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The Mary-Le-Bone Tavern Becomes Cricket's Headquarters — MCC Committee, 1805

In April 1805 the MCC committee passed a resolution formally adopting the Mary-Le-Bone Tavern in High Street as the club's permanent headquarters. The tavern — already used informally for committee meetings since 1788 — became the site at which all major cricket matches were arranged, all stakes were settled and all rule disputes were resolved. It was the de facto governing body of cricket for the next twenty years.