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Lord's Pitch Relaid for the First Time — Spring 1818
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1818-04-12
In April 1818 the MCC commissioned the first systematic relaying of the Lord's pitch since the ground's 1814 opening. The strip — laid hastily four years earlier on rough St John's Wood pasture — had been giving uneven bounce and cracking through the 1817 season. The April 1818 work, supervised by the head groundsman Steed, marked the beginning of organised cricket-pitch management at Lord's and the first investment in the playing surface as a distinct asset.
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