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Test Series
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943,000+ |
Australia v England (5 Tests) |
1936-37 |
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In England
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549,650+ |
England v Australia (5 Tests) |
1953 |
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Test Matches
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??465,000+ |
India v Pakistan, Calcutta |
1998-99 |
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350,534+ |
Australia v England, Melbourne (Third Test) |
1936-37 |
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Note: Attendance at India v England at Calcutta in 1981-82 may have exceeded 350,000.
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In England
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158,000+ |
England v Australia, Leeds |
1948 |
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137,915+ |
England v Australia, Lord's |
1953 |
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Test Match Day
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?100,000+ |
India v Pakistan, Calcutta (first four days) |
1998-99 |
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90,800+ |
Australia v West Indies, Melbourne (Fifth Test, second day) |
1960-61 |
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Other First-Class Matches in England
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93,000+ |
England v Australia, Lord's (Fourth Victory Match, 3 days) |
1945 |
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80,000+ |
Surrey v Yorkshire, The Oval (3 days) |
1906 |
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78,792+ |
Yorkshire v Lancashire, Leeds (3 days) |
1904 |
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76,617+ |
Lancashire v Yorkshire, Manchester (3 days) |
1926 |
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Limited-Overs Internationals
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?100,000+ |
India v South Africa, Calcutta |
1993-94 |
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?100,000+ |
India v West Indies, Calcutta |
1993-94 |
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?100,000+ |
India v West Indies, Calcutta |
1994-95 |
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?100,000+ |
India v Sri Lanka, Calcutta (World Cup semi-final) |
1995-96 |
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?90,000+ |
India v Pakistan, Calcutta |
1986-87 |
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?90,000+ |
India v South Africa, Calcutta |
1991-92 |
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87,182+ |
England v Pakistan, Melbourne (World Cup final) |
1991-92 |
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86,133+ |
Australia v West Indies, Melbourne |
1983-84 |
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? Estimated.
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? No official attendance figures were issued for these games, but capacity is believed to have
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reached 100,000 following rebuilding in 1993.
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info item: LORD'S CRICKET GROUND
Lord's and the Marylebone Cricket Club were founded in 1787. The Club has enjoyed an uninterrupted career since that date, but there have been three grounds known as Lord's. The first (1787-1810) was situated where Dorset Square now is; the second (1809-13), at North Bank, had to be abandoned owing to the cutting of the Regent's Canal; and the third, opened in 1814, is the present one at St John's Wood. It was not until 1866 that the freehold of Lord's was secured by MCC. The present pavilion was erected in 1890 at a cost of £21,000.
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