Attendance Record about to be broken?
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Tue Dec 19, 2006 10:01 pmby spell_check
According to Test Cricket Lists, the 1936-37 Ashes Test at Melbourne had 350,534 spectators, the biggest confirmed attendance for a Test match anywhere.
(An estimated 394,000 was at the Calcutta test between India and England in 1981-82)
Could that total of 350,534 be broken this Test?
Re: Attendance Record about to be broken?
Posted:
Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:16 amby westozfalcon
Had the series still been alive I would have had no hesitation in saying yes, but apart from Warnie seeking his 700th wicket (which he could well get on day 1) I don't believe there's a great deal to attract a record 5-day crowd.
Re: Attendance Record about to be broken?
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Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:27 amby Adelaide Hawk
westozfalcon wrote:Had the series still been alive I would have had no hesitation in saying yes, but apart from Warnie seeking his 700th wicket (which he could well get on day 1) I don't believe there's a great deal to attract a record 5-day crowd.
Beating the Poms is attraction enough. Series or no series. The Melbourne people will be there.
Re: Attendance Record about to be broken?
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Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:32 amby heater31
Adelaide Hawk wrote:westozfalcon wrote:Had the series still been alive I would have had no hesitation in saying yes, but apart from Warnie seeking his 700th wicket (which he could well get on day 1) I don't believe there's a great deal to attract a record 5-day crowd.
Beating the Poms is attraction enough. Series or no series. The Melbourne people will be there.
only the poms coming out from England for the last two tests wont show up but all the aussies will be there