Massive crowds have flocked to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) for the first three days of the Boxing Day Test, putting the game on track to shatter the attendance record.
The substantial support for tourists at the MCG has helped to drive big crowds for the first three days of the Boxing Day Test . Saturday's raucous day-three crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, and the state of play in the fourth Test, mean the game is on course to break the Boxing Day aggregate attendance record . It is also the largest day-three Test crowd since January 1937, when 87,798 fans saw Sir Donald Bradman reach 56 not out at stumps.
The record MCG Test crowd is 350,534 in the 1936-37 Ashes series, when Bradman ruled the sport and Tests were played over six days. Thursday's baking heat meant the day-one crowd was not quite as high as forecast, but 87,242 fans still attended. With Saturday also cracking 80,000, the Boxing Day Test crowd record looks certain to fall. At 255,462 this is already the third-best attended Boxing Day Test
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