{"slug": "melbourne-cricket-ground", "label": "Melbourne Cricket Ground", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q330136", "qid": "Q330136", "description": "Sports stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [1853, 2004], "span_label": ["1853 CE", "2004 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 2}, {"title": "Technology & Infrastructure", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}], "related": [], "items": [{"year": 1853, "year_label": "1853 CE", "section": "Technology & Infrastructure", "date": null, "text": "Melbourne Cricket Ground, the largest sports stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, officially opens.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1352708271#Date_unknown", "title": "1853", "revid": 1352708271, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1923, "year_label": "1923 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "February 5", "text": "February 5 – Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford makes 429 runs to break the world record for the highest first-class cricket score for the first time in his third match at this level, at Melbourne Cricket Ground, giving the Victoria cricket team an innings total of 1,059.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367772921#January–February", "title": "1923", "revid": 1367772921, "section": "Events › January–February"}}, {"year": 1927, "year_label": "1927 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – Australian cricketer Bill Ponsford makes 437 runs to break his own world record for the highest first-class cricket score at Melbourne Cricket Ground.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370012373#December", "title": "1927", "revid": 1370012373, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1971, "year_label": "1971 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 5", "text": "January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369905382#January", "title": "1971", "revid": 1369905382, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1977, "year_label": "1977 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "March 12", "text": "March 12 – The Centenary Test between Australia and England begins at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371657539#March", "title": "1977", "revid": 1371657539, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 2004, "year_label": "2004 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "September 4", "text": "September 4 – In the AFL finals, Essendon defeated Melbourne by five points (15.14.104 - 15.9.99) in the elimination final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The victory would prove to be Essendon's most recent finals win, beginning a finals drought that would extend for more than two decades.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373088592#September", "title": "2004", "revid": 1373088592, "section": "Events › September"}}]}