Thomas Lord
- Events
- 1
- Episodes
- 4
- Years
- 1787
Every event in Historedia whose sources name Thomas Lord, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.
Events and episodes
Founding of Marylebone Cricket Club
1787Role: Founder of the cricket ground
- Founding of the Marylebone Cricket Club
The Marylebone Cricket Club was founded in 1787 from White Conduit members; its exact foundation date is lost but fell in late spring or summer 1787.
- Opening of the New Cricket Ground
Thomas Lord leased Dorset Fields from the Portman Estate and opened his first ground in May 1787, initially named the New Cricket Ground.
- First-known Match at the New Ground
On 21 May 1787 the New Cricket Ground hosted its first-known match: White Conduit Club noblemen against Middlesex gentlemen for 500 guineas a side.
- Earliest Notice of the Marylebone Club
The World advertised a 30 July 1787 match at Lord's between the Mary-le-bone Club and the Islington Club, the earliest notice of MCC.
- Founding of the Marylebone Cricket Club
Sources
- Lord's Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-19
- Marylebone Cricket Club Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-28