In Marylebone, London in 1890, there was a boy named Harry Lee who grew up in a small home on the corner of a busy street. With so much noise from carts, vendors and smoke from coal, this young boy had a dream. The dream was to play the beautiful game of Cricket.

Amongst the hustle and bustle of his father’s fruit, vegetable and coal-selling business, Harry Lee, the eldest of three brothers, wanted to spend time watching the Men in White at Lord’s Cricket Ground . When Harry Lee turned 15, he applied for a position with the grounds staff at the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in order to get closer to his dream of playing the beautiful game.

It took Harry Lee 3 years of hard work to get noticed and eventually allowed to join the MCC as a groundsman.

From there, his rise was steady. Firs

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