I went to Lord's Cricket Ground today to watch my son play for Cambridge. It was a great day out, and, rather pleasingly, free. Slightly bizarrely the concourse was full of Morris Oxfords and Austin Cambridges in conditions varying from near-showroom to somewhat tired. Excitingly I was able to go into the Pavilion, which contains the famous Long Room. I can reveal exclusively that although the member's enclosure gives a jolly good view of the match, the benches lack any sort of padding and are really rather uncomfortable - maybe necessary to compensate for the effects of finishing off a bottle of Lord's Claret in the Long Room Bar at lunchtime. I actually prefer to watch from a square leg or cover point position.
Although I am an Oxford man, I cannot say I was particularly pleased by the result, which you can read here.
