The Lord's Pavilion. The dressing room balconies, with their short stretches of white fencing, can be seen on the middle floor at either end of the structure
The current pavilion was opened in 1890 at a cost of £21,000 after the original pavilion was destroyed by fire.[3]
Until 1999 women – except Queen Elizabeth II – were not permitted to enter the pavilion as members during play, due to the gender-based membership policy of MCC.[4][5] The 1998 decision to allow female MCC members represented a historic modernisation of the pavilion and its clubs.[6] In 1986 Diana Edulji was refused entry to the pavilion while captaining India on their tour of England. She quipped that the MCC should change its name to MCP ("male chauvinist pigs").[7]
In 2004, the pavilion was closed for a major refurbishment costing £8.2 million. The pavilion seating was extended to the upper levels and certain historic areas, such as the Long Room, were refurbished and redecorated.[8]
The dress code in the pavilion is notoriously strict. Men are required to wear "ties and tailored coats and acceptable trousers with appropriate shoes" and women are required to wear "dresses; or skirts or trousers worn with blouses, and appropriate shoes".[10]
Featuresedit
Dressing roomsedit
The pavilion houses dressing rooms designated for home and away teams. Each dressing room has its own balcony, from which players waiting to bat, or other team personnel can watch the progress of the game.
If a player manages to score a century or take five wickets in a Test match innings, their names are placed on the Lord's honours board, located in the dressing rooms. England players' achievements are recorded on boards in the home dressing room and all other nationalities in the away dressing room.[11] Several notable players, such as Shane Warne, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Ricky Ponting, Curtly Ambrose have failed to qualify to have their names placed on the honours board.[12][13]
The Long Room, described as "The most evocative four walls in world cricket",[14] is a feature of the Pavilion, a room players walk through on their way from the dressing rooms to the middle. The walk from dressing room to cricket field at Lord's is notoriously long and complex. On his Test debut in 1975, David Steele got lost "and ended up in the pavilion's basement toilets".[14]
The Long Room is lined with paintings of famous cricketers and administrators, from the 18th century to the 21st. Members of MCC and their guests have free access to the room (there are windows with views of the ground) and will often greet Australianbatsmen walking out to bat with "witticisms ... like 'See you soon'".[14][15] On this point, Australian Justin Langer,[16] described walking through the Long Room like "being bearhugged by an invisible spirit".[14]
Sightscreensedit
The Lord's pavilion includes four movable sightscreens, which move on wheels, to allow batsmen to adjust for different angles of bowling.
Referencesedit
^Wakefield, Nick (30 November 2011). "Awards praise shows historic architects practice is still on top of its game". Stroud News and Journal. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
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The Lord s Pavilion is a cricket pavilion at Lord s Cricket Ground in London England Designed by Thomas Verity 1 and built in 1889 1890 the pavilion has achieved Grade II listed heritage designation 2 Like the rest of Lord s the pavilion is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club MCC but is also used by Middlesex County Cricket Club and the England national cricket team The Lord s Pavilion The dressing room balconies with their short stretches of white fencing can be seen on the middle floor at either end of the structure Contents 1 History 2 Rules 3 Features 3 1 Dressing rooms 3 2 Honours boards 3 3 Long Room 3 4 Sightscreens 4 ReferencesHistory editThe current pavilion was opened in 1890 at a cost of 21 000 after the original pavilion was destroyed by fire 3 Until 1999 women except Queen Elizabeth II were not permitted to enter the pavilion as members during play due to the gender based membership policy of MCC 4 5 The 1998 decision to allow female MCC members represented a historic modernisation of the pavilion and its clubs 6 In 1986 Diana Edulji was refused entry to the pavilion while captaining India on their tour of England She quipped that the MCC should change its name to MCP male chauvinist pigs 7 In 2004 the pavilion was closed for a major refurbishment costing 8 2 million The pavilion seating was extended to the upper levels and certain historic areas such as the Long Room were refurbished and redecorated 8 The only batsman to hit a ball over the top of the pavilion has been Albert Trott in 1889 In 2010 Somerset County Cricket Club captain Marcus Trescothick was reportedly offered 1 million to hit a six over the pavilion 9 Rules editThe dress code in the pavilion is notoriously strict Men are required to wear ties and tailored coats and acceptable trousers with appropriate shoes and women are required to wear dresses or skirts or trousers worn with blouses and appropriate shoes 10 Features editDressing rooms edit The pavilion houses dressing rooms designated for home and away teams Each dressing room has its own balcony from which players waiting to bat or other team personnel can watch the progress of the game Honours boards edit Main article Lord s Honours Boards If a player manages to score a century or take five wickets in a Test match innings their names are placed on the Lord s honours board located in the dressing rooms England players achievements are recorded on boards in the home dressing room and all other nationalities in the away dressing room 11 Several notable players such as Shane Warne Sachin Tendulkar Brian Lara Ricky Ponting Curtly Ambrose have failed to qualify to have their names placed on the honours board 12 13 Long Room edit Main article Long Room The Long Room described as The most evocative four walls in world cricket 14 is a feature of the Pavilion a room players walk through on their way from the dressing rooms to the middle The walk from dressing room to cricket field at Lord s is notoriously long and complex On his Test debut in 1975 David Steele got lost and ended up in the pavilion s basement toilets 14 The Long Room is lined with paintings of famous cricketers and administrators from the 18th century to the 21st Members of MCC and their guests have free access to the room there are windows with views of the ground and will often greet Australian batsmen walking out to bat with witticisms like See you soon 14 15 On this point Australian Justin Langer 16 described walking through the Long Room like being bearhugged by an invisible spirit 14 Sightscreens edit The Lord s pavilion includes four movable sightscreens which move on wheels to allow batsmen to adjust for different angles of bowling References edit Wakefield Nick 30 November 2011 Awards praise shows historic architects practice is still on top of its game Stroud News and Journal Retrieved 17 July 2012 Historic England The Pavilion at Lord s Cricket Ground 1235992 National Heritage List for England Retrieved 23 October 2019 ESPNcricinfo staff Lord s A brief timeline ESPN Cricinfo Retrieved 17 July 2012 Modernisers stumped in MCC vote BBC News 24 February 1998 Retrieved 17 July 2012 MCC delivers first 10 maidens BBC News 16 March 1999 Retrieved 17 July 2012 Lord s and ladies BBC News 28 September 1998 Retrieved 17 July 2012 Hopps David 29 April 2006 Great Cricket Quotes Robson Books p 143 ISBN 978 1861059673 Lord s pavilion work begins BBC Sport 13 September 2004 Retrieved 17 July 2012 James Richard 20 April 2012 Trescothick offered 1m to clear Lord s Pavilion Metro Retrieved 17 July 2012 Alderson Andrew 9 December 2007 MCC s Brearley wants relaxed dress for Lord s The Telegraph Retrieved 17 July 2012 Wilson Andy 17 May 2012 Stuart Broad says joining Lord s bowling elite is a huge honour The Guardian Retrieved 17 July 2012 Tendulkar not the only modern legend to miss out on Lord s honours board The Indian Express 27 July 2011 Retrieved 17 July 2012 Sachin Tendulkar joins long list of greats to miss out on Lord s honours board Daily Mirror 26 July 2011 a b c d Arm Ball to Zooter Lawrence Booth Penguin 2006 ISBN 0 14 051581 X pp 150 151 The joke being that the batsman will soon be out and return the way he went Langer also played at Lord s on many occasions as a home Middlesex player nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lord s Pavilion 51 31 44 N 0 10 26 W 51 5290 N 0 1739 W 51 5290 0 1739 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lord 27s Pavilion amp oldid 1164048319, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
