THE GROUNDS · EPISODE 1

94,199 people. One cricket ground. The MCG | THE GROUNDS Ep 1

Name: 94,199 people. One cricket ground. The MCG | THE GROUNDS Ep 1
Uploaded: 2026-10-26
Description: The MCG: from a police paddock to the first Test (1877), the Olympics and cricket's biggest crowd, 94,199 on Boxing Day 2025.

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The MCG: from a police paddock to the first Test (1877), the Olympics and cricket's biggest crowd, 94,199 on Boxing Day 2025.

THE START

a police paddock that hosted the first Test match ever played, in 1877.

THE CROWD

the 1956 Olympics, and cricket's biggest crowd: 94,199 on Boxing Day 2025.

Episode 1 of THE GROUNDS, the 10 grounds that made cricket. The full film is on our YouTube.

1870s2020sMelbourneShane Warne94,199 crowdMCC

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