Lord's Old Ground

It was used mainly by Marylebone Cricket Club for major matches until 1810, after which a dispute about rent caused Lord to relocate.

The first match known to have been played at Lord's Old Ground was White Conduit Club v Middlesex on Monday 21 May 1787.

[1] The first regular cricket fixture at Lord's which continues today was the annual Eton v Harrow match which was first played on the Old Ground in 1805.

Lord relocated in 1811 to Lord's Middle Ground, a site at Lisson Grove in the vicinity of Regent's Park but he lost that venue after only three years because the land was requisitioned for a canal cutting.

In 1814, he opened the present Lord's Cricket Ground, formerly a duckpond in St John's Wood.