is the MCG the olympus of sport?

hmmn...a test attendance record at the MCG (I was there in the 60-61 series as a little kid when the old record was set)...

the G is a remarkable place...from the nursing home I have a great view of the stadium and feel blessed every day..

over my long life grandstands have built down and replaced again and again...but the atmosphere remains the same..

nothing remains from the 50s, 60s and 70s buildings ...yet the joint sweats history...Olympics, Commie Games, AFL and ultimately cricket have all shone there...even this year 90,000 sports crazed Melbournians rocked up to watch a friendly between Liverpool and some hapdash local soccer team...Gerrard or one of his team mates said they had never heard that many people sing "you'll never walk alone"..

in a dead rubber....with two ill matched teams...still the G was chock a block...prolly the only ground where the barmy army are out-noised..

good times

it deserves 2 tests a year...time to knock off Adelaide or Perth

and the idiot saffies blurt on how they want Oz to play in their boxing day test and wont play in ours...so how many rocked up to Durban yesterday?

...and looks like another great crowd in today

horace wrote:and the idiot saffies blurt on how they want Oz to play in their boxing day test and wont play in ours...so how many rocked up to Durban yesterday?

Ah, so like the bannies, it is not about fairness in sport but all about the money.

Taips? What are you doing intruding on horrie's private ramblings?

thank you Gary...how many turned up at durban yesterday taips?...tis not about the money but about people who go to the cricket

Absolute BS horrie and you know it. CA has stated often that they cannot afford to lose the income from the Boxing Day match.

Actually a pretty good crowd at Kingsmead, probably boosted by Kallis's retirement. Battling to find the actual stats.

I am guessing that you would also like to see five match series between SA and Aus?

5 match series would be great

Oh so you agree. I am assuming you are saying they should only be played in Australia then?

yep...well the BD test at least....you can have the perth test as a trade fro an extra at pretoria

You do understand how a calendar works?

is the MCG the olympus of sport?

Close second to the Motibaug stadium in cricket.

Also, Maracana.

taipan wrote:You do understand how a calendar works?

ROFL...suggest that Oz and the Saffies play 5 test series in consecutive summers but with the following sort of fixture that provides 5 tests in both countries

Summer 1 in Oz - Brisbane, Wanderers, Boxing day test at the G, Sydney,, the G

Summer 2 in Saffie - Wanderers, BD Test at the G, 3 other Saffie grounds

72,000...not bad for a day 2 crowd...prolly bigger than the aggregate crowd that Durbs will achieve over the 5 days there

The pitch there is rubbish though.

So it would seem.

It's a baize shirtfront featherbed belter when Oz bat on it, a treacherous scrapyard minefield when our brave boys eke out their few meagre runs.

Drop in pitches should be banned from all international venues.

Big Dog wrote:Drop in pitches should be banned from all international venues.

Whatever

Is the MCG the Olympus of sport?

No

over 250,000 attended over the 4 days...not bad

over 250,000 attended over the 4 days...not bad

Agree Horace. Melbourne not only has the best stadium but Melburnians' patronage of the game is like no other, year in , year out.

horace wrote:over 250,000 attended over the 4 days...not bad

horace wrote:over 250,000 attended over the 4 days...not bad

So 500 000 in total?