Editing Lord's

{{short description|Cricket venue in St John's Wood, London}}
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|          nickname = The Home of Cricket
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|             owner = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
|           tenants = [[England and Wales Cricket Board]]
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'''Lord's Cricket Ground''', commonly known as '''Lord's''', is a [[cricket]] [[List of Test cricket grounds|venue]] in [[St John's Wood]], [[Westminster]]. Named after its founder, [[Thomas Lord]], it is owned by [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC) and is the home of [[Middlesex County Cricket Club]], the [[England and Wales Cricket Board]] (ECB), the [[ICC Europe]] and, until August 2005, the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC). Lord's is widely referred to as the ''Home of Cricket''<ref>{{cite web|title=Lord's|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57129.html|publisher=[[Cricinfo]]|access-date=22 August 2009|archive-date=11 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911140641/http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57129.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and has the world's oldest sporting museum.<ref>[http://www.lords.org/history/mcc-museum/ MCC museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070212164502/http://www.lords.org/history/mcc-museum/ |date=12 February 2007 }} Lords.org webpage</ref>

Lord's today is not on its original site; it is the third of three grounds that Lord established between 1787 and 1814. His first ground, now referred to as [[Lord's Old Ground]], was where [[Dorset Square]] now stands. His second ground, [[Lord's Middle Ground]], was used from 1811 to 1813 before being abandoned to make way for the construction through its outfield of the [[Regent's Canal]]. The present Lord's ground is about {{convert|250|yd}} north-west of the site of the Middle Ground. The ground can hold 31,100 spectators, the capacity having increased between 2017 and 2022 as part of MCC's ongoing redevelopment plans.

==History==
===Background===
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Acting on behalf of members of the [[White Conduit Club]] and backed against any losses by [[George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea]] and [[Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond|Colonel Charles Lennox]], [[Thomas Lord]] opened his [[Lord's Old Ground|first ground]] in May 1787 on the site where [[Dorset Square]] now stands, on land leased from the [[Portman Estate]].{{sfn|Warner|1946|p=17–18}} The White Conduit moved there from [[Islington]], unhappy at the standard of the ground at [[White Conduit Fields]], soon afterwards and reconstituted themselves as [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] (MCC). It was thought that the establishment of a new ground would offer more exclusivity to its members, with White Conduit Fields considered too far away from fashionable [[Oxford Street]] and the [[West End of London|West End]].<ref name="FIRSTS">{{cite book|last=Barker|first=Philip|year=2014|title=Lord's Firsts|publisher=[[Amberley Publishing]]|location=[[Stroud]]|isbn=9781445633299}}</ref> The first match played at the new ground saw [[Middlesex county cricket teams|Middlesex]] play [[Essex county cricket teams|Essex]].<ref name="WISG">{{cite book|last=Powell|first=William|year=1989|title=The Wisden Guides To Cricket Grounds|publisher=[[Stanley Paul|Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd]]|location=London|pages=14–7|isbn=009173830X}}</ref>{{sfn|Warner|1946|p=18}} In 1811, feeling obliged to relocate because of a rise in rent, Lord removed his turf and relaid it at [[Lord's Middle Ground|his second ground]]. This was short-lived because it lay on the route decided by [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] for the [[Regent's Canal]], in addition to the ground being unpopular with patrons.{{sfn|Warner|1946|p=18}}<ref name="WISG"/>

The "Middle Ground" was on the estate of the Eyre family, who offered Lord another plot nearby; and he again relocated his turf. This new ground was originally a [[duck pond]] on a hill in [[St. John's Wood]], which gives rise to Lord's famous slope,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/caaa0342-7261-11de-ba94-00144feabdc0.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/caaa0342-7261-11de-ba94-00144feabdc0.html |archive-date=10 December 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Grounded on terra firma|first=Harry|last=Eyres|work=[[Financial Times]]|date=18 July 2009|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref> which at the time was recorded as sloping down {{Convert|6|ft|6|in|abbr=on}} from north-west to south-east, though in actuality the slope is {{Convert|8|ft|1|in|abbr=on}}.<ref name="REM">{{cite book|last=Levison|first=Brian|year=2016|title=Remarkable Cricket Grounds|publisher=[[Pavilion Books]]|location=London|isbn=9781911216599}}</ref> The new ground was opened in the 1814 season, with the MCC playing Hertfordshire in the first match on the ground on 22 June 1814.{{sfn|Warner|1946|p=19}}<ref name="WISG"/>

===Early history===
[[File:LordsRelocationMap.png|thumb|Progression of the ground's locations]]
A [[tavern]] was built for Lord in 1813–14,<ref name="FORSIX">Green 2010, p. 46</ref> followed by a wooden [[cricket pavilion|pavilion]] in 1814.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Warner |first1=Pelham |author1-link=Pelham Warner |title=Lord's 1787–1945 |year=1987 |orig-year=First published 1946|publisher=Pavllion Books |location=London |isbn=1851451129 |page=28}}</ref> [[First-class cricket]] was first played on the present ground in July 1814, with the MCC playing [[St John's Wood Cricket Club]].<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=24 June 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624211425/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596_f.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The first [[century (cricket)|century]] to be scored at the ground in first-class cricket was made by [[Frederick Woodbridge (cricketer)|Frederick Woodbridge]] (107) for [[Epsom Cricket Club|Epsom]] against Middlesex, with Epsom's [[Felix Ladbroke]] (116) recording the second century in the same match.<ref name="FIRSTS"/> The annual [[Eton v Harrow]] match, which was first played on the Old Ground in 1805, returned to the present ground on 29 July 1818. From 1822, the fixture has been almost an annual event at Lord's.{{sfn|Altham|1962|p=67}}

Lord's witnessed the first double-century to be made in first-class cricket when [[William Ward (cricketer, born 1787)|William Ward]] scored 278 for the MCC against [[Norfolk county cricket teams|Norfolk]] in 1820.<ref name="FIRSTS"/> The original [[cricket pavilion|pavilion]], which had recently been renovated at great expense,<ref name="FIRSTS"/> was destroyed by fire following the first [[Winchester College|Winchester]] v [[Harrow School|Harrow]] match on 23 July 1823, which destroyed nearly all of the original records of the MCC and the wider game.<ref>{{cite book|last=Green|first=Benny|year=1987|title=The Lord's Companion|publisher=[[Pavilion Books]]|location=London|page=7|isbn=1851451323}}</ref> The pavilion was promptly rebuilt by Lord.<ref>Green 2010, p. 31</ref> In 1825, the future of the ground was placed in jeopardy when Lord proposed developing the ground with housing at a time when St John's Wood was seeing rapid development. This was prevented by William Ward,<ref name="WISG"/> who purchased the ground from Lord for £5,000. His purchase was celebrated in the following anonymous poem:

<blockquote>
:And of all who frequent the ground named after Lord,
:On the list first and foremost should stand Mr Ward.
:No man will deny, I am sure, when I say
:That he's without rival first bat of the day,
:And although he has grown a little too stout,
:Even Matthews is bothered at bowling him out.
:He's our life blood and soul in this noblest of games,
:And yet on our praises he's many more claims;
:No pride, although rich, condescending and free,
:And a well informed man and a city M.P.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Harris, 4th Baron Harris|first1=George|last2=Ashley-Cooper|first2=A. S.|year=1920|title=Lord's and the M. C. C.: A Cricket Chronicle of 137 Years|publisher=H. Jenkins Limited|page=48}}</ref>
</blockquote>

The first [[The University Match (cricket)|University Match]] between [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford]] and [[Cambridge University Cricket Club|Cambridge]] was held at Lord's in 1827,<ref name="SEVEN">Green 2010, p. 7</ref> at the instigation of [[Charles Wordsworth]], establishing what would be the oldest first-class fixture in the world until 2020. The ground remained under the ownership of Ward until 1835, after which it was handed over to [[James Dark]]. The pavilion was refurbished in 1838, with the addition of [[gas lighting]].<ref>Green 2010, p. 35</ref> Around this time Lord's could still be considered a country ground, with open countryside to the north and west.<ref>Green 2010, p. 37</ref> Lord's was described by [[Thomas Fremantle, 1st Baron Cottesloe|Lord Cottesloe]] in 1845 as being a primitive venue, with low benches put in a circle around the ground at a good distance providing seating for spectators.<ref name="FTYONE">Green 2010, p. 41</ref> Improvements to the ground were gradually made, with the introduction of a telegraph scoreboard in 1846. A small room was built on the north side of the pavilion in 1848 for professionals, providing them with a separate entrance to the field. In the same year scorecards were introduced for the first time, from a portable press, and drainage was installed in 1849–50.<ref name="FTYONE"/>

The [[Australian Aboriginal cricket team in England in 1868|Australian Aboriginal cricket team]] toured England in 1868, with Lord's hosting one of their matches to a mixed response, with ''[[The Times]]'' describing the tourists as "a travestie upon cricketing at Lord's" and "the conquered natives of a convict colony". Dark proposed to part with his interest in the ground in 1863, for the fee of £15,000 for the remaining {{frac|29|1|2}} years of his lease. An agreement was reached in 1864, with Dark, who was seriously ill,<ref name="B44">Green 2010, p. 44</ref> selling his interests at Lord's for £11,000.<ref name="SEVEN"/><ref name="WISG"/> The landlord of the ground, Isaac Moses, offered to sell it outright for £21,000 in 1865, which was reduced to £18,150. [[William Nicholson (distiller)|William Nicholson]], who was a member of the MCC committee at the time advanced the money on a mortgage, with his proposal for the MCC to buy the ground being unanimously passed at a special general meeting on 2 May 1866.<ref name="SEVEN"/> Following the purchase, a number of developments took place. These included the addition of [[cricket nets]] for players to practise and the construction of a grandstand designed by the architect [[Arthur Allom]], which was built in the winter of 1867–68 and also provided accommodation for the press.<ref name="FTYFIVE">Green 2010, p. 45</ref><ref>Green 2010, p. 51</ref><ref name="LBH">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/lord-s-a-brief-timeline-208553|title=Lord's – A brief timeline|date=3 May 2005|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=27 June 2021|archive-date=27 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627121421/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/lord-s-a-brief-timeline-208553|url-status=live}}</ref> This was funded by a private syndicate of MCC members, from whom the MCC purchased the stand in 1869.<ref name="GRA">{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/1998-the-new-grand-stand-is-completed|title=The New Grand Stand is completed|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=5 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184734/https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/1998-the-new-grand-stand-is-completed|url-status=live}}</ref> The wicket at Lord's was heavily criticised in the 1860s due to its poor condition, with [[Frederick Gale]] suggesting that nine cricket grounds out of ten within 20 miles of London would have a better wicket;<ref name="FTYFIVE"/> the condition was deemed so poor as to be dangerous that [[Sussex County Cricket Club|Sussex]] refused to play there in 1864.<ref name="FORSIX"/>

===Continued developments===
By the 1860s and 1870s, the great social occasions of the season were the public schools match between Eton and Harrow, the University Match between Oxford and Cambridge, and the [[Gentlemen v Players]], with all three matches attracting great crowds. Crowds became so large that they encroached on the playing area, which necessitated the introduction of the [[Boundary (cricket)|boundary]] system in 1866.<ref>Green 2010, pp. 57–8</ref> Further crowd control measures were initiated in 1871, with the introduction of turnstiles.<ref>Green 2010, p. 59</ref> The pavilion was expanded in the mid-1860s and shortly thereafter it was decided to replace the original tavern with a new construction commencing in December 1867.<ref name="FORSIX"/> At this time a nascent [[County Championship#Development of county cricket|county game]] was beginning to take shape.<ref>Green 2010, p. 52</ref> With Lord's hosting more county matches, the pitches subsequently improved with the [[umpire (cricket)|umpires]] being responsible for their preparation.<ref>Green 2010, p. 60</ref>

[[Middlesex County Cricket Club]], which had been founded in 1864, began playing their home games at Lord's in 1877 after vacating [[Prince's Cricket Ground|their ground in Chelsea]],<ref name="WISG"/> which had been considered a serious rival to Lord's given its noblemen backers.<ref>Green 2010, p. 78</ref> In 1873–74, an embankment was constructed which could accommodate 4,000 spectators in four rows of seats. Four years later a new lodge and was constructed to replace an older lodge, along with a new workshop, stables and a store room at a cost of £1,000.<ref>Green 2010, pp. 59–60</ref> To meet the ever increasing demand to accommodate more spectators, a temporary stand was constructed on the eastern side of the ground.<ref>Green 2010, p. 63</ref> After many years of complaints regarding the poor condition of the Lord's pitch, the MCC took action by installing Percy Pearce as Ground Superintendent in 1874. Pearce had previously held the same position at the [[County Ground, Hove]]. His appointment vastly improved the condition of the wicket, with ''[[Evening Standard|The Standard]]'' describing them as "faultless".<ref>Green 2010, p. 76</ref>
[[File:Lord's Pavilion.jpg|thumb|left|The pavilion, designed by the architect [[Thomas Verity]] and built in 1889–90.]]
The [[Australia national cricket team|Australian cricket team]] captained by [[Dave Gregory (cricketer)|Dave Gregory]] first visited Lord's on 27 May 1878, defeating their MCC hosts by 9 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2171.html|title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Australians, 1878|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 June 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=27 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527213748/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2171.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This was considered a shock result and established not only the fame of the Australian team, but also the rivalry between England and Australia.<ref>Green 2010, pp. 81–4</ref> Lord's hosted its first [[Test cricket|Test match]] during the [[Australian cricket team in England in 1884|1884 Ashes]], becoming the third venue in England to host Test cricket after [[The Oval]] and [[Old Trafford Cricket Ground|Old Trafford]].<ref>Powell 1989, pp. 14–5</ref> The match was won by [[England cricket team|England]] by an innings and 5 runs, with England's [[A. G. Steel]] and [[Edmund Peate]] recording the first Test [[century (cricket)|century]] and [[five wicket haul]] at Lord's respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2861.html|title=England v Australia, 1884|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=28 June 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=28 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628170035/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2861.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

As part of the [[Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria|Golden Jubilee Celebrations for Queen Victoria]] in 1887, the Kings of Belgium, Denmark, [[Kingdom of Saxony|Saxony]], and Portugal attended Lord's. It was noted that none of them had any grasp of cricket. In the same year Lord's hosted the MCC's hundredth anniversary celebrations, with the MCC playing a celebratory match against England.<ref>Green 2010, pp. 94–5</ref> With only a two-tiered covered grandstand and both increasing membership and spectator numbers, it was decided to build a new pavilion at a cost of £21,000.<ref name="LBH"/> Construction on [[Lord's Pavilion|this pavilion]], which was designed by [[Thomas Verity]], took place in 1889–90.<ref name="PO15">Powell 1989, p. 15</ref> The pavilion it replaced was relocated and painstakingly rebuilt on an estate in [[Sussex]], where it lived out its days as a glorified garden shed.<ref name="PAV">{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/1890-thomas-verity-s-new-pavilion-is-completed|title=Thomas Verity's new Pavilion is completed|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=14 July 2021|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714105554/https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/1890-thomas-verity-s-new-pavilion-is-completed|url-status=live}}</ref> Soon after this, the MCC purchased the land to the east, known today as the Nursery Ground; this had previously been a [[market garden]] known as Henderson's Nursery which had grown pineapples and tulips.<ref name="PO15"/><ref name="LBH"/><ref>Baker 2014, p. 129</ref> The ground was subsequently threatened by the [[Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway]]'s attempts to purchase the area for their line into [[Marylebone station]].<ref>Green 2010, p. 132</ref> After considering the company's offer, the MCC relinquished a strip of land bordering Wellington Road and was given in exchange the Clergy Orphan School to the south.<ref name="PO15"/> In order to build the railway into Marylebone station, the Nursery Ground had to be dug up to allow tunnels to be constructed between 1894 and 1898 using the [[Tunnel#Cut-and-cover|cut-and-cover]] method. Once completed the railway company laid a new pitch.<ref name="BAT">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43993471|title=Battle over rail tunnels at Lord's cricket ground rumbles on|first=Bill|last=Wilson|publisher=[[BBC News]]|date=8 August 2018|access-date=28 June 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709200848/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43993471|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:"W.G.", cricketing reminiscences and personal recollections (1899) (14784598082).jpg|thumb|right|A match in progress at Lord's in 1899.]]
It was rumoured that subsequent tunnelling under Wellington Road provided the banking for the Mound Stand, which was constructed in 1898/99 on an area previously occupied by tennis and [[Rackets (sport)|rackets]] courts. The rapid development of Lord's was not well met by some, with critics suggesting Thomas Lord would 'turn in his grave' at Lord's expansion.<ref name="PO15"/> 1899 saw [[Albert Trott]] hit a [[Boundary (cricket)#Six runs|six]] over the pavilion while playing for the MCC against the touring Australians, remaining as of {{year}} the only batsman to do so.<ref>Green 2010, p. 162–3</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Williamson |first=Martin |date=19 June 2010 |title=Albert Trott's mighty hit |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-to-1899-albert-trott-s-mighty-hit-463786 |access-date=29 June 2021 |work=ESPNcricinfo |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221110709/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-to-1899-albert-trott-s-mighty-hit-463786 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[International Cricket Council|Imperial Cricket Conference]] was founded by England, Australia and [[South African national cricket team|South Africa]] in 1909, with Lord's serving as its headquarters.<ref name="PO16">Powell 1989, p. 16</ref>

Lord's hosted three of the nine Test matches in the ill-fated [[1912 Triangular Tournament]] which was organised by the South African millionaire [[Sir Abe Bailey]].<ref>Green 2010, p. 190</ref> The ground's centenary was commemorated in June 1914 with a match between MCC, whose team was selected from the touring party from the recent [[English cricket team in South Africa in 1913–14|tour of South Africa]], and a Rest of England team. The Rest of England won the three-day match by an innings and 189 runs.<ref>Warner 1987, pp. 169–170</ref> Lord's was requisitioned by [[British Army|the army]] during the [[First World War]], accommodating the Territorial Army, [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] (RAMC) and [[Royal Army Service Corps]]. Both cooking and wireless instruction classes were held at the ground for military personnel. Once the RAMC departed, the [[War Office]] used the Nursery Ground and other buildings as a training centre for [[Royal Artillery]] cadets. The pavilion and its long room were used throughout the war for the manufacture of hay nets for horses on the [[Western Front (World War I)|Western Front]].<ref>Green 2010, p. 193-4</ref> Though requisitioned, Lord's held several charity cricket matches during the war, featuring military teams from the various territories of the [[British Empire]].<ref>Green 2010, p. 193-206</ref> These matches were well attended and one such match in 1918 between England and the [[Dominions cricket team|Dominions]] was attended by [[George V]] and the [[Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn|Duke of Connaught]].<ref>Warner 1987, p. 171</ref>

===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"/>

===Post–war years===

Following the end of the war attendances at cricket matches grew. The gross attendance of 132,000 and the gate receipts of £43,000 for the [[Second Test, 1948 Ashes series|Second Test of the 1948 Ashes series]] was a record for a Test match in England at that time.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Second Test Match England v Australia|author=Hayter, R. J.|work=[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack]]|year=1949|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152895.html|publisher=[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]|access-date=30 June 2021|archive-date=10 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100810225353/http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/152895.html|url-status=live}}</ref> This demand necessitated further expansion of the ground, with the construction of the [[Pelham Warner|Warner]] Stand in 1958, which included snack bars and a press box.<ref name="PO16"/><ref name="LBH"/> This stand was the work of the architect Kenneth Peacock and replaced an area of raised ground lined with trees from where it was traditionally possible to watch a match from the comfort of ones own [[carriage]]. Prior to the construction of the Warner Stand, all stands at the ground were identified by letters of the alphabet.<ref name="WARN">{{Cite web|title=The New Warner Stand is opened|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/2017-the-new-warner-stand-is-opened-by-hrh-the-duk|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190406/https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/2017-the-new-warner-stand-is-opened-by-hrh-the-duk|url-status=live}}</ref>

The record numbers of spectators who attended Test and [[County Championship]] matches began to decline by the end of the 1950s and cricket in England found itself from a position of 2.2 million paid County Championship spectators in 1947, dropping to 719,661 in 1963. To arrest this decline, [[List A cricket|List A one-day cricket]] was introduced in 1963, with Lord's hosting its first List A match in the [[1963 Gillette Cup]] between Middlesex and [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club|Northamptonshire]] and later hosted the [[1963 Gillette Cup Final|final of the competition]] between Sussex and [[Worcestershire County Cricket Club|Worcestershire]] in front of a sell-out 24,000 crowd. It was the first such final held anywhere in the world.<ref name="pandora">{{cite web |last=Williamson |first=Martin |date=20 April 2013 |title=Opening Pandora's one-day box |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-to-1963-opening-pandora-s-one-day-box-630566 |access-date=1 July 2021 |publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |archive-date=21 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221111447/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/rewind-to-1963-opening-pandora-s-one-day-box-630566 |url-status=live }}</ref> The tavern and its adjoining buildings were demolished in 1968 to make way for the construction of the Tavern Stand, again designed by Peacock.<ref name="LBH"/> The tavern was subsequently re-sited next to the Grace Gates and was complemented with a banqueting hall.<ref name="PO16"/> Lord's hosted its first [[One Day International]] (ODI) in 1972,<ref name="ODI">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596_o.html|title=ODI Matches played on Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182410/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596_o.html|url-status=live}}</ref> with Australia defeating England by 5 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32841.html|title=England v Australia, Prudential Trophy 1972 (2nd ODI)|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=31 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201032/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/32/32841.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Three years later Lord's hosted the final of the [[1975 Cricket World Cup|inaugural men's World Cup]], with the [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] triumphing over Australia.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cozier |first=Tony |title=West Indies victory heralds a new era |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/west-indies-victory-heralds-a-new-era-264375 |access-date=2 July 2021 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |archive-date=10 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110190011/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/west-indies-victory-heralds-a-new-era-264375 |url-status=live }}</ref> Four years later, Lord's held the [[1979 Cricket World Cup Final|final of the 1979 World Cup]], with the West Indies once against triumphing, this time against England.<ref>{{cite web|first=Tony|last=Cozier|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150321.html|title=England v West Indies|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=11 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181111093802/http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150321.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first women's cricket match at Lord's took place in August 1976 when England and Australia played a 60-over ODI which England won by eight wickets. The opportunity to play a women's match at Lord's resulted from a campaign by [[Rachael Heyhoe Flint]], and was given extra impetus by England's victory in the [[1973 Women's Cricket World Cup]]. England had to wait another 11 years to play their second match at Lord's.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thompson |first1=Jenny |title=Storming cricket's bastion |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/storming-cricket-s-bastion-142657 |publisher=Espncricinfo |access-date=19 July 2021 |date=14 July 2005 |archive-date=19 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719165747/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/storming-cricket-s-bastion-142657 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ground hosted the final of the [[ICC Women's Cricket World Cup]] in [[1993 Women's Cricket World Cup Final|1993]] with England beating New Zealand to win the World Cup. The ground was not fully opened for the game and only 5,000 spectators were able to attend.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williamson |first1=Martin |title=When women took over Lord's |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/when-women-took-over-lord-s-396113 |publisher=Espncricinfo |access-date=23 July 2021 |date=20 March 2009 |archive-date=23 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723113627/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/when-women-took-over-lord-s-396113 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Lord's Cricket Ground Grand Stand.jpg|thumb|right|The Grand Stand (pictured) was redeveloped in 1998.]]
A new indoor cricket school was completed in 1973 at the Nursery End, funded by £75,000 from [[Jack Hayward|Sir Jack Hayward]] and additional funds raised by the [[Lord's Taverners]] and  [[Sport England#The Sports Council Archives|The Sports Council]].<ref name="SCHOOL">{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/1977-first-indoor-school-at-lord-s-officially-open|title=First Indoor School at Lord's opened|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=2 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182451/https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/1977-first-indoor-school-at-lord-s-officially-open|url-status=live}}</ref> The West Indies appeared in their [[1983 Cricket World Cup Final|third successive World Cup final]] in 1983, but were defeated by 43 runs by [[India national cricket team|India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150434.html|title=India defy the odds|date=2 June 2008|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=5 July 2021|archive-date=10 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510212632/https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150434.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Mound Stand's roof was removed in 1985 to make way for a new upper tier designed by [[Hopkins Architects|Michael Hopkins and Partners]], which opened in time for the MCC's bicentenary in 1987.<ref>Green 2010, p. 448</ref> That bicentenary was celebrated with a [[MCC Bicentenary match|five-day match between MCC and a Rest of the World team]] in August 1987, which ended in a draw after the final day was rained off.<ref>{{cite web|title=MCC v Rest of the World, Lord's, August 20–25 1987|date=7 July 2005|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/story/212881.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184429/https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdencricketer/content/story/212881.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Graham Gooch]] made the first Test match triple-century at Lord's, scoring 333 against India in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=Graham Gooch scores 333|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/1990-graham-gooch-333-first-test-triple-century-at|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184833/https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/1990-graham-gooch-333-first-test-triple-century-at|url-status=live}}</ref> The final decade of the 20th–century saw rapid redevelopment of Lord's. The [[Denis Compton|Compton]] and [[Bill Edrich|Edrich]] stands were completed in 1991, having run over time and budget.<ref name="LBH"/> The indoor school closed in 1994, owing to the construction of a new state-of-the-art indoor cricket centre which opened in 1995.<ref name="SCHOOL"/> The old Grandstand was demolished in 1996, with a replacement designed by [[Nicholas Grimshaw|Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners]] being completed in 1998. Since 1997, Lord's was home to the [[European Cricket Council]] (ECC) till 2010 and currently is home to ICC Europe, which administers cricket outside of the European [[List of International Cricket Council members|full-member]] nations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/1796206.stm|title=From Iceland to Azerbaijan|publisher=BBC Sport|date=1 February 2002|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=16 February 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040216111246/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/1796206.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> With Lord's hosting three matches in the [[1999 Cricket World Cup|1999 World Cup]], including the [[1999 Cricket World Cup Final|final]], the MCC set about improving press facilities by constructing the Media Centre at the Nursery End between the Compton and Edrich stands, offering commanding views towards the pavilion from over the bowlers arm. The Media Centre was opened in April 1999 by then MCC President [[Tony Lewis]].<ref name="MED">{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/news-stories/the-20th-anniversary-of-the-media-centre-1|title=The 20th anniversary of the Media Centre|date=27 April 2019|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185354/https://www.lords.org/lords/news-stories/the-20th-anniversary-of-the-media-centre-1|url-status=live}}</ref>

===21st–century developments===
Lord's hosted its one-hundredth Test match in June 2000, with England defeating the West Indies by two wickets; the match was also notable for the 21 wickets which fell on the second day, the most to fall in a day in a Test at Lord's since 1888.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/2000-england-beat-west-indies-in-the-100th-lord-s|title=England beat West Indies in 100th Lord's Test|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190927/https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/2000-england-beat-west-indies-in-the-100th-lord-s|url-status=live}}</ref> The ground also hosted The University Match over three days for the last time in 2000, after which the match alternated between [[Fenner's]] at Cambridge and [[University Parks#Cricket ground|University Parks]] at Oxford.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6630947.cricket-varsity-game-may-switch-lords/|title=Cricket: Varsity game may switch from Lord's|date=7 July 2000|work=[[Oxford Mail]]|access-date=4 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190335/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6630947.cricket-varsity-game-may-switch-lords/|url-status=live}}</ref> The fixture has continued at Lord's since 2001 as a one-day limited overs match.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6630332.cricket-lords-varsity-one-day/|title=Cricket: Lord's Varsity to be one-day|date=24 July 2000|work=[[Oxford Mail]]|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185902/https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/6630332.cricket-lords-varsity-one-day/|url-status=live}}</ref> At the start of the 21st–century, the Lord's slope which provides a benefit to both [[Seam bowling|seam bowlers]] and [[Swing bowling|swing bowlers]] from the Pavilion and Nursery Ends respectively, was under threat of being levelled due to the advent of [[Cricket pitch#Drop-in pitches|drop-in pitches]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/4776895/Slopes-future-in-balance.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/4776895/Slopes-future-in-balance.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-status=live|title=Slope's future in balance|first=Simon|last=Briggs|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=19 May 2001|access-date=1 January 2015|url-access=subscription}}{{cbignore}}</ref> However, the MCC resisted these calls as levelling the pitch would require the rebuilding of Lord's and would mean Test cricket would not be able to be played there for five years. The outfield was notorious for becoming waterlogged due to the clay soil, which resulted in considerable lost match time. The entire outfield was relaid in the winter of 2002 with the clay soil being replaced with sand, which has improved drainage.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pitchcare.com/news-media/mallinsons-win-bali-principal-award.html|title=Mallinsons win BALI Principal Award|first=David|last=Saltman|work=www.pitchcare.com|date=27 November 2003|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184644/https://www.pitchcare.com/news-media/mallinsons-win-bali-principal-award.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Lord's hosted its first [[Twenty20]] match in the second edition of the [[Twenty20 Cup]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/warwickshire/3256040.stm|title=Lord's admits Twenty20 Cup|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=2 December 2003|access-date=5 July 2021|archive-date=9 May 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040509081246/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/counties/warwickshire/3256040.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2005 the [[International Cricket Council]] (formerly the Imperial Cricket Conference) headquarters, which had been located at Lord's since its foundation in 1909,<ref>{{cite web |title=ICC ponders Lord's move |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/3532281.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=5 July 2021 |date=4 March 2004 |archive-date=3 June 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040603043435/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/3532281.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> were closed and moved to the [[Dubai Sports City]] in the United Arab Emirates.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cricket chiefs move base to Dubai |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4326601.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=5 July 2021 |date=7 March 2005 |archive-date=18 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070218140252/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4326601.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Lordsatnight.jpg|thumb|left|A floodlit [[Twenty20]] match at Lord's between Middlesex and Kent in 2009.]]
Temporary [[Floodlights (sport)|floodlights]] were installed at the ground in 2007, but were removed in 2008 after complaints of [[light pollution]] from local residents. In January 2009, [[Westminster City Council]] approved the use of new 48 metre high retractable floodlights designed to minimise light spillage into nearby homes. Conditions of the approval included a five-year trial period during which up to 12 matches and 4 practice matches could be played under the lights from April to September. The lights must be dimmed to half-strength at 9.50&nbsp;pm and be switched off by 11&nbsp;pm. The floodlights were first used successfully on 27 May 2009 during the Twenty20 Cup match between Middlesex and [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/cricket/lords-floodlights-just-isnt-cricket-6007403|title=Lord's floodlights just 'isn't cricket'|work=Get West London|date=2 June 2009|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=1 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801003956/https://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/cricket/lords-floodlights-just-isnt-cricket-6007403|url-status=live}}</ref> Two weeks after the first use of the floodlights, Lord's hosted its first [[Twenty20 International]] in the [[2009 ICC World Twenty20|World Twenty20]] between England and the [[Netherlands national cricket team|Netherlands]], which resulted in a shock last-ball win for the associate nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-twenty20-2009-335113/england-vs-netherlands-1st-match-group-b-355991/match-report|title=de Grooth leads Netherlands to famous win|first=Andrew|last=McGlashan|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=5 June 2009|access-date=6 July 2021|archive-date=28 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211228190029/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-world-twenty20-2009-335113/england-vs-netherlands-1st-match-group-b-355991/match-report|url-status=live}}</ref> Lord's held the [[2009 ICC World Twenty20 Final|final of the competition]] between [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] and [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]], which Pakistan won by 8 wickets.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jun/21/pakistan-sri-lanka-world-twenty20-final|title=Pakistan v Sri Lanka – as it happened|first=Rob|last=Smyth|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=21 June 2009|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184914/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2009/jun/21/pakistan-sri-lanka-world-twenty20-final|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2008 plans were drawn up by the MCC committee to fund the future £250 million development of the ground by constructing residential apartments and a luxury hotel along the Wellington Road and Grove End Road.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/new-housing-set-to-pay-for-250m-redeveloped-lord-s-7649424|title=New housing set to pay for £250m redeveloped Lord's|publisher=[[Archant#Weekly paid newspapers|Ham & High]]|date=4 July 2008|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184640/https://www.hamhigh.co.uk/news/new-housing-set-to-pay-for-250m-redeveloped-lord-s-7649424|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Lord's Masterplan was unveiled in 2013, which is a twenty-year plan to redevelop the ground and improve its facilities. The first phase of the masterplan involved the demolition and replacement of the Warner Stand with a new stand, which was built between 2015 and 2017. The new stand has improved facilities for match officials and reduced the number of restricted view spectator seats from 600 to 100.<ref name="MAS">{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/the-future|title=The Masterplan|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=23 July 2021|archive-date=20 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620043117/https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/the-future|url-status=live}}</ref> Phase two of the masterplan involved the demolition of the Compton and Edrich Stands in 2019, with their replacements being completed in 2021; these provided an extra 2,000 seats and for the first time were linked by a walkway bridge.<ref name="MAS"/>

Lord's celebrated the [[Bicentenary Celebration match|two hundredth anniversary]] of its current ground in 2014. To mark the occasion, an MCC XI captained by [[Sachin Tendulkar]] played a Rest of the World XI led by [[Shane Warne]] in a 50-over match.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/sachin-tendulkar-rahul-dravid-unite-063408729.html|url-status = dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302003921/http://cricket.yahoo.com/news/sachin-tendulkar-rahul-dravid-unite-063408729.html |archive-date=2 March 2014 |title = Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid re-unite; to face off against Shane Warne again|date = 6 February 2014|work = Yahoo! Cricket}}</ref>

Two matches of note were played at the ground in July 2019. The first of these was [[2019 Cricket World Cup Final|2019 World Cup Final]] between England and New Zealand, which ended as a tie with both sides making 241 runs from their 50 overs. The final was then decided by a [[Super Over]], which also ended in a tie. Therefore, the winner was decided on the number of boundaries scored in the game and Super Over; this was England's first World Cup triumph.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-cricket-world-cup-2019-1144415/england-vs-new-zealand-final-1144530/match-report|title=Epic final tied, Super Over tied, England win World Cup on boundary count|first=Alan|last=Gardner|date=14 July 2019 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=23 July 2021|archive-date=12 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712100707/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-cricket-world-cup-2019-1144415/england-vs-new-zealand-final-1144530/match-report|url-status=live}}</ref> A second match of note followed four days later when [[Ireland cricket team|Ireland]] played [[Irish cricket team in England in 2019|their first Test match at Lord's]], where they bowled England out for 85 on the first morning of the match with [[Tim Murtagh]] taking 5 for 13. Despite this, in their second innings Ireland were dismissed for 38, the lowest Test total at Lord's and lost the match by 143 runs.<ref name="Lowest">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18774/report/1152839/day/3/england-vs-ireland-only-test-ireland-tour-of-england-2019|title=Chris Woakes and Stuart Broad wreck Ireland dream in a session|work=ESPNcricinfo|date=26 July 2019|access-date=26 July 2019|archive-date=26 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726111020/https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18774/report/1152839/day/3/england-vs-ireland-only-test-ireland-tour-of-england-2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

In August 2022 the ground's East Gate was renamed the Heyhoe Flint Gate in honour of Rachael Heyhoe Flint.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lord's gate dedicated to cricket captain Rachael Heyhoe Flint unveiled |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-62577636 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=22 August 2022 |date=17 August 2022 |archive-date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821160913/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-62577636 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Ground features and facilities==
===Stands===
As of {{year}}, the stands at Lord's are (clockwise from the Pavilion):<ref name="Ground">{{cite web|url = https://www.lords.org/assets/ground-map-of-lords-2012-10872.pdf|title = Lord's Ground|access-date = 6 January 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170227062611/https://www.lords.org/assets/ground-map-of-lords-2012-10872.pdf|archive-date = 27 February 2017|url-status = dead}}</ref>
<gallery>
File:Lords 6.jpg|[[Pelham Warner|Warner]] Stand
File:Lord's Cricket Ground Grand Stand.jpg|Grand Stand
File:Lords Compton Stand Oct 2021.jpg|[[Denis Compton|Compton]] Stand
File:Lords Edrich Stand Oct 2021.jpg|[[Bill Edrich|Edrich]] Stand
File:Lords south stands.jpg|Mound Stand (left)
File:Lords Cricket Ground, London (Ank Kumar) 01.jpg|Tavern Stand
File:Lords match in progress.jpg|[[Gubby Allen|Allen]] Stand (right) (formerly Q Stand)
File:Lords Labels 2021.svg|Overview of the stands at Lord's
</gallery>

Many of the stands were rebuilt in the late 20th century. In 1987 the new Mound Stand, designed by [[Hopkins Architects|Michael Hopkins and Partners]], was opened, followed by the Grand Stand, designed by [[Nicholas Grimshaw]], in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.lords.org/history/lords-history/lords-milestones/|title = Lord's milestones|access-date = 6 January 2015|archive-date = 9 January 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150109171707/http://www.lords.org/history/lords-history/lords-milestones/|url-status = live}}</ref> The [[Lord's Media Centre|Media Centre]], opposite the Pavilion between the [[Denis Compton|Compton]] and [[Bill Edrich|Edrich]] Stands, was added in 1999. Designed by [[Future Systems]], it won the Royal Institute of British Architects' [[Stirling Prize]] for 1999.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/RIBAStirlingPrizeWinners/LordsMediaCentre%281999%29.aspx|title = LORD'S MEDIA CENTRE (1999)|access-date = 6 January 2015|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150106021449/http://www.architecture.com/StirlingPrize/RIBAStirlingPrizeWinners/LordsMediaCentre%281999%29.aspx|archive-date = 6 January 2015|df = dmy-all}}</ref> The redevelopment of the Compton Stand and Edrich Stands was completed in 2021, adding 2,600 seats and bringing the ground capacity to 31,100 spectators.<ref>Tennant I (2021) [https://www.thetimes.com/sport/cricket/article/bitter-feud-over-expansion-of-lords-stands-revealed-v70cdbbv8 Bitter feud over expansion of Lord's stands revealed], ''[[The Times]]'', 26 May 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2021. {{subscription required}}</ref> The two ends of the pitch are the Pavilion End (south-west), where the main members' pavilion is located, and the Nursery End (north-east), dominated by the Media Centre.<ref name="Ground"/>

The current Grand Stand replaced the one built in 1926 by Sir Herbert Baker. Although the stand was described as "truly a thing of beauty, loved by all who gazed upon it", it did have limitations for spectators. 43% of the seats had an obstructed views of the playing area and the structure itself was becoming rotten.

===Pavilion===
{{See also|Lord's honours boards}}
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<!--[[File:Lord's Pavilion.jpg|thumb|right|The Victorian-era Pavilion]]
[[File:Lords Long Room.jpg|right|thumb|The Long Room in the pavilion]]--->
The current pavilion at Lord's is the third pavilion to stand at the ground and is the main survivor from the Victorian era, having been built in 1889–90. It has been a [[Listed building#Examples of Grade II* listed buildings|Grade II* listed building]] since September 1982.<ref name="NHLE">{{NHLE|num=1235992|desc=The Pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground|access-date=13 July 2021}}</ref> The pavilion was constructed using brick with ornate terracotta facing, which includes terracotta gargoyles, such as 'The Patriarch' which is thought to represent [[George Harris, 4th Baron Harris|Lord Harris]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Lords Through Time|last=Meredith|first=Anthony|year=2012|publisher=[[Amberley Publishing]]|location=Stroud|isbn=978-1445611341|page=53|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kF2oAwAAQBAJ|access-date=22 March 2023|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404011607/https://books.google.com/books?id=kF2oAwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> The building consists of a long, two storey centre section with covered seating between two end towers which are capped with pyramidal roofs which have ornate wrought and cast iron lanterns.<ref name="NHLE"/> Running the full length of the rear of the second floor is the pavilion roof terrace, which provides views of the entire ground.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/conferences-and-events/pavilion-roof-terrace|title=Pavilion Roof Terrace|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=14 July 2021|archive-date=14 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714224414/https://www.lords.org/lords/conferences-and-events/pavilion-roof-terrace|url-status=live}}</ref> It underwent an £8&nbsp;million refurbishment programme in 2004–05. The pavilion is primarily for members of the MCC, who may use its amenities, which include seats for viewing the cricket, the Long Room and its Bar, the Bowlers Bar, and a members' shop. At Middlesex matches the pavilion is open to members of the Middlesex County Cricket Club. The Pavilion also contains the [[dressing room]]s where players change, each of which has a small balcony for players to watch the play.

The Long Room is found on the ground floor of the pavilion and has been described by [[Lawrence Booth (cricket writer)|Lawrence Booth]] as "the most evocative four walls in world cricket".<ref name="Booth">Arm-Ball to Zooter, Lawrence Booth, Penguin 2006, {{ISBN|0-14-051581-X}}, p.150-1</ref> Players walk through the Long Room on their way from the dressing rooms to the [[cricket field]]; this walk is notoriously long and complex at Lord's. On his Test debut in 1975, [[David Steele (cricketer)|David Steele]] got lost on his way out to bat "and ended up in the pavilion's basement toilets".<ref>{{cite book |title=If The Cap Fits |last=Bateman |first=Colin |year=1993 |publisher=Tony Williams Publications |isbn=1-869833-21-X |page=155}}</ref> Once a player reaches the Long Room is approximately 30 paces from the swing door at the rear of the room to the steps which lead onto the playing field.<ref>{{cite book|title=Luck: A Fresh Look at Fortune|last=Smith|first=Ed|year=2013|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|isbn=9781408830604|page=53|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=otCS17ftZMgC|access-date=22 March 2023|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404030109/https://books.google.com/books?id=otCS17ftZMgC|url-status=live}}</ref> The Long Room is decorated with paintings of famous cricketers and administrators from the 18th to the 21st century, predominantly English players. For an overseas player to have their portrait placed in the Long Room is a considerable honour. Amongst overseas players to have a portrait in the Long Room are four Australians: [[Don Bradman]], [[Keith Miller]], [[Victor Trumper]] and [[Shane Warne]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia/story/0,,1325266,00.html|title=Obituary: Keith Miller|first=Mike|last=Selvey|author-link=Mike Selvey|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=12 October 2004|access-date=13 July 2021|archive-date=24 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524195448/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/oct/12/guardianobituaries.cricket|url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Lord's honours board_(cropped).jpg|thumb|left|250px|The original honours board commemorating English centuries. This board was replaced in 2019.]]
Found in the players dressing rooms are the honours boards for commemorating [[century (cricket)|centuries]], [[five wicket haul]]s and [[ten wicket haul]]s in a match. Two honours boards for batting and bowling commemorate England players in the home dressing room,<ref>{{cite web|first=Andy|last=Wilson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/may/17/stuart-broad-england-west-indies|title=Stuart Broad says joining Lord's bowling elite is a 'huge honour'|work=The Guardian|date=17 May 2012|access-date=13 July 2021|archive-date=13 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713222426/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/may/17/stuart-broad-england-west-indies|url-status=live}}</ref> while the batting and bowling boards commemorating players from other nationalities are found in the away dressing room.<ref>{{cite web|first=Mike|last=Selvey|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/may/20/west-indies-england-first-test-day-four|title=First Test day four report|work=The Guardian|date=20 May 2012|access-date=13 July 2021|archive-date=13 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713222426/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/may/20/west-indies-england-first-test-day-four|url-status=live}}</ref> Originally only these achievements in Test matches were commemorated, but since 2019 an honours board for ODIs has been introduced.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2019/02/26/lords-honour-womens-achievements-first-time-new-board-added/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2019/02/26/lords-honour-womens-achievements-first-time-new-board-added/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-status=live|title=Lord's to honour women's achievements for first time as new board is added for ODIs|last=Hoult|first=Nick|date=26 February 2019|work=The Telegraph|access-date=13 July 2021|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|url-access=subscription}}{{cbignore}}</ref> As of {{year}} [[List of international cricket centuries at Lord's#Test centuries|167 players have made 240 Test centuries at Lord's]] and [[List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Lord's#Test match five-wicket hauls|130 players have taken 186 five wicket hauls]]. In ODI's [[List of international cricket centuries at Lord's#One Day International centuries|29 players have made 32 centuries at Lord's]] and [[List of international cricket five-wicket hauls at Lord's#One Day International five-wicket hauls|14 players have taken a five wicket haul]]. A separate "neutral" honours board was created in 2010 to coincide with Lord's hosting a [[Australian cricket team against Pakistan in England in 2010|Test match between Australia and Pakistan]]. The Australians [[Warren Bardsley]] and [[Charlie Kelleway]] were the first two names added to this board, commemorating their centuries against South Africa in 1912. They were joined by the Australians [[Shane Watson]] and [[Marcus North]], who both took five wicket hauls against Pakistan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/aussies-get-on-honour-board-at-lords-20100413-s7t1.html|title=Aussies get on honour board at Lord's|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=13 April 2010|access-date=13 July 2021|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714150655/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/aussies-get-on-honour-board-at-lords-20100413-s7t1.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The dress code in the pavilion is notoriously strict. Men are required to wear "ties and tailored coats and acceptable trousers with appropriate shoes" and women are required to wear "dresses; or skirts or trousers worn with blouses, and appropriate shoes".<ref>{{cite news|last=Alderson|first=Andrew|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1571968/MCCs-Brearley-wants-relaxed-dress-for-Lords.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1571968/MCCs-Brearley-wants-relaxed-dress-for-Lords.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=MCC's Brearley wants relaxed dress for Lord's|work=The Telegraph|date=9 December 2007 |access-date=17 July 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Until 1999 women – except [[Elizabeth II|Queen Elizabeth II]] – were not permitted to enter the pavilion as members during play, due to the gender-based membership policy of the MCC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/cricket/59842.stm|title=Modernisers stumped in MCC vote|publisher=BBC News|date=24 February 1998|access-date=14 July 2021|archive-date=19 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221019123349/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/cricket/59842.stm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/297853.stm|title=MCC delivers first 10 maidens|publisher=BBC News|date=16 March 1999|access-date=14 July 2021|archive-date=19 July 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040719162158/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/297853.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> The 1998 decision to allow female MCC members represented a historic modernisation of the pavilion and its clubs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/181759.stm|title=Lord's and ladies?|publisher=BBC News|date=28 September 1998|access-date=14 July 2021|archive-date=8 November 2002|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021108060940/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/181759.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Media Centre===
[[File:Nat West media centre cropped.jpg|thumb|left|The futuristic Media Centre (pictured).]]
The decision to build the Media Centre was made during a meeting of the MCC committee in 1995.<ref name="MEDIA">{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/news-stories/the-20th-anniversary-of-the-media-centre-1|title=The 20th anniversary of the Media Centre|publisher=www.lords.org|date=29 April 2019|access-date=14 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185354/https://www.lords.org/lords/news-stories/the-20th-anniversary-of-the-media-centre-1|url-status=live}}</ref> These plans sought to remove the inadequate media facilities mostly concentrated in the Warner Stand which could accommodate 90 journalists, along with wooden shacks dotted around the ground for commentators,<ref name="SPORT">{{cite book|last=Nicholson|first=Matthew|year=2007|title=Sport and the Media|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|location=[[Abingdon-on-Thames]]|page=115|isbn=978-1136364976}}</ref> and replace them with a new purpose built facility. It was then approved by members of the MCC at a special general meeting in December 1996.<ref name="MEDIA"/> A gap between the Compton and Edrich Stands was selected, with space limitations requiring the centre to stand {{convert|15|m}} above the ground on reinforced supports from the structure around its two lift shafts. This design allowed for uninterrupted access between the main ground and the Nursery Ground, while also allowing the movement of ground staff and their equipment.<ref name="MEDIA"/>

It was designed by the [[Future Systems]] architectural practice led by Czech architect [[Jan Kaplický]] and was the first all-aluminium, semi-[[monocoque]] building in the world, costing about £5 million. Construction began in January 1997 and was completed in time for the 1999 World Cup. It was built in 32 sections and fitted out by Pendennis Shipyard in [[Falmouth, Cornwall|Falmouth]] in combination with [[Centraalstaal]] from the Netherlands.<ref name=nce>{{cite web|url=http://www.nce.co.uk/winner-building-sponsored-by-bsi-natwest-media-centre-lords-cricket-ground-london-nw8/838275.article|title=Winner Building Sponsored by BSI NatWest Media Centre, Lord's Cricket Ground, London NW8|publisher=www.newcivilengineer.com|date=21 October 1999|access-date=14 July 2021|archive-date=2 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702204951/http://www.nce.co.uk/winner-building-sponsored-by-bsi-natwest-media-centre-lords-cricket-ground-london-nw8/838275.article|url-status=live}}</ref> These pieces were then delivered to Lord's where they were lowered into place during the [[1998 English cricket season|1998 season]].<ref name="MEDIA"/> The glazing on the front of the centre is inclined 25° so as to eliminate reflections and glare on the pitch to minimise the visual barrier between members of the media and the players. The lower tier of the centre provides accommodation for 118 journalists, with two hospitality boxes either side which accommodate 18 people each. The top tier has radio and television commentary boxes, consisting of two television studios, two large commentary and radio commentary boxes, each holding up to six people.<ref name="SPORT"/> The centre's only opening window is in the broadcasting box used by BBC [[Test Match Special]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.building.co.uk/the-lords-test/915.article|title=The Lord's test &#124; Magazine Features|last=Alexander|first=Gus|publisher=www.building.co.uk|access-date=14 July 2021|archive-date=3 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703000122/http://www.building.co.uk/the-lords-test/915.article|url-status=live}}</ref> The building won eight architectural awards, including the [[RIBA Stirling Prize]] for architecture in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mark |first=Laura |date=2015-10-06 |title=Twenty years of the RIBA Stirling Prize |url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/twenty-years-of-the-riba-stirling-prize |access-date=2025-02-11 |website=The Architects’ Journal |language=en}}</ref> The Media Centre was originally sponsored by [[NatWest]], with sponsorship being taken over by [[Investec]] in 2007. Since 31 May 2011, the media centre has been sponsored by [[JPMorgan Chase|J. P. Morgan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/new-media-centre-sponsor-jp-morgan,2037,NS.html|title=New Media Centre sponsor: JP Morgan|publisher=www.lords.org|date=31 May 2011|access-date=29 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130312001401/http://www.lords.org/latest-news/news-archive/new-media-centre-sponsor-jp-morgan,2037,NS.html|archive-date=12 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Nursery Ground===
[[File:Nursery Ground, Lord's - geograph.org.uk - 3430343.jpg|thumb|right|The Nursery Ground (pictured).]]
Purchased in two parts by the MCC in 1838 and 1887, the ground is primarily used as a practice ground and is considered to have some of the best grass [[Cricket nets|nets]] in the world.<ref name="NUR">{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57132.html|title=Lord's Nursery Ground|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191911/https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57132.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1895 the [[Queen Victoria's Rifles|Middlesex Volunteers]] requested the use of the Nursery Ground as a drill ground, but this was declined by the MCC.<ref name="BEN36"/> The Nursery Pavilion, which was constructed in 1999, overlooks the playing area of the Nursery Ground and is one of London's largest venues.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/conferences-and-events/nursery-pavilion|title=Nursery Pavilion|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=8 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190511/https://www.lords.org/lords/conferences-and-events/nursery-pavilion|url-status=live}}</ref> The ground has hosted one first-class cricket match in 1903, when the MCC played [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/598_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Lord's Nursery Ground, St John's Wood|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=6 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184417/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/598_f.html|url-status=live}}</ref> the match was originally to be played on the main Lord's ground, but heavy rain had fallen and in the week leading up to the match this had led to the abandonment of a match between the MCC and Nottinghamshire. The heavy rain persisted during the MCC v Yorkshire match, with the players spending the first two days of the three-day match sat in the pavilion. However, it was deemed that the playing surface on the Nursery Ground was suitable for the third day of the match to be played there,<ref>Barker 2014, p. 129</ref> with both sides batting for an innings each and Yorkshire's [[Wilfred Rhodes]] making an [[not out|unbeaten]] 98.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6152.html|title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Yorkshire, 1903|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=7 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185725/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/6/6152.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[The University Match (women's cricket)|Women's University Match]] has been played on the Nursery Ground since 2001,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/varsity-cricket-a-one-day-wonder|title=Varsity cricket – a one-day wonder?|publisher=www.cam.ac.uk|date=6 June 2001|access-date=11 July 2021|archive-date=11 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711201251/https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/varsity-cricket-a-one-day-wonder|url-status=live}}</ref> however following calls for gender equality, the 20-over fixture will be played on the main Lord's ground for the first time from 2022 alongside the men's fixtures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/women-s-varsity-match-set-for-full-lord-s-debut-after-universities-reach-agreement-1263728|title=Women's Varsity match set for full Lord's debut after universities reach agreement|first=George|last=Dobell|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=21 May 2021|access-date=11 July 2021|archive-date=11 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711201232/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/women-s-varsity-match-set-for-full-lord-s-debut-after-universities-reach-agreement-1263728|url-status=live}}</ref> On big match days crowds are allowed onto the outfield. The Cross Arrows Cricket Club play their home matches at the Nursery Ground toward the end of the cricket season.<ref name="NUR"/> The construction of the new Compton and Edrich stands, beginning in August 2019, encroached on the Nursery Ground's playing area. In order to reclaim the playing area lost to the redevelopment of the stands, the temporary Nursery Pavilion will be demolished in 2025–26 and the playing area will be extended up to the perimeter wall running along the Wellington Road.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/the-future|title=The Future of Lord's|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=13 July 2021|archive-date=20 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210620043117/https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/the-future|url-status=live}}</ref>

===MCC Museum and Library===
[[File:Ashes Urn.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[The Ashes urn]] on display at the Lord's Museum]]
Lord's is the home of the MCC Museum, which is the oldest sports museum in the world, and contains the world's most celebrated collection of cricket [[Sports memorabilia|memorabilia]], including [[The Ashes urn]].<ref name="MUS">{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/mcc/heritage-collections/what-we-do|title=MCC Museum|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=12 July 2021|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727180322/https://www.lords.org/mcc/heritage-collections/what-we-do|url-status=live}}</ref> MCC has been collecting memorabilia since 1864, the collection being originated by Sir [[Spencer Ponsonby-Fane]], who subsequently became the club Treasurer.<ref name=barc>''Barclay's World of Cricket – 2nd Edition'', 1980, Collins Publishers, {{ISBN|0-00-216349-7}}, p47</ref> These items were originally displayed in the pavilion, limiting access to the collection to MCC members. Following the Second World War the collection had outgrown its home in the pavilion, with a decision made to relocate the collection and open it to the public. The MCC moved the collection to a disused rackets court, which had fallen into disrepair during the war, with this location also acting as a memorial to the fallen members of the MCC from the two world wars.<ref name="MUSLIB">{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/1953-hrh-the-duke-of-edinburgh-opens-the-imperial|title=HRH The Duke of Edinburgh opens the MCC Museum|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=15 July 2021|archive-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715100724/https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/1953-hrh-the-duke-of-edinburgh-opens-the-imperial|url-status=live}}</ref> They appointed [[Diana Rait Kerr]], "to whom the game owes a great debt", to be the first full-time creator of the museum and library, a position she held from 1945 to 1968.<ref name=barc/> The museum was officially opened to the public as the Imperial Memorial Collection by the [[Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh|Duke of Edinburgh]] in 1953. During her tenure as curator, Rait Kerr secured donations of pictures, equipment and other artefacts from around the world.<ref name="MUSLIB"/> Rait Kerr was succeeded as curator by Stephen Green in 1968.<ref name=barc/> The museum today welcomes around 50,000 visitors per year.<ref name="MUSLIB"/>

Amongst the items on display include cricket kit used by [[Victor Trumper]], [[Jack Hobbs]], [[Don Bradman]], [[Shane Warne]], and others; many items related to the career of [[W. G. Grace]]; and curiosities such as the stuffed [[Old World sparrow|sparrow]] that was 'bowled out' by [[Jahangir Khan (cricketer)|Jahangir Khan]] of Cambridge University in delivering a ball to [[T. N. Pearce]] batting for the MCC on 3 July 1936. It also contains the battered copy of [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|''Wisden'']] that helped to sustain [[E. W. Swanton]] through his captivity in a Japanese [[Prisoner-of-war camp#Conditions in Japanese camps|prisoner-of-war camp]] during the Second World War. It continues to collect historic artefacts and also commissions new paintings and photography.<ref name="MUSLIB"/> It contains the [[Brian Johnston]] Memorial Theatre, a cinema which screens historical cricket footage for visitors. The museum collaborates with a number of national museums and schools through active loans, in addition to community and tour programmes. It is a member of the [[Sporting Heritage]] network.<ref name="MUS"/>

Lord's also has one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of books and publications dedicated to cricket. The library includes over 20,000 volumes and grows by around 400 volumes a year. The library encourages donations from authors and publishers. The library operates as a private library for MCC members on match days, but is open by appointment on non-match days.<ref name="MUS"/> It was expanded in the 1980s with the opening of a new library in the tennis court block to the rear of the pavilion,<ref>Meredith 2012, p. 47</ref> having previously been housed in a small office in the pavilion.<ref name="G436">Green 2010, p. 436</ref> In 2010, a selection of 100 duplicates from the library's collection was offered for auction by [[Christie's]] with proceeds going to support the library.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.christies.com/about/press-center/releases/pressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=4329|title=Release: Christie's to offer a selection of items from the MCC collections|publisher=www.christies.com|date=21 October 2010|access-date=15 August 2014|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923225711/http://www.christies.com/about/press-center/releases/pressrelease.aspx?pressreleaseid=4329|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Gardens===
[[File:Lord's Cricket Ground Lord Harris Memorial.jpg|thumb|right|Memorial stone (pictured) to [[George Harris, 4th Baron Harris|Lord Harris]] in the Harris Garden.]]
Lord's has two gardens, the Harris Garden and the Coronation Garden. The Coronation Garden was created behind the A stand (Warner Stand) in 1952 to celebrate the [[Coronation of Elizabeth II]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Peebles |first1=Ian |author1-link=Ian Peebles |last2=Rait Kerr |first2=Diana |author2-link=Diana Rait Kerr |title=Lord's 1946-1970 |year=1987 |publisher=Pavilion Books |location=London |isbn=1851451412 |page=78 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yIVLAAAAYAAJ |access-date=22 March 2023 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404113607/https://books.google.com/books?id=yIVLAAAAYAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> It contains weeping [[Fraxinus|Ash trees]] and other trees, providing a shaded area under which benches are found. Preserved in the Coronation Garden is one of the first models of mass-produced, cast iron, heavy [[Roller (agricultural tool)#Cricket pitch use|rollers]] dating from the 1880s, which was in use at Lord's until 1945.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Evans |first1=Roger D. C. |title=Cricket Grounds: The Evolution, Maintenance and Construction of Natural Turf Cricket Tables and Outfields |year=1991 |publisher=[[Sports Turf Research Institute]] |location=[[Bingley]] |isbn=1873431007 |page=15 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EBEK7CB5Xg8C |access-date=22 March 2023 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404113604/https://books.google.com/books?id=EBEK7CB5Xg8C |url-status=live }}</ref> A large bronze statue of W. G. Grace stands in the Coronation Garden. The garden is popular with picnickers during major matchdays.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hughes |first1=Simon |author1-link=Simon Hughes (cricketer) |title=And God Created Cricket |year=2010 |publisher=[[Transworld Publishers|Transworld]] |location=[[Ealing]] |isbn=9781446422472 |page=89 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B-n8jsCTWIUC |access-date=22 March 2023 |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404113609/https://books.google.com/books?id=B-n8jsCTWIUC |url-status=live }}</ref> The Harris Garden, formerly tennis courts, was created as a [[rose garden]] in 1934 in memory of [[George Harris, 4th Baron Harris|Lord Harris]].<ref>Barker 2014, p. 112</ref><ref>Fay 2005, p. 28</ref> The garden was restored and re-launched in 2018. The restoration included the exposing of the flint wall which runs along the back of the garden,<ref name="GAR">{{cite news|url=https://www.conference-news.co.uk/news/lords-re-launches-harris-garden|title=Lord's re-launches Harris Garden|first=Martin|last=Fullard|publisher=ConferenceNews|date=6 August 2018|access-date=27 July 2021|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727210007/https://www.conference-news.co.uk/news/lords-re-launches-harris-garden|url-status=live}}</ref> which displays a dedication to Lord Harris. The flower beds in the Harris Garden were replanted in 2018 with a floral design featuring flowers from all the [[Test cricket#Test status|Test playing nations]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Booth |first=Lawrence |title=The Shorter Wisden 2018 |year=2018 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]] |location=London |isbn=9781472953582 |page=139 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hu5UDwAAQBAJ |access-date=22 March 2023 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524195450/https://books.google.com/books?id=hu5UDwAAQBAJ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Harris Garden is available for private hire and can host up to 300 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/conferences-and-events/harris-garden|title=Harris Garden|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=27 July 2021|archive-date=27 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727204154/https://www.lords.org/lords/conferences-and-events/harris-garden|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="GAR"/>

==Other sports==
[[File:Base-ball in England - the match on Lord's cricket grounds between the Red Stockings and the Athletics - from a sketch by Abner Crossman. LCCN2008677252.tif|thumb|left|A [[baseball]] match between the [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Red Stockings]] and the [[Philadelphia Athletics (1860–1876)|Philadelphia Athletics]] at Lord's in 1874.]]
[[Pelham Warner]] was of the opinion that the only other sport which had any real standing at Lord's was [[real tennis]].<ref name="WAR292">Warner 1987, p. 292</ref> A real tennis court began construction in October 1838, with the foundation stone of the court being laid by [[Benjamin Aislabie]].<ref name="WAR28">Warner 1987, p. 28</ref> The court was built at a cost of £4,000, which at the time was exceptionally high.<ref>Meredith 2012</ref> A real tennis competition was later established in 1867.<ref name="WAR28"/> The tennis court was demolished in 1898 to make way for the Mound Stand, with a replacement court being built behind the pavilion in 1900 in the back garden of number 3 Grove End Road. By 2005 the MCC had a real tennis playing membership of 200.<ref>{{cite book|last=Fay|first=Stephen|year=2005|title=Tom Graveney at Lord's|pages=102–3|publisher=[[Methuen Publishing]]|location=London|isbn=0413775305|url=https://archive.org/details/tomgraveneyatlor0000fays}}</ref> The playing of [[Rackets (sport)|rackets]] at Lord's dates from 1844 and is currently played in the same building as real tennis.<ref name="WAR28"/> Lord's hosted the Public Schools Championship in 1866, with Harrow School triumphing. Since then the Championship has been held at [[Prince's Club]], before moving to [[Queen's Club]].<ref name="WAR292"/>

With the advent of [[lawn tennis]], a decision was made at the annual general meeting of the MCC in May 1875 to construct a tennis court, although there was strong opposition from some members.<ref>Warner 1987, p. 69</ref> A suggestion to standardise the rules of tennis was made at Lord's by [[John Moyer Heathcote|J. M. Heathcote]], who was himself a prominent real tennis player. On 3 March 1875 the MCC, in its capacity as the governing body for rackets and real tennis, convened a meeting at Lord's to test the various versions of lawn tennis which existed with the aim to fully standardise the game's rules.<ref name="RULES">{{cite book|author=[[Bodleian Library]]|year=2011|title=The Original Rules of Tennis|pages=29–34|publisher=Victory Books|location=Melbourne|isbn=978-0522858389|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d0hwrwZqMDYC|access-date=22 March 2023|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404011605/https://books.google.com/books?id=d0hwrwZqMDYC|url-status=live}}</ref> Amongst the various versions of lawn tennis which were demonstrated were [[Walter Clopton Wingfield|Major Clopton Wingfield's]] ''Sphairistikè'', and [[John Hale (cricketer)|John H. Hale's]] Germains Lawn Tennis.<ref>{{cite book|last=Barrett|first=John|author-link=John Barrett (tennis)|title=Wimbledon – Serving Through Time|year=2003|publisher=Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum|location=London|pages=29, 30|isbn=978-0-906741-32-0}}</ref> After the meeting, the MCC Tennis Committee was tasked with framing the rules. On 29 May 1875 the MCC issued the ''Laws of Lawn Tennis'', the first unified rules for lawn tennis, which were adopted by the club on 24 June.<ref>{{cite book|editor-last=Somerset|editor-first=Henry|title=Tennis, Lawn Tennis, Rackets, Fives |series=Badminton Library of Sports and Pastimes |year=1894 |publisher=Longmans, Green and Co. |location=London |edition=3st |editor-link=Henry Somerset, 8th Duke of Beaufort |pages=133, 134|url=https://archive.org/details/tennis00ainggoog |oclc=558974625 |ol=6939991M}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Barrett|first=John|author-link=John Barrett (tennis)|title=Wimbledon: The Official History of the Championships|year=2001|page=1|publisher=CollinsWillow|location=London|isbn=0-00-711707-8}}</ref> These rules were amended by the [[All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club]] for the [[1877 Wimbledon Championship]], with the dimensions of the tennis courts being based on those at Lord's; the courts on which these were based are no longer used for tennis and are now part of the Harris Garden.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/harris-gardens-hosting-tennis-at-lords-since-1838-and-where-rules-of-lawn-tennis-was-standardised-861597|title=Harris Garden, hosting tennis at Lord's since 1838 and where rules of lawn tennis were standardised|first=Jamie|last=Alter|publisher=[[Firstpost]]|date=14 October 2017|access-date=15 July 2021|archive-date=24 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724113600/https://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/harris-gardens-hosting-tennis-at-lords-since-1838-and-where-rules-of-lawn-tennis-was-standardised-861597|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Green 2010, p. 435</ref>

The original intention for the purchase of the northern part of the Nursery Ground in 1838 was for it to serve as an [[archery]] venue.<ref>Green 2010, p. 43</ref> Archery is recorded as having been played at Lord's as far back as August 1844, when visiting [[Iowa people|Ioway Indians]] camped at Lord's and demonstrated their archery skills.<ref>Green 2010, p. 40</ref> Lord's was one of the venues for the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], hosting the [[Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics|archery competition]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-on-hold-as-lords-hosts-archery|title=Cricket on hold as Lord's hosts archery|publisher=Wisden India|date=26 July 2012|access-date=27 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731044741/http://www.wisdenindia.com/cricket-on-hold-as-lords-hosts-archery|archive-date=31 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The archery competition took place in front of the pavilion, which the archers were positioned in front of, with the targets placed 70 metres away just past the [[Cricket pitch|square]] and in front of the Media Centre. Either side of the square temporary stands holding up to 5,000 spectators were erected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/2012-lord-s-hosts-the-olympic-archery-tournament|title=Lord's hosts Olympic Archery|publisher=www.lords.org|access-date=15 July 2021|archive-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715213604/https://www.lords.org/lords/our-history/father-time-wall/2012-lord-s-hosts-the-olympic-archery-tournament|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Lacrosse]] was first played at Lord's in 1833 by the Canadian pioneers of the sport.<ref name="G347">Green 2010, p. 347</ref> Lacrosse returned to Lord's in 1876, when a team of Canadian Gentlemen Amateurs led by [[William George Beers]] played an exhibition match at the ground against a team of [[Iroquois|Iroquois Indians]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Vennum|first=Thomas|year=2013|title=American Indian Lacrosse: Little Brother of War|page=269|publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]]|location=[[Baltimore]]|isbn=9780801887642|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ySIIyex5nboC}}</ref> A Canadian lacrosse team toured the United Kingdom again in 1883, with one exhibition match being staged at Lord's in front of several thousand spectators.<ref>{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Joseph Edmund|year=1884|title=Canada under the administration of Lord Lorne|page=526|publisher=Rose Publishing Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NYhjqs1LZC4C|access-date=22 March 2023|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404113605/https://books.google.com/books?id=NYhjqs1LZC4C|url-status=live}}</ref> It was later played again at Lord's in October 1953 when the Kenton and Old Thorntonians lacrosse clubs met there in a lacrosse championship match, with further fixtures following in November of the same year.<ref name="G347"/>
[[File:Archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men.jpg|thumb|right|Lord's was the venue for [[archery at the 2012 Summer Olympics]].]]
[[Baseball]] was first played at Lord's in 1874 when the MCC hosted a touring party of 22 baseball players from the [[Atlanta Braves|Boston Red Stockings]] and the [[Philadelphia Athletics (1860–1876)|Philadelphia Athletics]], who were the two leading American baseball teams of the time.<ref>Green 2010, p. 65</ref><ref>Barker 2014, p. 120</ref> The Red Stockings defeated The Athletics 24–7 in front of a crowd of 5,000 spectators.<ref>{{cite book|last=Felber|first=Bill|year=2013|title=Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century|pages=84–5|publisher=[[Society for American Baseball Research]]|location=[[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]|isbn=9781933599427|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rdgAAgAAQBAJ|access-date=22 March 2023|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404011608/https://books.google.com/books?id=rdgAAgAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> A baseball game was held at Lord's during the First World War to raise funds for the Canadian Widows and Orphans Fund. A Canadian team played a team of American London residents in a match watched by 10,000 people.<ref>Green 2010, p. 195</ref><ref>Barker 2014, p. 155</ref>

Lord's hosted the London pre-[[1968 Summer Olympics|1968 Olympics]] [[field hockey]] tournament in 1967.<ref name="HOCK">{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/aipsueps/world-hockey-returns-to-lords/|title=World hockey returns to Lord's|first=Bill|last=Colwill|publisher=[[Sports Journalists' Association]]|date=6 November 2006|access-date=15 July 2021|archive-date=15 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715221043/https://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk/aipsueps/world-hockey-returns-to-lords/|url-status=live}}</ref> One match saw [[India men's national field hockey team|India]] play [[Pakistan men's national field hockey team|Pakistan]], which was broadcast live on the BBC, which at the time was unprecedented in field hockey.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/sports/hockey-asia-cup-2017-india-versus-pakistan-is-an-age-old-rivalry-where-emotions-take-over-skills-and-tactics-4142161.html|title=Hockey Asia Cup 2017: India versus Pakistan is an age-old rivalry where emotions take over skills and tactics|first=Jitendra Nath|last=Misra|publisher=[[Firstpost]]|date=14 October 2017|access-date=15 July 2021|archive-date=24 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524195522/https://www.firstpost.com/sports/hockey-asia-cup-2017-india-versus-pakistan-is-an-age-old-rivalry-where-emotions-take-over-skills-and-tactics-4142161.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Pakistan won the match 1–0,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/vid%C3%A9o/field-hockey-match-between-indian-and-pakistan-at-the-lords-vid%C3%A9o/mr_00103145?uiloc=thumbnail_same_series_adp|title=Montage: Field hockey match between Indian and Pakistan at the Lord's Cricket Ground in London|date=16 April 2013|publisher=[[Getty Images]]|access-date=15 July 2021|archive-date=24 May 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524195453/https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/video/field-hockey-match-between-indian-and-pakistan-at-stock-video-footage/mr_00103145?uiloc=thumbnail_same_series_adp|url-status=live}}</ref> while Pakistan also went on to defeat [[Belgium men's national field hockey team|Belgium]] later in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishpathe.com/video/hockey-match-aka-pre-olympic-hockey-tournament-aka/query/field+hockey|title=Hockey Match Aka Pre-Olympic Hockey Tournament AKA Hockey At Lords 1967|publisher=[[Pathé News|British Pathe]]|access-date=15 July 2021|archive-date=31 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731074748/https://www.britishpathe.com/video/hockey-match-aka-pre-olympic-hockey-tournament-aka/query/field%2Bhockey|url-status=live}}</ref> The ground hosted further international hockey matches in the 1970s.<ref name="HOCK"/> The [[University Match (hockey)|University Match]] between Oxford and Cambridge hockey clubs took place at Lord's for twenty-one years beginning in 1969.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.varsityhockeymatch.com/history-of-the-varsity-match---venues|title=Varsity Match – Past Venues|website=www.varsityhockeymatch.com|access-date=8 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709191011/https://www.varsityhockeymatch.com/history-of-the-varsity-match---venues|url-status=live}}</ref> [[England men's national field hockey team|England]] beat [[1975 Men's Hockey World Cup|world-champions]] India for the time ever in this venue, in 1978.<ref>{{cite news |title=England Score Historic Triumph |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19780313-1.1.22 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |agency=Reuters |date=13 March 1978 |page=22 |access-date=18 May 2022 |archive-date=18 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518171016/https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19780313-1.1.22 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Other sports to have been played at Lord's include [[lawn bowls]] and [[English billiards|billiards]]. In 1838,<ref name="WAR29"/> a [[bowling green]] was constructed at the western end of the ground, in addition to a billiards room with two billiard tables which was added to the original tavern,<ref name="WAR29">Warner 1987, p. 29</ref><ref name="B44"/><ref name="BEN36">Green 2010, p. 36</ref> with professional billiards players playing matches at Lord's on a Monday during the cricket season;<ref name="WAR292"/> In the late 1840s and early 1850s, Lord's held [[Galloway pony]] races after the cricket season was over, with races starting at the tavern and finishing twenty yards south of the pavilion.<ref>Warner 1987, p. 31</ref>

==International records==
===Test===
* Highest team total: 729/6 [[Declaration and forfeiture|declared]] by Australia v England, 1930<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/t_Highest_Team_Totals.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood - Highest Team Totals in Test cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725213148/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/t_Highest_Team_Totals.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Lowest team total: 38 all out by Ireland v England, 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/t_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood - Lowest Team Totals in Test cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725213148/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/t_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Highest individual innings: 333 by Graham Gooch for England v India, 1990<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/t_Centuries.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood - Centuries in Test cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=25 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=25 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725213148/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/t_Centuries.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Best bowling in an innings: 8/34 by [[Ian Botham]] for England v Pakistan, 1978<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/t_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood - Five Wickets in an Innings in Test cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=14 March 2024|url-access=subscription|archive-date=14 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314154257/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/t_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Best bowling in a match: 16/137 by [[Bob Massie]] for Australia v England, 1972<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/t_Most_Wickets_in_Match.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood - Most Wickets in a Match in Test cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=14 March 2024|url-access=subscription|archive-date=14 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240314154257/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/t_Most_Wickets_in_Match.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===One Day International===
* Highest team total: 334/4 (60 overs) by England v India, 1975<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/o_Highest_Team_Totals.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Highest Team Totals in ODI cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190353/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/o_Highest_Team_Totals.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Lowest team total: 107 all out (32.1 overs) by South Africa v England, 2003<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;ground=10;orderby=team_score;runsmax1=199;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=team;view=innings|title=Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Team records|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=8 July 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185350/https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;ground=10;orderby=team_score;runsmax1=199;runsval1=runs;template=results;type=team;view=innings|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Highest individual innings: 138[[not out|*]] by [[Viv Richards]] for West Indies v England, 1979<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/o_Centuries.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Centuries in ODI cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185958/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/o_Centuries.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Best bowling in an innings: 6/24 by [[Reece Topley]] for England v [[Indian national cricket team|India]], 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/o_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Four Wickets in an Innings in ODI cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=8 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185217/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/o_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Twenty20 International===
* Highest team total: 199/4 (20 overs) by West Indies v [[List of World XI Twenty20 International cricketers|ICC World XI]], 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/itt_Highest_Team_Totals.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Highest Team Totals in International Twenty20 matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=7 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404011604/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/itt_Highest_Team_Totals.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Lowest team total: 93 all out (17.3 overs) by Netherlands v Pakistan, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/itt_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Lowest Team Totals in International Twenty20 matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=7 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404011955/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/itt_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Highest individual innings: 78 by [[Mahela Jayawardene]] for Sri Lanka v Ireland, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;filter=advanced;ground=10;orderby=batted_score;template=results;type=batting;view=innings|title=Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=7 July 2021|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404011617/https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=3;filter=advanced;ground=10;orderby=batted_score;template=results;type=batting;view=innings|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Best bowling in an innings: 4/11 by [[Shahid Afridi]] for Pakistan v Netherlands, 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/itt_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Four Wickets in an Innings in International Twenty20 matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=7 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404011606/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/itt_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

All records correct as of {{date}}.

==Domestic records==
=== First-class ===
* Highest team total: 655 by [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] v Glamorgan, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cricket Records in ENG: Lord's, London in FC matches |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/ground/team-highest-innings-totals/eng-lord-s-london-10/first-class-matches-4 |publisher=ESPNCricincfo |access-date=9 April 2024 |archive-date=9 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409135702/https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/ground/team-highest-innings-totals/eng-lord-s-london-10/first-class-matches-4 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Lowest team total: 15 by MCC v [[Surrey county cricket teams|Surrey]], 1839<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/f_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Lowest Team Totals in first-class cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182452/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/f_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Highest individual innings: 335[[not out|*]] by [[Sam Northeast]] for [[Glamorgan County Cricket Club|Glamorgan]] v Middlesex, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Webb |first1=Nick |title=County Championship: Glamorgan's Sam Northeast hits Lord's record 335 against Middlesex |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/68749184 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=7 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240406222215/https://www.bbc.com/sport/cricket/68749184 |archive-date=6 April 2024 |date=6 April 2024 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*Three bowlers have taken a ten-wicket haul in an innings where the exact bowling figures are not recorded, however it is known they conceded less than 20 runs, they are [[William Lillywhite]], [[Edmund Hinkly]] and [[John Wisden]]. The best bowling figures in an innings where the records are complete is [[Samuel Butler (cricketer)|Samuel Butler]]'s 10 for 38 for Oxford University v Cambridge University in 1871.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/f_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183101/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/f_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*William Lillywhite has taken the most wickets in a match, with 18 for the Players v Gentlemen in the [[Gentlemen v Players]] fixture of 1837, though his exact bowling figures are not recorded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/f_Most_Wickets_in_Match.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Most Wickets in a Match in first-class cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182831/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/f_Most_Wickets_in_Match.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== List A ===
* Highest team total: 368/2 (50 overs) by [[Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club|Nottinghamshire]] v Middlesex, 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/a_Highest_Team_Totals.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Highest Team Totals in List A matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183659/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/a_Highest_Team_Totals.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Lowest team total: 57 (27.2 overs) by [[Essex County Cricket Club|Essex]] v Lancashire, 1996<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/a_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Lowest Team Totals in List A matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190302/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/a_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Highest individual innings: 187[[not out|*]] by [[Alex Hales]] for Nottinghamshire v Surrey, 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/a_Centuries.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – 150 Runs in List A matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183225/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/a_Centuries.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Best bowling in an innings: 7/22 by [[Jeff Thomson]] for Middlesex v [[Hampshire County Cricket Club|Hampshire]], 1981<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/a_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Five Wickets in an Innings in List A matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183646/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/a_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Twenty20 ===
* Highest team total: 223/7 (20 overs) by Surrey v Middlesex, 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/tt_Highest_Team_Totals.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Highest Team Totals in Twenty20 matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709184517/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/tt_Highest_Team_Totals.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Lowest team total: 90 (14.4 overs) by [[Kent County Cricket Club|Kent]] v Middlesex, 2015<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/tt_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Lowest Team Totals in Twenty20 matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183240/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/tt_Lowest_Team_Totals.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Highest individual innings: 102 [[not out]] by [[Stephen Eskinazi]] for Middlesex v Essex, 2021<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/tt_Centuries.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Centuries in Twenty20 matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709182246/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/tt_Centuries.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Best bowling in an innings: 6/24 by [[Tim Murtagh]] for Surrey v Middlesex, 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/tt_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|title=Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood – Four Wickets in an Innings in Twenty20 matches|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2 July 2021|url-access=subscription|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181752/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/596/tt_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

All records correct as of {{date}}.

==See also==
*[[List of cricket grounds by capacity]]
*[[Lists of stadiums]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book|last=Midwinter|first=Eric|author-link=Eric Midwinter|title=W. G. Grace: His Life and Times|year=1981|publisher=George Allen & Unwin}}
*{{cite book|last=Moorhouse|first=Geoffrey|author-link=Geoffrey Moorhouse|year=1983|title=Lord's|publisher=Hodder and Stoughton|isbn=034028210X}}
*{{cite book|last1=Rait Kerr|first1=Diana|author-link1=Diana Rait Kerr|last2=Peebles|first2=Ian|author-link2=Ian Peebles|year=1987|orig-year=First published 1971|title=Lord's 1946-1970|publisher=Pavilion Books|location=London|isbn=1851451153}}
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==Further reading==
* Rice, Jonathan (2001). ''One Hundred Lord's Tests''. Methuen Publishing Ltd.
* Wright, Graeme (2005). ''Wisden at Lord's''. John Wisden & Co. Ltd.

==External links==
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* [http://content.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57129.html Profile – Lord's] at the [[CricInfo]]

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