Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is a cricket and Australian Rules Football stadium in Melbourne, Australia. It has a capacity of 100,000. It was used as the main stadium for the 1956 Summer Olympics.
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| Location | Melbourne, Australia |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 100,000 |
| Opened | 1853 |
The Melbourne Cricket Club started to use the area for cricket in 1853.[1] Their old ground, now Southbank, was often flooded by the Yarra River, and was also in the way of a new railway line. In 1859, the first game of Australian Rules Football was played at the ground.[1]
The MCG is run by a trust. The first chairman of the trust was the first Premier of Victoria, William Haines.[1]
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Diagram of Melbourne Cricket Ground showing the pitch and stands. Distances from the centre of the pitch to the boundary shown in metres. Derived from Google Earth screen capture.
Aboriginal cricket team with captain-coach Tom Wills, December 1866. In the background is the original MCC pavilion, built in 1854.
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Grandstand built for the English cricket team's 1877 visit
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MCG, c. 1914. The 1881 members' stand is the smaller building on the left
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View of the Great Southern Stand during the 1998 Boxing Day Test match. The Olympic Stand is visible at the bottom left of the photo.
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The W.H. Ponsford Stand undergoing reconstruction in 2003.
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The Members Reserve as viewed from the Shane Warne Stand during the Australia vs South Africa Boxing Day Test in 2022.
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1864 match between Victoria and George Parr's touring All-England Eleven
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The MCG in 1878. The first Test cricket match was played at the MCG in 1877
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The second day of the 2006 Boxing Day Test match
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Melbourne Cricket Ground - MCG Trust 150th Anniversary". mcg.org.au. 2012. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
