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Revision as of 09:53, 11 November 2019
Boxing Day Test | |
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![]() The Melbourne Cricket Ground during the first day of the 2015 Boxing Day Test match | |
Status | Active |
Genre | Sporting event |
Begins | 26 December |
Ends | 30 December |
Frequency | Annual |
Location(s) | Melbourne, Victoria |
Country | Australia |
Inaugurated | 1950 |
The Boxing Day Test match is a cricket Test match held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia involving the Australian cricket team and an opposing national team that is touring Australia during the southern summer. It begins annually on Boxing Day (26 December) and is played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).
History
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By long tradition, a Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and New South Wales had been played at the MCG over the Christmas period. It included Boxing Day as one of the scheduled days of play, much to the chagrin of the NSW players who missed spending Christmas with their families as a result. The Melbourne Test was usually held over the New Year period, often starting on 1 January.
During the 1950–51 Ashes series, the Melbourne Test was played from 22 to 27 December, with the fourth day's play being on Boxing Day, but no test matches were played on Boxing Day in Melbourne between 1953 and 1967. Because there were six Tests in the 1974–75 Ashes series, in order to fit them all in to the overall schedule, the Third Test at Melbourne was scheduled to start on Boxing Day. That was the origin of the modern tradition, although it was not until 1980 that the Melbourne Cricket Club and the Australian cricket team secured the rights to begin a test match annually on Boxing Day at the MCG.
Boxing Day International Cricket
In 1989, instead of a Test match, a One Day International involving Australia and Sri Lanka was played, which Australia won by 30 runs.[1]
List of Boxing Day Test matches
Year | Opposition team | Result | Boxing Day Crowd | Total Attendance |
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1950[2] | ![]() |
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60,486[4] | 191,197[4] |
1952[5] | ![]() |
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24,609 | 120,314[4] |
1968 | ![]() |
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18,766 | 113,376 |
1974 | ![]() |
Draw | 77,167 | 250,750[4] |
1975 | ![]() |
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85,661 | 222,755[4] |
1980 | ![]() |
Draw | 28,671 | 82,745 |
1981 | ![]() |
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39,982 | 134,081[4] |
1982 | ![]() |
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63,900 | 214,882[4] |
1983 | ![]() |
Draw | 40,277 | 111,611[4] |
1984[6] | ![]() |
Draw | 15,504 (25,555 Day 1) | 97,271[4] |
1985 | ![]() |
Draw | 18,146 | 77,715[4] |
1986 | ![]() |
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58,203 | 107,817[4] |
1987 | ![]() |
Draw | 51,807 | 127,184[4] |
1988[5] | ![]() |
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26,287 | 108,408[4] |
1990 | ![]() |
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49,763 | 129,530[4] |
1991 | ![]() |
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42,494 | 89,369[4] |
1992 | ![]() |
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28,397 | 83,320[4] |
1993 | ![]() |
Draw | 15,604 (rain) | 48,565[4] |
1994[5] | ![]() |
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51,620 | 144,492[4] |
1995 | ![]() |
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55,239 | 105,388[4] |
1996 | ![]() |
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72,891 | 131,671[4] |
1997 | ![]() |
Draw | 73,812 | 160,182[4] |
1998 | ![]() |
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61,580 | 159,031[4] |
1999 | ![]() |
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49,082 (rain) | 134,554[4] |
2000 | ![]() |
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73,233 | 133,299[4] |
2001 | ![]() |
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61,796 | 153,025[4] |
2002 | ![]() |
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64,189 | 177,658[4] |
2003 | ![]() |
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62,613 | 179,662[4] |
2004 | ![]() |
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61,552 | 129,079[4] |
2005 | ![]() |
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71,910 | 192,337[4] |
2006 | ![]() |
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89,155[7] | 244,351[4] |
2007 | ![]() |
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68,465[8] | 166,663[8] |
2008 | ![]() |
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63,263[8] | 174,246[8] |
2009 | ![]() |
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59,206[8] | 156,267[8] |
2010 | ![]() |
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84,345[8] | 240,156[8] |
2011 | ![]() |
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70,068[8] | 189,347[9] |
2012 | ![]() |
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67,138[8] | 137,455[8] |
2013 | ![]() |
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91,112[8] | 271,865[8] |
2014 | ![]() |
Draw | 69,993 | 194,481 |
2015 | ![]() |
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53,389 | 127,069[10][11][12][13] |
2016 | ![]() |
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63,478 (rain) | 142,188[14][15][16][17][18] |
2017 | ![]() |
Draw | 88,173 | 261,335 |
2018 | ![]() |
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73,516 | 176,539 |
2019 | ![]() |
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Other Boxing Day Tests
In New Zealand an annual Boxing Day Test Match was played at Basin Reserve in Wellington, involving New Zealand as one of the competing sides. Over the past few years the Boxing day Test has been phased out for a One Day International and Twenty20 matches involving New Zealand and the touring opposition national team. In 2014 the Boxing Day Tests returned with Sri Lanka playing at Hagley Oval, Christchurch.
In South Africa a Boxing Day Test is often played if another national team is touring to play South Africa. It is traditionally played at Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban. For the 2017 Boxing Day Test, South Africa played a four-day Test match against Zimbabwe.[19] From 2018 it was played at SuperSport Park, Centurion.
References
- ^ ODI # 596 Benson & Hedges World Series, 1989/90, 1st Match, Australia v Sri Lanka
- ^ Boxing Day was the third day of the Test match.
- ^ "2nd Test: Australia v. England 1950". ESPN EMEA Ltd. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad "Records – MCG Test Matches". Melbourne Cricket Ground. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ a b c Boxing Day was the second day of the Test match.
- ^ Boxing Day was the fourth day of the test match.
- ^ "Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendances". Archived from the original on 29 March 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Recent MCG Cricket Attendances". Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ a b "India tour of Australia, 2011/12 (1st Test)". ESPN EMEA Ltd. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ OFFICIAL CROWD FIGURE: 53,389 #AUSvWI twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 29 Dec, 2015
- ^ Official attendance today: 40,516. #AUSvWI #MCG twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 29 Dec, 2015
- ^ Official attendance today: 26,003. #AUSvWI #MCG twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 29 Dec, 2015
- ^ Today's attendance for Day 4 of the Boxing Day Test is 7,161 #AUSvWI twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 29 Dec, 2015
- ^ Today's official attendance at the MCG: 63,478. #AusvPak twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 30 Dec, 2016
- ^ Official Attendance on Day 2 of the Boxing Day Test: 39,339 #AUSvPAK twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 30 Dec, 2016
- ^ Official attendance at the 'G for Day 3 of the Test is 25,393 #AUSvPAK twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 30 Dec, 2016
- ^ For those playing at home, the official attendance for today was 7789. #AusvPak twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 30 Dec, 2016
- ^ @ozrobbo: It was 6189. twitter.com/MCG. Retrieved on 30 Dec, 2016
- ^ "Test, ODI leagues approved by ICC Board". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 13 October 2017.