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Night cricket, Sydney Cricket Ground 1979

Night cricket, Sydney Cricket Ground 1979

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[A6135, K25/1/79/6]

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Sport

Sport has long been important in Sydney life, interwoven with its fabric and culture. The ritual contests and physical activity of the Aboriginal people gave way to the informal, disreputable and often cruel pastimes of the early nineteenth century. The late nineteenth century saw the development of formal codes and organised leagues, leading to the commercialised, professional sports of the present.

Cricket

Sydney Cricket Ground

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Cricket oval near Moore Park, which opened in 1854 and has since become a modern sports stadium.