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Winchester v Harrow at Lord's — The Match Before the Pavilion Burned, July 1825
Winchester vs Harrow
1825-07-28
The first cricket match between Winchester and Harrow schools was completed at Lord's on 28 July 1825. Hours after the players had left, the pavilion caught fire and burned to the ground, taking with it the MCC's archive of scorebooks and records. The combination — first match of a new fixture, last night of the original pavilion — gave the day a peculiar place in cricket's institutional memory.
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