I have been back in london for a few days, getting prepared for the test next week. Before i left the ground was a hive of activity, and there were extras popping up all over the place. when you are hosting five consecutive days of crowds and hospitality guests there are lots of everything needed.Below you can see extra hospitality space being constructed – the marquee at the back will just be a kitchen!Extra constructions for a giant screen and scorers box. Extra advertising, extar toilet roll, extra jam, extra stewards jackets and to tidy up at the end of each day, extra detergent.
I was lucky enough to meet Neil Robinson, the MCC librarian, at the ashes exhibition in the old library in Cardiff. We were both returning to London so I asked if I could come and visit him and see the library and museum. So off I went and saw the ‘URN’ the mystical catalyst to this cricketing series that is head and shoulders above the rest. One of the most interesting things I found out was that the famous obituary – which was in fact two days after the first joke of this kind – was a political jibe as cremation was illegal at the time and being debated in parliament at the time in 1882.
Welsh club cricket is very active. I took a short cycle ride to the edge of Cardiff to visit St. Fagans a club with a beutiful ground and great heritage, this post shows some of the club cricket aesthetic that struck me see the earlier post for some on pitch action and more on flickr.
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a great collection of pictures that sum up some of the the most extravagant members of the MCC, the overseer of crickets history and traditions. Images from photographer Peter Meade
