2 cassettes: 2 sides, total time 178 minutes 32 seconds

2 cassettes, 'Lord's, The Home of Cricket' produced by the BBC Radio Collection. The entire recording is written and narrated by E W Swanton, who tells the story of cricket at Lord's from 1787 to 1990. The recording was produced by John Stanley, and contains commentary throughout from the BBC, including commentators L T J Arlott, A R Alston, C D A Martin-Jenkins and H C Blofeld. Side One is 43 minutes 58 seconds long and begins with Sir Don Bradman, Clive Lloyd and Colin Cowdrey talking about playing at Lord's, and Swanton then talks about Thomas Lord and the founding of Lord's Cricket Ground in 1787, the move to Lord's third ground in 1814, and the history of the Nursery Ground. This side consists of the following anecdotes and commentary: 1. F A MacKinnon of Cambridge University recalls F C Cobden of Cambridge's last over in the 1870 Varsity match against Oxford at Lord's, in which Cambridge won on the last ball. 2. P F Warner talks about his first memories of visiting Lord's and the changes that had taken place at Lord's since he first visited the ground, the Warner Stand which was named after him, and Warner talks about winning the County Championship at Lord's with Middlesex against Surrey in 1920. 3. E H Hendren talks about the Middlesex vs. Surrey County Championship match in 1920. 4. Sir Charles Tennyson describes Grace's performance in the Gentlemen vs. Players match of 1898. 5. C J Kortright recalls advice given to him by Grace when playing for Gentleman vs. Players in 1898. 6. F E Woolley talks about his innings of 93 and 95 for England against Australia in 1921, which he believed to be his best innings. 7. Swanton talks about G O Allen's feat of taking all ten wickets for Middlesex against Lancashire in 1929, and the decision to name the Q Stand after Allen, and G and H stands after D C S Compton and W J Edrich. 8. Bradman talks about his best innings for Australia against England at Lord's in 1930 (scoring 254) and Swanton talks about the match and Bradman's innings. 9. Howard Marshall commentates on the end of the England vs. Australia Test match at Lord's in 1934 for the BBC, when Hedley Verity took 15 wickets in the match. 10. X C Balaskas talks about taking 9-103 in South Africa's first Test win in England in 1935. 11. S C Griffith of Cambridge University talks about keeping wicket when Jehangir Khan of Cambridge hit a sparrow when bowling to T N Pearce of MCC at Lord's in 1936. 12. Neville Cardus talks about W R Hammond's score of 240 for England against Australia at Lord's in 1938, and Swanton recalls his memories of the match and F E Woolley. 13. Rex Alston of the BBC commentates on K R Miller's century for the Dominions against England at Lord's in 1945. 14. MCC Curator S E A Green talks about the MCC Museum. 15. Rex Alston of the BBC commentates on the England vs. India Test match at Lord's in 1946, when V H Mankad was given out caught by W R Hammond off the bowling of T F Smailes. 16. Commentary of the England vs. South Africa Test match at Lord's in 1947, when T A Harris was given out caught by N W D Yardley off the bowling of D C S Compton. Side Two is 43 minutes 47 seconds and consists of the following anecdotes and commentary: 1. Bradman's last Lord's Test in 1948. 2. Commentary on Compton's benefit century in 1949 and Compton recalls early days on the ground staff at Lord's. 3. Frank Worrell bowls Johnny Wardle during West Indies' first Test win in England in 1950. 4. Trevor Bailey talks about his innings with Willie Watson for England against Australia in 1953. 5. Brian Statham talks about taking 7-39 against South Africa in 1955. 6. Keith Miller's last Lord's Test. 7. Colin Cowdrey's second successive Test century off the West Indies. 8. Brian Statham takes his 150th Test wicket in 1959. 9. Geoff Griffin's hat-trick, then called for 'throwing' in 1960. 10. Nasim ul Ghani scores 'a wonderful hundred' in 1962. 11. Wes Hall and D B Close talk about Colin Cowdrey coming out to bat with a broken arm for England against West Indies in 1963. 12. Worcestershire play Sussex in the first Gillette Cup Final in 1963. Side Three is 45 minutes 27 seconds long and consists of the following anecdotes and commentary: 1. Commentary on Geoffrey Boycott's innings of 146 for Yorkshire in the 1963 Gillette Cup Final. 2. David Holford scores a century for West Indies against England in 1966. 3. Ken Barrington scores his 6,000th Test run in 1967. 4. John Arlott describes a spectacular June hailstorm in 1968. 5. Australia are bowled out for 78 against England in 1968. 6. John Hampshire scores his maiden Test century in 1969 against West Indies. 7. Asif Iqbal is caught by Jack Bond off the bowling of Jack Simmons, as Lancashire defeat Kent to win the 1971 Gillette Cup Final. 8. R L Massie takes 16 wickets on his Test debut in 1972. 9. G S Sobers makes his last Test century in 1973, and a bomb scare occurs during the England vs. West Indies Test match in 1973. 10. India are bowled out for 42 against England in 1974. 11. Commentary on C H Lloyd making a century in the first Prudential World Cup Final, and the last-wicket partnership between Lillee and Thomson in the match. 12. Commentary on David Steele's innings for England against Australia in 1975. 13. Commentary on A W Greig's innings for England against Australia in 1975. 14. Bob Woolmer scores a century for England against Australia in 1977. 15. Mike Llewellyn of Glamorgan hits the commentary box during the Gillette Cup Final in 1977, and Albert Trott's six that went over the Pavilion is recalled by Joe Filliston. Side Four is 45 minutes and 20 seconds long and consists of the following anecdotes and commentary: 1. Commentary on the second Prudential World Cup Final in 1979, between West Indies and England. 2. Commentary on G A Gooch and I V A Richards' first Test centuries at Lord's in 1980. 3. Kim Hughes of Australia makes a big six in the Centenary Test in 1980 and the players applaud Arlott's last commentary. 4. I T Botham scores a 'pair' against Australia in 1981. 5. Derbyshire win the NatWest Trophy Final in 1981. 6. Commentary on Kapil Dev's innings of 89 for India against England in 1982. 7. Commentary on India winning the third Prudential World Cup Final in 1983. 8. Middlesex win the 1983 Benson and Hedges Cup Final in the last over. 9. Middlesex win the NatWest Trophy Final in the last over, in 1984. 10. Allan Border is dropped by M W Gatting during his innings of 196 for Australia against England in 1985. 11. Dilip Vengsarkar makes his third Lord's century in 1986, for India against England. 12. Gooch is run out by Roger Harper during the MCC vs. Rest of the World Bicentenary Match in 1987. 13. Malcolm Marshall takes ten wickets in a Test match for West Indies against England in 1988. 14. D I Gower scores a century for England against Australia in 1989. 15. Sir Richard Hadlee says farewell to Lord's, on his last Test appearance for New Zealand in 1990. 16. G A Gooch scores 333 for England vs. India in 1990.

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