Erection date: 1/6/1987
Marylebone Cricket Club
This plaque was unveiled by Colin Cowdrey, President, on 1st June 1987 to mark the bi-centenary of the first match played at Dorset Fields.
NW1, Dorset Square
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His father named him Michael Colin Cowdrey so that he would have the same ini...
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