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Melbourne Cricket Ground

Sports stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

9 dated entries naming Melbourne Cricket Ground, drawn from 7 separate years between 1853 CE and 2004 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Great Southern Stand, MCG in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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19th century

  • 1853Melbourne Cricket Ground, the largest sports stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, officially opens.source
  • 185323 September - occupancy of the present site of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, which was part of a 'police paddock', was given to the Melbourne Cricket Club by Lieutenant Governor Charles La Trobe. This followed the forced resumption of land from the then-15-year-old Club to build Australia's first steam train railway.source
  • 18641 January – The All England Eleven cricket team defeats the Victorian XXII at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.source

20th century

  • 1923February 5 – Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford makes 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class cricket score for the first time in his third match at this level, at Melbourne Cricket Ground, giving the Victoria cricket team an innings total of 1,059.source
  • 192320 October – Essendon wins the Premiership of the 1923 VFL season, defeating Fitzroy 8.15 (63) to 6.10 (46) at the MCG.source
  • 1927December 17 – Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford makes 437 runs to break his own world record for the highest first-class cricket score at Melbourne Cricket Ground.source
  • 1971January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.source
  • 1977March 12 – The Centenary Test between Australia and England begins at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.source

21st century

  • 2004September 4 – In the AFL finals, Essendon defeated Melbourne by five points (15.14.104 - 15.9.99) in the elimination final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The victory would prove to be Essendon's most recent finals win, beginning a finals drought that would extend for more than two decades.source