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There has been a long-standing rivalry between the cities of Sydney and Melbourne, the two largest cities in Australia.. In soccer terms, the rivalry has existed for almost 140 years, starting with the first inter-colonial match between Victoria and New South Wales taking place on 16 August 1883 at the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, which ended as a 2–2 draw in front of a crowd of 2,000. [4]
Melbourne Victory, as a result of finishing third, were required to play in the elimination final against Melbourne City in a Melbourne Derby, the first meeting to be played in a finals series since 2015. [18] The match ended in a 3–2 penalty shoot-out win for Melbourne Victory after a 1–1 scoreline in regular time on 5 May. [27]
The rivalry between the cities was the reason that neither Melbourne (the largest city at the time, and again the largest city by contiguous urban area in 2023 [1]) nor Sydney (the oldest city) was chosen as the capital of Australia when the nation was federated in 1901. The rivalry was so fierce that neither city would accept the other as the ...
The Sydney Derby is a local derby contested between two of the Australian A-League Men's Sydney-based clubs, Sydney FC and Western Sydney Wanderers. [1] Contested for the first time on 20 October 2012, historical, cultural and sporting factors have resulted in the derby being considered one of Australian sport's biggest club games, and one of the biggest rivalries in the A-League Men. [2]
The ABC News channel is an Australian 24-hour news channel launched and owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. [2] [3] [4] The channel replaced and used the then-former ABC HD channel space (which simulcast ABC TV in high definition) and commenced broadcasting as ABC News 24 at 7:30pm on Thursday, 22 July 2010.
It was the second time in three years the Sixers made the final against the Scorchers but couldn't grasp the title. ... Melbourne Stars: SCG, Sydney: BBL07 Rounds: 23 ...
This was the first time that the ratings for a BBL match crossed the 2 million mark. ... Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars: 686,000 952,000 479,000 675,000 11
Melbourne Stars vs Sydney Thunder: 23 December 2023 Lavington Sports Ground: Albury: 10,113 [23] 84% 13: Hobart Hurricanes vs Melbourne Renegades: 23 December 2023 Bellerive Oval: Hobart: 8,186 [24] 42% 14: Sydney Sixers vs Melbourne Stars: 26 December 2023 Sydney Cricket Ground: Sydney: 16,269 [25] 34% 15: Perth Scorchers vs Melbourne ...