Lord's Tour

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taketwo had a 'wicket' time at the Lord's cricket ground with the help of Lord's Tour. Each visitor gets to experience approximately 100 minutes being shown around 'The Home of Cricket', one of sports most iconic locations, by an expert guide. Remember, taketwo offers London 2 for 1 vouchers for days out in London. The Tour of Lord's gives visitors the opportunity to go behind the scenes at MCC's historic ground, where they can see many of the most famous sights in world cricket.

Thomas Lord founded the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1787, before then aristocrats and noblemen played their cricket in White Conduit Fields in Islington, London. As London's population grew, so did the nobility's impatience with the crowds that would gather to watch them play. In search for exclusivity, they decided to approach Thomas Lord, who was a bowler with White Conduit CC, and asked him to set up a new private ground.

The very first game was played on 31st May 1787, Middlesex vs. Essex. After primarily being based at Marylebone Bank, Regent's Park, between 1811 and 1813, Lord's moved to a new rural ground in St. Johns Wood in 1814. This remains MCC's home to this very day. In 1825, when Thomas Lord was 70, he sold the grounds to a Bank of England director, William Ward, for £5,000. Having provided the Marylebone Cricket Club with a ground for 38 years, retired and then died seven years later.

The original MCC colour of sky blue was replaced in Victorian times by the famous red and yellow, now recognised all over the world on ties, cricket sweaters and hat bands. The MCC Museum is the world's oldest sporting museum and, to this day, it remains both world-class and world famous. While it contains a wide range of exhibits, it is best known for being the home of The Ashes.

Other popular attractions include the stuffed sparrow that was 'bowled out' by Jehangir Khan in 1936, and the copy of Wisden that helped sustain EW 'Jim' Swanton throughout his captivity in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during the Second World War. The Museum's other displays include cricket kit used by some of the greatest players of all time, such as Victor Trumper, Jack Hobbs, Don Bradman and Shane Warne. Lord's Tour is a must see for anyone with a passion for cricket and the history behind it. The tour costs £14, however you only pay for one when you taketwo with the taketwo 2 for 1 voucher and guidebook. Go to our website: http://www.taketwobooks.com to order now.

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