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Cricket is the most popular sport in Australia at international, domestic and local levels. It is important culturally and regarded as a national sport (along with Australian rules football), [2] and is widely played across the country, especially from the months of September to April. [3]
This is a listing of players to have played both Australian rules football in the nation's premier leagues and first-class cricket or higher. These leagues are the Australian Football League (AFL) (formerly the VFL), AFL Women's (AFLW), West Australian Football League (WAFL) and South Australian National Football League (SANFL). First-class ...
Australian rules football, also called Australian football or Aussie rules, [2] or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground.
In Australia, sport is an important part of the country's culture and dates back to the early colonial period. The first of the country's mainstream sports to become established in order of their organisation were cricket, Australian rules football, rugby union, tennis, soccer, basketball, netball and rugby league.
However the Australasian Cricket Council was disbanded in 1898, and what is now known as Cricket Australia was established in 1905 as the "Australian Board of Control for International Cricket". [7] Before its establishment, tours by Australian teams to England were organised and funded by private groups or by the players themselves.
Explanation of Australian rules football ground markings. An Australian rules football playing field is a venue where Australian rules football is played. The playing field is typically a large oval-shaped grass surface, usually a modified cricket field, hence often known as an oval. These fields may vary especially for variations of the game.
Despite being called the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the stadium has been and continues to be used much more often for Australian rules football. Spectator numbers for football are larger than for any other sport in Australia, and it makes more money for the MCG than any of the other sports played there.
The Adelaide Oval is a stadium in Adelaide in the state of South Australia.It is located in the parklands.The venue is predominantly used for cricket and Australian rules football, but has also played host to rugby league, rugby union, soccer, and tennis, as well as regularly being used to hold concerts.