Thomas Lord and Marylebone Cricket Club grey plaque


Connection to This Location
# Dorset Square: The Birthplace of Modern Cricket Standing at Dorset Square in 1787, Thomas Lord made a decision that would transform sport forever—he leased a modest plot of land and laid out what would become England's first purpose-built cricket ground, establishing the physical and spiritual ho...
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Dorset Square
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Thomas Lord laid out his original cricket ground on this site in 1787. The M.C.C. was founded here in the same year.