Bizarre that you can have a 70 minute podcast on the MCG without mentioning the Melbourne Cricket Club. It's the greatest sporting club in the world, and incomparable. The stadium is on crown land & in the hands of government-appointed trustees but it's great status is a testament to MCC's exceptional management over 170 years. The story of the MCG is the story of the MCC. That's why it is the way it is. That's the story. An exceptional institution that has almost always made excellent decisions. Kimber's got some strange opinions on some things he comments on. He's obviously forgotten that Bill Lawry was a plumber from Northcote, for example. Or that playing major cricket over Xmas-New Year at the MCG is a tradition stretching back to the 1850s. It's only in more modern times that it was decided to always START on Boxing day. Prior to that, It depended on which day of the week that Xmas fell, as it wasn't acceptable to play on the sabbath. I could go on but I'm not here to write an essay. 😄
@sentimentalbloke185 Firstly, thank you for listening. Secondly, it's not designed to be a definitive history. The episodes are titled "X and the Y" for a reason. It's the guests story of why thr ground is important to them. We didn't mention Betty Cuthbert, Trevor Chappell bowling underarm or Murali being no balled either. There's just too much to get into an hour. I made the decision that the minutae of which games started on boxing Day or merely included boxing Day would have been nuance and depth too far for most listeners so I simplified the story. Obviously for you, that was the wrong call. Can't win them all. But hopefully you listen to some others from our archive
@@TheGroundJewels At one point, Kimber says he was an MCC member. Surely, he understands that it's the MCC's ground & that the club's solely responsible for its establishment, growth & modern status as the 'people's ground.' Currently, Boxing day is important for the club members who make an effort to be there on that day so they can meet up, often for the only time of the year. Hence, the pavilion is always packed regardless of the attendance in the rest of the ground. A 'big cricket' match (Vic vs NSW, a match vs an England touring team) is a tradition stemming from colonial days when many families who lived in rural areas headed to Melbourne for Xmas to see their extended families, so Melbourne's population would grow for a week or so over Xmas-New Year. Today, it's the opposite as many Melburnians go away on holiday to regional areas, to holiday homes, caravan parks etc.
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Bizarre that you can have a 70 minute podcast on the MCG without mentioning the Melbourne Cricket Club. It's the greatest sporting club in the world, and incomparable. The stadium is on crown land & in the hands of government-appointed trustees but it's great status is a testament to MCC's exceptional management over 170 years. The story of the MCG is the story of the MCC. That's why it is the way it is. That's the story. An exceptional institution that has almost always made excellent decisions.
Kimber's got some strange opinions on some things he comments on. He's obviously forgotten that Bill Lawry was a plumber from Northcote, for example. Or that playing major cricket over Xmas-New Year at the MCG is a tradition stretching back to the 1850s. It's only in more modern times that it was decided to always START on Boxing day. Prior to that, It depended on which day of the week that Xmas fell, as it wasn't acceptable to play on the sabbath. I could go on but I'm not here to write an essay. 😄
@sentimentalbloke185 Firstly, thank you for listening. Secondly, it's not designed to be a definitive history. The episodes are titled "X and the Y" for a reason. It's the guests story of why thr ground is important to them. We didn't mention Betty Cuthbert, Trevor Chappell bowling underarm or Murali being no balled either. There's just too much to get into an hour. I made the decision that the minutae of which games started on boxing Day or merely included boxing Day would have been nuance and depth too far for most listeners so I simplified the story. Obviously for you, that was the wrong call. Can't win them all. But hopefully you listen to some others from our archive
@@TheGroundJewels At one point, Kimber says he was an MCC member. Surely, he understands that it's the MCC's ground & that the club's solely responsible for its establishment, growth & modern status as the 'people's ground.' Currently, Boxing day is important for the club members who make an effort to be there on that day so they can meet up, often for the only time of the year. Hence, the pavilion is always packed regardless of the attendance in the rest of the ground. A 'big cricket' match (Vic vs NSW, a match vs an England touring team) is a tradition stemming from colonial days when many families who lived in rural areas headed to Melbourne for Xmas to see their extended families, so Melbourne's population would grow for a week or so over Xmas-New Year. Today, it's the opposite as many Melburnians go away on holiday to regional areas, to holiday homes, caravan parks etc.
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