Police searched the evacuated stands, although one elderly man at the top of the Tavern refused to budge. "I didn't give in to the bloody Nazis in the war and I'm certainly not budging for the Irish now," he told police. He was eventually quietly persuaded to leave .

For some time umpire Dickie Bird stayed out in the middle, sitting on the covers to protect the square. "It was quite frightening for a time," Bird recalled, "as [spectators] swarmed towards us like a great incoming tide." (Patrick Eagar)

At 2.45pm on Saturday, August 25th 1973 play in the 3rd Lord's Test between England and West Indies was suspended by a bomb scare; at the time the IRA had detonated several bombs in London. The stands were evacuated and after a short time the players left the middle (Patrick

Bertie Clarke, Derek Sealy, Foffie Williams and Tyrell Johnson pack ready for the trip home after the cancellation of the West Indies tour, August 25th 1939. As war clouds gathered fixtures were cancelled and the side's departure hastily brought forward

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The scoreboard at Lord's tells the sorry story as West Indies piled on 652 for 8, England v West Indies, 3rd Test, Lord's, August 24th 1973. It was the second highest Test score at Lord's behind Australia's 729 for 6 made in 1930. It remains the fourth highest (Patrick Eagar)

An undignified end to the 5th Test at The Oval, August 24th 1938 as Bill Edrich, Chuck Fleetwood-Smith and Len Hutton scramble for souvenir stumps. Fleetwood-Smith came away with two but Edrich gave his to Hutton who had earlier scored his world record 364

Posed it may be, but this shot of Iftikhar Ali Khan (the Nawab of Pataudi) leaping out to drive remains a classic. He scored a hundred on his England debut in 1932-33 and in 1946 captained India on their tour of England. He died of a heart attack playing polo aged 41 in 1952

Percy Hornibrook in the nets at the start of Australia's 1930 tour of England. He played all five Tests taking 13 wickets at 36.23 including 7 for 92 in the final Test. That proved to be the last of his six Tests. Although only 31 he retired at the end of the tour

Barry Richards and Gordon Greenidge in the slips for Hampshire, 1975. Not only were they a feared opening pair but both were outstanding slip fielders. Between them they took 771 catches for Hampshire

Len Hutton is congratulated on passing Don Bradman's Test score of 334 in the 5th Test at The Oval, August 22nd 1938. Although everyone considered Bradman's 334 on 1930 as the Test record, Wally Hammond had in fact surpassed this with 336* v New Zealand in 1932-33 but at that

The inside of the historic Long Room at Lord's pictured during a close-season clean around 1900. The mounted antlers are long gone but some of the painting remains, as do the tables

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Close of play, August 22nd 1939. This is in my top five favourite cricket photos. Manny Martindale and Derek Sealy walk off at the end of the drawn Oval Test. There is something poignant in the lengthening shadows as this was to be the last Test for more than six years

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A relatively trim Warwick Armstrong pictured by George Beldam at Lord's in 1905 on the second of his four tours of England. He enjoyed a successful summer, Wisden noting "In form nearly all through the tour, he struck the happy medium, being brilliant without recklessness." He

Not the best start to a tour. Ernie McCormick is no-balled by Herbert Baldwin during the Australians game at Worcester, May 2nd 1938. He bowled 19 no-balls in his first three overs (his first over lasted 14 deliveries) and 35 in the match as he struggled with his run-up. In his

The cover of the Radio Times ahead of the 1972 Ashes series with Alan Knott the featured player in the days of the BBC coverage many of us grew up with. In the five Test series - which was drawn 2-2 - Knott scored 229 runs at 28.92 and held 17 catches

August 20th 2006 was a day cricket made headlines for all the wrong reason when Darrell Hair and Billy Doctrove decided Pakistan had been tampering with the ball in the Oval Test. The Pakistani players refused to take the field after tea in protest and the rest is history .

Spectators shelter at The Oval after morning drizzle delayed the start of the second day of the 5th Ashes Test, 20th August 1934. Back then many grounds had large uncovered areas leaving the public exposed to the elements and makeshift covering was the norm

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Situated at the southern end of Ullswater, the hills of the Lake District provide a stunning backdrop for Patterdale CC which was formed in 1923 (@Patterdalecc)