Further information: Lord’s Cricket Ground: known as Lord’s, after its founder Thomas Lord, is a cricket ground located in the borough of Westminster, on St John's Wood Rd. Owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), this is the third incarnation of Lord’s Cricket Club and current Home of Cricket. The first ground was built on Dorset fields, in 1787; then moved to North Bank, Regent’s Park, in 1811; finally, the current Lord’s was inaugurated on the 22 June 1814 in St Johns Woods Rd, with a capacity of 20,000. Lord's is considered the home to the world's oldest sporting museum.

Eton vs Harrow: The Eton versus Harrow cricket match is an annual celebration, between Eton College and Harrow School. It constitutes Lord's oldest permanent fixture, held since 1805, considered one of the longest-running annual sporting fixtures in the world. Excluding fixtures during the First and Second World Wars, there have been 175 matches in the series from 1805 to 2015, of which Eton have won 58 and Harrow have won 52, with 67 matches drawn. The 100th match (1929) was won by Harrow, by 6 wickets.

Many famous individuals and famous cricketers have played the Eton vs Harrow game. In the match of 1929, Terence Rattigan took part for Harrow, who was one of England's most popular mid-twentieth-century dramatists.