The Scoreboards
There was a big scoreboard built in 1881 on the western side of the MCG and then a more advanced on built of brick, replaced the scoreboard in 1895. In 1907 another scoreboard, of timber construction and operated by a bicycle chain mechanism, was erected at the Punt Road end. It was later relocated to the city end and informed spectators for more than 70 years before it was replaced by the country’s first full-colour video replay scoreboard in 1982.
Timeline:
Pre-1874 - Small, rudimentary scoreboards were erected from time to time in various locations.
1874 - Scores were recorded on a fixed board adjacent to the telegraph box.
1881 – 1895 - A scoreboard, showing the batsman’s name and how he was dismissed, stood at the western end of the ground.
Currently two main video boards each of 108 sq. metres area are at the MCG.
Timeline:
Pre-1874 - Small, rudimentary scoreboards were erected from time to time in various locations.
1874 - Scores were recorded on a fixed board adjacent to the telegraph box.
1881 – 1895 - A scoreboard, showing the batsman’s name and how he was dismissed, stood at the western end of the ground.
Currently two main video boards each of 108 sq. metres area are at the MCG.
The current scoreboard