https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2023/11/01/mcc-considers-renaming-lords-warner-stand-slavery-links/?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-rhr
Warner Stand at Lord's may be renamed owing to slavery links
Exclusive: MCC conscious that Warner's family made money from Caribbean plantations, though Pelham Warner was born long after abolition
ByNick Hoult, CHIEF CRICKET CORRESPONDENT
1 November 2023 • 10:59am
Sir Pelham Warner
Sir Pelham Warner's association with MCC spanned almost 70 years and is commemorated with the stand in his name
The Warner Stand at Lord’s could be renamed owing to Sir Pelham Warner’s historic links to slavery as MCC reacts to a damning report into discrimination in cricket.
Bruce Carnegie-Brown, the MCC chairman, said in an exclusive interview with Telegraph Sport that the naming of the Warner stand is something the club “ought to keep under review” and that links to the slave trade are a “live” challenge which
organisations have to be “very thoughtful” about.
“It’s something I’d like to take away and for us to keep under review as a club. Seeing Stuart Broad have a stand named after him at Trent Bridge shows the merit of connecting younger audiences to some of the current greats,” he said.
Warner, who died in 1963, was known as the Grand Old Man of English Cricket and his association with the club spanned almost 70 years. He played 15 Tests for England, served as chairman of selectors and managed the Bodyline tour of 1932-33.
The Warner Stand has stood at Lord’s since 1958. The current building was revamped at a cost of £25 million and reopened in 2017 by Prince Philip. It hosts a restaurant called Pelham’s, with sweeping views of the playing area.
Warner Stand at Lord's may be renamed owing to slavery links
Exclusive: MCC conscious that Warner's family made money from Caribbean plantations, though Pelham Warner was born long after abolition
ByNick Hoult, CHIEF CRICKET CORRESPONDENT
1 November 2023 • 10:59am
Sir Pelham Warner
Sir Pelham Warner's association with MCC spanned almost 70 years and is commemorated with the stand in his name
The Warner Stand at Lord’s could be renamed owing to Sir Pelham Warner’s historic links to slavery as MCC reacts to a damning report into discrimination in cricket.
Bruce Carnegie-Brown, the MCC chairman, said in an exclusive interview with Telegraph Sport that the naming of the Warner stand is something the club “ought to keep under review” and that links to the slave trade are a “live” challenge which
organisations have to be “very thoughtful” about.
“It’s something I’d like to take away and for us to keep under review as a club. Seeing Stuart Broad have a stand named after him at Trent Bridge shows the merit of connecting younger audiences to some of the current greats,” he said.
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https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2023/11/01/mcc-considers-renaming-lords-warner-stand-slavery-links/?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-rhr
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