MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND . —The New Zealand cricketers were due to open the second game of their Australian tour against Victoria to-day. This picture shows the famous pitch encircled with grandstands for the third Anglo-Australian Test at New Year, 1937, when the Commonwealth won by 365 runs. World record cricket crowds assembled for the first three days: 78,630, 65,235 and 87,795. Melbourne stopped work on the Monday to see Bradman complete a double-century.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 269, 12 November 1937, Page 15
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72MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND .—The New Zealand cricketers were due to open the second game of their Australian tour against Victoria to-day. This picture shows the famous pitch encircled with grandstands for the third Anglo-Australian Test at New Year, 1937, when the Commonwealth won by 365 runs. World record cricket crowds assembled for the first three days: 78,630, 65,235 and 87,795. Melbourne stopped work on the Monday to see Bradman complete a double-century. Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 269, 12 November 1937, Page 15
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