When did the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) first lay down the laws of cricket?
Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is a cricket club founded in 1787 and based since 1814 at Lord's cricket ground, which it owns, in St John's Wood, London, England. The club's own teams are essentially "ad hoc" because they have never taken part in any formal competition. MCC teams have always held first-class status depending on the quality of the opposition. To mark the beginning of each English season, MCC plays the reigning County Champions. In 1788, the MCC took responsibility for the Laws of Cricket, issuing a revised version that year. Although changes to the Laws are
Marylebone Cricket Club tours of Ceylon and Sri Lanka Marylebone Cricket Club tours of Ceylon and Sri Lanka International cricket teams raised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) have visited Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, on 23 occasions from 1911-12 until the most recent tour in the winter of 2000-01. Eleven of the teams were England national cricket teams raised by MCC during the period when it held responsibility for Test cricket played by England. The other twelve were MCC teams "per se" which did not take part in Test cricket. By 1911, there had been four English teams in Ceylon. Those were led by Ivo Bligh in 1882-83; George Vernon