Sydney Cricket Ground
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Sydney Cricket Ground (usually called the SCG) is located in the Moore Park area of Sydney, in New South Wales. It has been used for first-class matches since February 1878, when New South Wales met Victoria there.[1] The first Test match on the ground was Australia against England in February 1882.[2]
Early history
In 1851, the site was on common land south of the British Army's Victoria Barracks. The common was granted to the Army for recreational use, and the soldiers established a cricket ground there. The military team was called the Garrison Club, and so the original name of the ground was the Garrison Ground. It opened in February 1854. It was later renamed as the Civil and Military Ground. After the Albert Ground was closed in 1877, the NSW Cricket Association (NSWCA) moved into the Civil & Military. Meanwhile, the Army had vacated the Victoria Barracks, and the ground was again renamed, this time as the Association Ground. In 1894, it became the Sydney Cricket Ground, widely known as the SCG.[3]
Capacity
Nowadays, the ground has a seating capacity of 48,000. However, its record attendance was at a rugby league match, when 78,056 watched the 1965 Grand Final between St George Dragons and South Sydney Rabbitohs.[4]
Sydney Cricket Ground Media
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Diagram of Sydney 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.
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Cricket match, England eleven v Twenty-two of New South Wales, Sydney, 1862. Watercolour by S. T. Gill.
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England v. Australia cricket match at the Sydney Cricket Ground, 27 January 1883
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The Cricket Ground in 1892
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The SCG scoreboard in January 1901
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Sydney Cricket Ground on 12 December 1903
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A crowded SCG during a 1930s cricket match
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The SCG scoreboard in 1950
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Sydney Cricket Ground members entrance, 2007
References
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played on Sydney Cricket Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ "Test Matches played on Sydney Cricket Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ "Sydney Cricket Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ "1965 NSWRFL Grand Final". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 29 June 2025.