictured) was damaged by a barrage balloon during World War Two.]]
First-class cricket returned to Lord's in 1919, with a series of two-day matches in the [[1919 English cricket season#County Championship|County Championship]].<ref>Green 2010, p. 207</ref> 1923 saw the installation of the [[Grace Gates]], a tribute to [[W. G. Grace]] who had died in 1915.<ref>{{NHLE|num=1246985|desc=Grace Gates at Lord's Cricket Ground|date=7 February 1996|access-date=29 June 2021}}</ref> They were inaugurated by [[Stanley Jackson (cricketer)|Sir Stanley Jackson]], who had suggested the inclusion of the words <small>THE GREAT CRICKETER</small> in the dedication.{{sfn|Midwinter|1981|p=154}} These gates replaced an earlier, less decorative, entrance to the ground. With attendances growing in number, it was suggested that Lord's aim to accommodate crowds of up to 40,000 for Test matches; however, the stands at the ground were considered inadequate with the grandstand described as "hopelessly out of date".<ref>Green 2010, p. 214</ref> To accommodate these crowds, the old grandstand was demolished and a new one was built in its place in 1926, designed by the architect [[Herbert Baker|Sir Herbert Baker]]. Completion of the stand was delayed due to the [[1926 United Kingdom general strike|1926 General Strike]].<ref name="GRA"/> Upon its completion, Baker presented Lord's with a [[weather vane]] ''[[Father Time (Lord's)|Father Time]]'' removing the [[Bail (cricket)|bails]] from a [[Wicket#Set of stumps|wicket]], which was placed on top of the grandstand. The full weathervane is {{Convert|6|ft|6|in|abbr=on}} tall, with the figure of ''Father Time'' standing at {{Convert|5|ft|4|in|abbr=on}}. Baker further contributed to the landscape of Lord's by designing the Q Stand next to the pavilion in 1934, while at the Nursery End stands were also erected. Careful consideration was taken to preserve the treeline dividing the main ground from the Nursery Ground.<ref name="PO16"/> The [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] under the captaincy of [[Karl Nunes]] played their first Test match at Lord's in 1928.<ref>Warner 1987, p. 195</ref> The ground later hosted the first televised Test match during the [[Australian cricket team in England in 1938|Second Test of the 1938 Ashes series]].<ref name="LBH"/>

The 1935 season saw the Lord's pitches badly affected by [[Tipuloidea|crane fly]] larvae, known as leatherjackets. The larvae caused bald patches to appear on the playing surface and had to be removed by the ground staff, although spin bowlers did gain some benefit from the bare patches.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cranefly |url=https://www.gwct.org.uk/wildlife/species-of-the-month/2009/september/ |publisher=Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust |access-date=1 July 2021 |archive-date=9 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183538/https://www.gwct.org.uk/wildlife/species-of-the-month/2009/september/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In contrast to the First World War, Lord's was not requisitioned by the military during the [[Second World War]]. Lord's hosted matches throughout the war for the [[London Counties cricket team]], amongst others, which attracted large crowds. The ground was spared major damage from [[The Blitz]]. An oil bomb landed in the Nursery Ground in 1940, with a high-explosive bomb also narrowly missing the Nursery End stands in December of the same year. The grandstand and the pavilion were hit by incendiary bombs, damaging their roofs. The in-house Lord's firefighters reacted quickly and limited the damage. As the war progressed, the threat came not from the [[Luftwaffe]] but the newly developed [[V-1 flying bomb]]. Lord's had several near misses from these weapons in 1944, with one bomb landing {{convert|200|yd}} short of the ground near to [[Regents Park]].<ref name="WAR">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/lord-s-under-attack-246297|title=Lord's under attack|first=Martin|last=Williamson|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=6 May 2006|access-date=1 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182435/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/lord-s-under-attack-246297|url-status=live}}</ref> The Nursery Ground had been requisitioned by the [[Royal Air Force]] and converted into a [[barrage balloon]] site.<ref name="PO16"/><ref>Warner 1987, p. 245</ref> The most high-profile damage during the war was that to ''Father Time'', which was damaged by a one such balloon which had broken loose and drifted toward the grandstand, catching ''Father Time'' and depositing it into the seating at the front of the stand. International cricket resumed at the end of the war, with Lord's hosting one of the [[Victory Tests]] (though the matches did not actually have Test status) between the [[Australian Services cricket team]] and England.<ref name="WAR"/>