My Pilgrimage: Lord's Cricket Ground
jj
16/01/2007

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The pitch from the Grand Stand, looking towards the Mound Stand         The Media Box - quite a bizarre archtectural challenge         The Pavillion. Hard to see but the ground at Lord's slopes by about two metres high ground to the right of the frame to low ground on the left.         The Groundkeepers' sheds         The Nets and the 'Nursery Ground' (so called because it once grew pineapples and rhubarb).        
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The view of the ground from the Media Box         The view of the Mound and Tavern Stands from the Media Box         The Grand Stand, with Marylebone flag flying, and our tour guide from the Media Box. The Groundskeepers' access point to the ground.         The Bowler
16012007596 16012007597 16012007598 Gubby comes with Lord's lanyard and Marylebone Cricket Club jersey, and he is named for
George 'Gubby' Allen

who was born in Australia, but became Chairman of the MCC Cricket Committee. He also refused to bowl Bodyline method for Douglas Jardine in the famous series of 1932-33.
 
The Home of Cricket This is fuzzy but it's all the machines to look after the grounds - a quick peak in a shed! My New Friend, Gubby, The Lord's Cricket Teddy
 

Note: you can see more of the layout of the ground in the formal map of Lord's, accessible here.
To visit the Lord's Cricket Ground site go to http://www.lords.org/