| Merged into | Venues NSW |
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| Dissolved | 1 December 2020 |
| Type | Government agency |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 33°53′S151°13′E / 33.883°S 151.217°E |
| Services | |
Chairman | Tony Shepherd |
Deputy Chairman | Rod McGeoch |
Chief Executive Officer | Kerrie Mather |
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Parent organization | Government of New South Wales |
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| Website | www |
The Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust (popularly known as the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust or SCG Trust) was an agency of the Government of New South Wales that operated the Sydney Cricket Ground and Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was merged into Venues NSW on 1 December 2020. [1] [2]
The SCG Trust operated the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) and Sydney Football Stadium (SFS) at Moore Park in Sydney. In mid-2008, its head office The Sheridan Building opened, making it the third building to erect in the Gold Members Car Park, alongside the headquarters of Sydney City Roosters and New South Wales Rugby Union. Soon after it opened, Sydney Swans and Sydney FC relocated their headquarters inside the Sheridan Building. There are four clubs from four sports codes with their headquarters at the ground.
In 2007 the UTS-Balmain club formed a partnership with the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust and are now known as Sydney CC or Sydney Cricket Club or just simply Sydney Tigers. [3]
The Trust has commissioned ten bronze sculpture statues to be placed around the grounds of the SCG and SFS.
| Order | Date | Honouree | Sport, location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | January 2008 | Richie Benaud | Cricket, bowler | [4] |
| 2 | 30 March 2008 | Dally Messenger | Rugby League, located outside of the SFS | [5] |
| 3 | 5 January 2009 | Fred Spofforth | Cricket, fast bowler | [6] |
| 4 | 6 June 2009 | Trevor Allan | Rugby union and rugby league footballer | [7] |
| 5 | 29 August 2009 | Paul Roos | Australian rules football | [8] |
| 6 | 7 December 2009 | Stephen Yabba Gascoign | Famous spectator | Located inside the grounds, taking over two seats on the concourse in front of the new Victor Trumper stand. [9] |
| 7 | 5 January 2010 | Stan McCabe | Cricket, batsman | [10] |
| 8 | 9 August 2010 | Reg Gasnier | Rugby league and rugby union | Part of the Basil Sellers Sports Sculpture project. [11] |
| Ken Catchpole | Rugby union | Relocated in 2017 to outside the Rugby Australia House | ||
| Paul Kelly | Australian rules football | |||
| Steve Waugh | Cricket, batsman | |||
| 12 | 2016 | Johnny Warren | Football | [12] |
| 13 | 3 January 2018 | Betty Cuthbert and Marlene Mathews | Athletics | The first female athletes to be honoured. [13] [14] |
In 2014 the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust opened the Media Hall of Honour at the MA Noble Stand's media centre with fifteen inaugural inductees: [15] [16]
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Elizabeth Alyse Cuthbert,, was an Australian athlete and a four-time Olympic champion. She was nicknamed Australia's "Golden Girl". During her career, she set world records for 60 metres, 100 yards, 200 metres, 220 yards and 440 yards. Cuthbert also contributed to Australian relay teams completing a win in the 4 × 100 metres, 4 × 110 yards, 4 × 200 metres and 4 × 220 yards. Cuthbert had a distinctive running style, with a high knee lift and mouth wide open. She was named in 1998 an Australian National Treasure and was inducted as a Legend in the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Athletics Australia Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Belinda Jane Clark is an Australian former cricketer and sports administrator. A right-handed batter, she served as the captain of the national women's team for eleven years and was a member of triumphant World Cup campaigns in 1997 and 2005. The first player to record a double century in the One Day International (ODI) format of the game, Clark has scored the most runs and captained the most matches of any Australian woman in ODIs. She has also achieved emphatic success domestically, winning five championships with New South Wales and two with Victoria while playing in the Women's National Cricket League (WNCL).
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