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The
Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) is a
sports stadium in Sydney in
Australia. It is used for Test
cricket, One Day International
cricket, some rugby league and rugby
union matches and is the home ground
for the New South Wales Blues
cricket team and the Sydney Swans of
the Australian Football League. It
is owned and operated by the SCG
Trust that also manages the Sydney
Football Stadium located next door.
The
Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground
Trust (popularly known as the Sydney
Cricket Ground Trust) is an
organisation that operates several
sporting facilities in Sydney,
Australia. The SCG Trust operates
the Sydney Cricket Ground and Sydney
Football Stadium at Moore Park in
eastern Sydney. In mid-2008, its
head office The Sheridan Building is
opened, making it the third building
to erect in the Gold Members Car
Park, alongside the Headquarters of
Sydney Roosters and New South Wales
Rugby Union. Soon after it opened
Sydney FC relocated their
Headquarters inside the Sheridan
Building. The Sydney Swans
headquarters are located in the SCG
accessible from Driver Ave. In
total, there are 4 different clubs
from 4 different codes of sport with
their headquarters reside at the
ground.
The
SCG has been a popular arena for a
whole range of sports before the
turn of the 20th century including
cricket, tennis, baseball, football
(soccer) and cycling with athletics
being staged there as early as 1879.
On New Year's Day, 1880, possibly
some of the most exotic sports ever
seen at the SCG were staged when the
12th Annual Highlands Games was
held. Organised by the Scottish
community events included tossing
the caber, putting the stone and
other traditional Highland sports as
well as Highland dancing. A crowd of
5000 attended. On 5 May 1964, 51,566
football (soccer) fans came to the
SCG to see NSW take on English club
Everton F.C.. For the first time in
the history of the A-League, the SCG
will hold a match between Sydney FC
and North Queensland Fury, as the
Sydney Football Stadium next door is
holding a Rugby League match.
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