Sydney Cricket Ground

By Gavin and David

Courtesy of the S.C.G.

The Sydney Cricket Ground (S.C.G.) is located in Moore Park in Sydney. It is a large stadium that can hold 48,000 people which is much smaller than the M.C.G (Melbourne Cricket Ground).

There are eight grandstands where the public sit to watch the game. Four are named after cricketers, Don Bradman, M.A Noble, Bill O'Reilly and Doug Walters.
The S.C.G is the home ground for the Australian Footy team, The Sydney Swans and the cricket team, the New South Wales Blues. The Bicentennial Test was played at the S.C.G. in 1988 between Australia and England.

The cricket pitch at the SCG tends to be slower and more tolerant of spin than anywhere else in the country.

The S.C.G. today

In 1854 the first cricket match was played at the ground. In 1868 Moore Park was opened as a public recreation reserve beside the ground. It was named after the Mayor Of Sydney, Charles Moore, who planted a number of Moreton Bay Fig trees in the park. In 1878 the original Members Pavilion was erected. In 1894 the ground was officially called the Sydney Cricket Ground. In 1938 the Empire Games, now the Commonwealth Games, were held at the Sydney Cricket Ground. In 1983 the first electronic video scoreboard began operating.