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2006 | - Keith Bradshaw becomes the first non-Briton to be chosen as MCC Secretary & Chief Executive.
- Claire Taylor (left) hits 156 not out against India - the highest ever individual score in a one-day international at Lord's.
- England's Andrew Strauss (left) and Charlotte Edwards unveil plaques to mark the second Lord's Ground, used between 1811 and 1813.
- Monty Panesar (right) becomes the first male 'graduate' of an MCC University (Loughborough) to earn an international call-up when he is selected for England's tour of India.
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2005 | - International Cricket Council (ICC) leaves at Lord's, for Dubai
- MCC stages a major fund-raising match at Lord's (see left); 22 of the world's best players help to raise £650,000 for tsunami recovery projects
- Archery demonstration on the outfield (left) in May; International Olympic Committee announces, in July, that the 2012 Games will be in London, with the archery event at Lord's
- Completion of seven-month, £8.2 million Pavilion refurbishment project (see left).
- MCC assumes responsibility for the six University Centres of Cricketing Excellence - renamed the 'MCC Universities'.
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2004 | - Lord's attracts record Twenty20 crowd - 27,509 - for its first match in the competition (Middlesex Crusaders v Surrey Lions).
- Rachael Heyhoe Flint (see left) becomes the first woman to be elected to the MCC Committee.
- See-through sightscreen installed in front of the Pavilion (see left).
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2003 | - MCC's Young Cricketers programme includes female players for the first time (see left, below).
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2002 | - Re-laying of the outfield at Lord's (see left).
MCC becomes the first cricket club in Britain to develop portable pitches. - Last Benson & Hedges Cup Final; Warwickshire beat Essex.
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2001 | - Women's Varsity Match played at Lord's, on the Nursery Ground, for the first time.
- England's 100th Test at Lord's; Pakistan beaten by an innings.
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2000 | - 100th Test at Lord's; England beat West Indies in three thrilling days.
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1999 | - Lord's stages the cricket World Cup Final; Australia beat Pakistan.
- Investec Media Centre (formerly sponsored by NatWest) opened at Nursery End. (Architects: Future Systems.)
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1998 | - MCC votes to admit women as Club Members.
- 150th anniversary of birth of WG Grace celebrated by MCC v Rest of World match, in aid of the Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.
- Brian Johnston Film Theatre opened in MCC Museum.
- Third Grand Stand opened. (Architect: Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners.)
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1997 | - MCC and ECB launch first Lord's website.
- Domestic cricket's governing bodies combine to form the England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB).
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1996 - 1997 | - Second Grand Stand demolished; building of the third Grand Stand commenced.
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1995 | - New Indoor Cricket School opened. (Architect: David Morley.)
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1993 | - The England women's cricket team wins the World Cup at Lord's.
- Re-opening of refurbished MCC Museum.
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1991 | - Opening of Compton and Edrich Stands. (Architect: Michael Hopkins & Partners.)
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1990 | - Launch of Tours of Lord's.
- Centenary of the Pavilion.
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1989 | - 'Q' Stand renamed the Allen Stand in memory of Sir George Allen.
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1988 | - The Ashes leave Lord's for the Australian bicentenary celebrations.
- Electronic scoreboard installed between the Tavern and the Mound Stands.
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1987 | - Bicentenary Gates presented by the Duke of Westminster in memory of Viscount Cobham.
- New Mound Stand opened by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh. (Architect: Michael Hopkins and Partners.)
- Bicentenary of MCC celebrated by MCC v Rest of World match.
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1985 | - Opening of new MCC Library.
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1980 | - Centenary Test Match, England v Australia.
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1977 | - MCC Indoor School opened by Sir George Allen.
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1976 | - First women's match at Lord's: England v Australia in a one-day international.
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1975 | - First Prudential World Cup Final; West Indies beat Australia.
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1972 | - First Benson & Hedges Cup Final; Leicestershire beat Yorkshire.
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1969 | - First meeting of the Cricket Council which comprised of MCC and the newly-formed TCCB and NCA.
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1968 | - New Stand opened on site of the old Tavern. (Architect: Kenneth Peacock.)
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1967 | - New Tavern opened. (Architect: David Hodges.)
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1963 | - First Gillette Cup Final; Sussex beat Worcestershire.
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1962 | - Last Gentlemen v Players match.
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1958 | - Warner Stand opened on the site of the old 'A' Enclosure. (Architect: Kenneth Peacock.)
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1953 | - Coronation Garden made.
- HRH The Duke of Edinburgh opened the Memorial Gallery to the memory of cricketers of all lands who lost their lives in the two World Wars. (Architect: J.H. Markham.)
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1949 | - HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, MCC President.
- Twenty-six retired professional cricketers who played for England made Honorary Cricket Members of MCC.
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1938 | - Introduction of TV cameras at Lord's Test.
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1937 | |
1934 | - Harris Memorial Garden made and 'Q' Enclosure built. (Architect: Sir Herbert Baker.)
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1925 - 1926 | - Second Grand Stand built and the Father Time weather-vane presented by the architect, Sir Herbert Baker.
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1923 | - WG Grace Memorial Gates erected in St John's Wood Road. (Architect: Sir Herbert Baker).
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1914 | - Centenary of the Ground on its present site.
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1912 | - Australia beat South Africa in the Triangular Tournament, in the only Lord's Test not to feature England.
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1909 | - Imperial Cricket Conference inaugurated by England, Australia and South Africa.
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1906 | |
1904 | - Advisory County Cricket Committee first met at Lord's.
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1903 - 1904 | - First MCC tour of Australia.
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1902 | - Easter Coaching Classes began.
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1899 | - Albert Trott hits a shot clean over the Pavilion - a feat never since repeated.
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1898 - 1899 | - Mound Stand built on the site of the old tennis court; new tennis court built behind the Pavilion.
- Board of Control for Test Matches at home first met at Lord's.
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1889 - 1890 | - Present Pavilion built. (Architect: Thomas Verity.)
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1888 | - Bill to take over the Ground for extensive railway development rejected.
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1887 | - Centenary of MCC. Three and a half acres of Henderson's Nursery purchased (hence 'Nursery End').
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1884 | - First Test match at Lord's; England beat Australia by an innings.
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1877 | - Middlesex County Cricket Club first played at Lord's.
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1875 | - MCC Tennis & Racquets sub-committee drafted first laws of Lawn Tennis.
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1868 | - Aboriginal cricketers play at Lord's - the first Australian team to visit England.
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1867 - 1868 | - Second Tavern built. (Architect: Edward Paraire.)
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1866 - 1867 | - First Grand Stand erected. (Architect: Arthur Allom.)
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1866 - 1867 | - Freehold of the Ground purchased for £18,333 6s 8d. with money advanced by William Nicholson.
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1864 | - First groundsman engaged.
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1860 | - Freehold of the Ground sold by the Eyre Estate to Mr Moses for £7,000; MCC did not bid.
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1848 | - A printing tent was first erected on the Ground and match cards sold.
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1846 | - First telegraph scoreboard installed.
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1838 | - Tennis court built on the site of the present Mound Stand.
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1837 | - Diamond jubilee of MCC celebrated by a grand North v South match.
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1835 | - Lord's Ground lease transferred to JH Dark, who remained proprietor until 1864.
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1832 | - Thomas Lord died at West Meon.
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1827 | - First Oxford v Cambridge match at Lord's.
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1825 | - Pavilion destroyed by fire, with the loss of all records.
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1814 | - Lord's Ground was moved to its third and present site.
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1811 | - MCC moved to North Bank, Regent's Park.
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1806 | - First Gentlemen v Players match.
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1805 | - First Eton v Harrow match (Lord Byron was in the Harrow team.)
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1787 | - Thomas Lord (born in 1755, in Thirsk) opened his first ground in Dorset Fields and MCC was formed.
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