Thomas Lord

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Thomas Lord

A tile with Thomas Lord's profile in relief at St John's Wood tube station
Personal information
Born	(1755-11-23)23 November 1755 Thirsk, England
Died	13 January 1832(1832-01-13) (aged 76) West Meon, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Role	Bowler
Relations	Thomas Lord jr. (Son)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1787–1798	Middlesex
1792–1797	Marylebone Cricket Club
FC debut	31 May 1787 Middlesex v Essex
Last FC	14 August 1816 MCC v Middlesex
Career statistics
Competition First-class Matches 59 Runs scored 899 Batting average 9.87 100s/50s 0/3 Top score 68 Balls bowled ? Wickets 148 Bowling average ? 5 wickets in innings 5 10 wickets in match 0 Best bowling 7/? Catches/stumpings 17/–
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 27 January 2016

Thomas Lord (23 November 1755 – 13 January 1832) was an English professional cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1787 to 1802. He made a brief comeback, playing in one further match in 1815. Overall, Lord made 90 known appearances in first-class cricket. He was mostly associated with Middlesex and with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) as a ground staff bowler.

Lord is best remembered as the founder of Lord's Cricket Ground.