Nowadays Boxing Day is popular in Australia as the first day of a Test cricket match held at the MCG.

The Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club.

Internationally, the MCG is remembered as the centrepiece stadium of both the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

The MCG is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register and was included on the Australian National Heritage List on 26 December 2005.

A pavilion at the MCG is on the left in the background.

That ground was located where the Richmond, or outer, end of the current MCG is now.

Donald Bradman's record at the MCG is an average of 128 runs in 17 innings.

The MCG is known for its great atmosphere, much of which is generated in the infamous Bay 13.

Border's effort in Australia's loss in the Fourth Test at the MCG is one of his best remembered Test innings.

The Tigers play home games at the MCG, which is just outside the suburbs border, and regularly attract crowds in excess of 40, 000, however, can draw as large as 80, 000 against fierce rivals.

Curb Records ( also known as Asylum-Curb and formerly known as MCG Curb ) is an independent record label started by Mike Curb originally as Sidewalk Records in 1963.

A highlight was the 1994 Mark of the Year over Collingwood's Gary Pert on Mothers ' Day at the MCG, a mark which is captured in Jamie Cooper's painting the Game That Made Australia, commissioned by the AFL in 2008 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the sport.

In the low-dimensional topology literature, the mapping class group of X is usually denoted MCG ( X ), although it is also frequently denoted π < sub > 0 </ sub >( Aut ( X )) where one substitutes for Aut the appropriate group for the category X is an object of.

Wills is honoured with a sculpture at the MCG by Louis Laumen erected in 2002.

KHNL is owned and operated by Raycom Media, who also owns CBS affiliate KGMB and operates MyNetworkTV affiliate KFVE by virtue of a shared services agreement with KFVE's owner MCG Capital Corporation.

The station is owned and operated by Raycom Media, who gained ownership of KGMB through a complex ( and controversial ) shared services agreement with KGMB's former owner, MCG Capital Corporation, an arrangement that saw KGMB leave its longtime on-air home from PSIP channel 9 to channel 5 in October 2009.

The station is owned by MCG Capital Corporation, which gained ownership through a shared services agreement with Raycom Media, the owner / operator of NBC affiliate KHNL and CBS affiliate KGMB, in which KFVE moved from PSIP channel 5 to channel 9 ( KGMB's former on-air home ).

M85 is interacting with the nearby spiral galaxy NGC 4394, and a small elliptical galaxy called MCG 3-32-38.

The team's home ground is the MCG, subject to availability and second home ground is the Junction Oval.

The MCG, often referred to by locals as " The G ", has also hosted other major events, including International Rules between the Australian Football League ( AFL ) and Gaelic Athletic Association, international Rugby union, State of Origin series ( rugby league ), FIFA World Cup qualifiers and International Friendly matches, serves as the finish line for the Melbourne Marathon and also major rock concerts.

The MCG in the early 2000s, showing ( left to right ) the Ponsford Stand, the Members Stand, and the Olympic Stand, all now demolished and replaced by newer structures

The following season the two teams met in the Grand Final once again, but this time Sydney Swans finished as runners-up by a single point in front of 97, 431 spectators at the MCG.

In 2012, Sydney Swans took the premiership cup defeating Hawthorn by 10 points front of 99, 683 people at the MCG, the largest crowd the Swans had ever played in front of.

The first officially recognised Test match commenced on 15 March 1877, contested by England and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ), where Australia won by 45 runs.

England won the second match ( also at the MCG ) by four wickets, thus drawing the series 1 – 1.

The famous duck: Bradman bowled by Bowes at the MCG, in front of a world record crowd assembled to see Bradman defeat Bodyline

In the round 24 match, Geelong thumped the Magpies by a record margin of 96 points, which was also Collingwood's biggest ever loss at the MCG.

In December 2004 NTL sold its broadcast-unit to a consortium led by Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group ( MCG ) for £ 1. 27 billion.

The Australian cricket team participated in the first Test match at the MCG in 1877, defeating an English team by 45 runs, with Charles Bannerman making the first Test century, a score of 165 retired hurt.

In the Anzac Day match between Essendon and Collingwood at the MCG, Long claimed to have been racially taunted by Collingwood's ruckman, Damian Monkhorst.

The station shares studio space with KHNL and KFVE ( now owned by MCG Capital ) on Waiakamilo Road in Honolulu.

The resulting ownership arrangement of the stations has generated some controversy, as Raycom would gain ownership of KGMB when it moved to channel 5 and KFVE would be owned by MCG Capital on channel 9.

Against the latter, his 7 / 83 and 3 / 44 at the MCG in the first Test took him past the world record for the most Test wickets held by Lance Gibbs.

Thompson coached Geelong to win the AFL premiership by more than 100 points – the highest winning margin in Grand Final history, against Port Adelaide Football Club at the MCG on 29 September.

In front of 99, 251 fans on a rain-soaked MCG deck the Cats clawed their way back after trailing at every break to win by 12 points.

However, in an eventful twist to their season, the Demons have only recorded four wins since the bye in Round 5, that being a 96-point thrashing of Adelaide at the MCG in Round 7 and a convincing 33-point win over top eight side Essendon in Round 11, an 89-point thrashing of Fremantle in Round 13, and a 27-point victory over Richmond.

Since the club's inception in 1885, it has been based at the Richmond Cricket Ground ( better known as the Punt Road Oval ), just a few hundred metres to the east of the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ).

* Richmond wins the 36th VFL Premiership: Richmond 13. 14 ( 92 ) d Carlton 12. 11 ( 83 ) at Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG )

* Collingwood wins the 23rd VFL Premiership: Collingwood 11. 12 ( 78 ) d Richmond 7. 1 ( 53 ) at Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG )

* Collingwood wins the 31st VFL Premiership: Collingwood 2. 13 ( 25 ) d Richmond 1. 7 ( 13 ) at Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG )

* Richmond wins the 24th VFL Premiership: winner 7. 10 ( 52 ) d Collingwood 5. 5 ( 35 ) at Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG )

* Richmond wins the 25th VFL Premiership: Richmond 5. 6 ( 36 ) d Carlton 4. 8 ( 32 ) at Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG )

* Geelong wins the 35th VFL Premiership: Geelong 9. 14 ( 68 ) d Richmond 7. 6 ( 48 ) at Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG )

* Collingwood wins the 32nd VFL Premiership: Collingwood 13. 18 ( 96 ) d Richmond 9. 9 ( 63 ) at Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG )

* Collingwood wins the 33rd VFL Premiership: Collingwood 11. 13 ( 79 ) d Richmond 7. 8 ( 50 ) at Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG )