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Boxing Day at the ‘G: A homecoming that’s a flicker of the way we were – The Age
It’s been 292 days since there was last a crowd at the MCG, so Boxing Day and the cricket can’t come too soon.
For singer-songwriter, veteran park cricketer and Melbourne Demons diehard David Bridie, its the gatherings of the cohorts and generations in the carpark and on Boxing day the sense of all being on the same side for once. Its the burst of noise from inside the ground, quickening your stride if youre late.
Theres also the depth of field. Even the best TV technology cant quite capture it. The MCG always feels a much more vast playing space for cricket than footy, Bridie said. Then theres the angles….
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