The Members’ Stand and Lady Members’ Stand at the

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are two heritage-listed

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s located at Driver Avenue in the inner eastern

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suburb of Moore Park in the

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local government area of

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, Australia. It was designed by J. Kirkpatrick and built from 1900. The property is owned by the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust, an agency of the

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. It was added to the

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on 2 April 1999. The area occupied by the stands were previously Aboriginal land, a water reserve, community facility, showground, and cricket ground.

History

In 1811

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proclaimed Sydney’s second Common, an area of .''

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'', 2014, 22 The establishment of the Sydney Cricket Ground dates from 1854 when matches were played there by members of the military from Victoria Barracks. From 1876 all major cricket matches were played at these grounds. The earliest grandstands date from around the turn of the century when four grandstands were constructed. Of these, only the Members Stand and the Lady Members Stand survive. The Members’ Stand, a large two level grandstand was constructed and designed by architect, John Kirkpatrick. The stand incorporates an earlier three storey stuccoed brick club room at the rear.Heritage Branch Report, 1984 The original Members’ Stand was built in 1878 in the north west corner where the current Members‘ Stand now sits. The Members’ Stand was rebuilt on its current site at a cost of . On 3 May 1896 the foundation stone of the Lady Members’ Stand was set by Viscountess Hampden, Susan Henrietta Cavendish, wife of the then NSW Governor

Henry Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden Henry Robert Brand, 2nd Viscount Hampden, (2 May 1841 – 22 November 1906) was Governor of New South Wales from 1895 to 1899. Background Hampden was born in Devonport on 2 May 1841, the son of Henry Brand, 1st Viscount Hampden. He succeede ...

. The completed stand was opened later that same year, along with a concrete cycling track which circled the inside of the ground. Like the Members' Stand, the Lady Members' Stand, commonly called the Ladies' Pavilion, is an elegant two level grandstand constructed of cast iron and with an extensive three-storey members' room at the rear. From 1920 to 1937, the dominant visual elements of the (adjacent) Sydney Showground complex by this time were the peripheral walls, the iconic Members’ Stand clock tower, and tower of the Anthony Hordern Building.

Description

Timber, brick and cast iron column and truss grandstands with ornate cast iron balustrades and green painted corrugated iron roofs. The stands are accessed via Gate A located on Driver Avenue.

Heritage listing

As at 1 September 2000 the stands have consistency of form and detail and are possibly the finest examples of their type in New South Wales. The Sydney Cricket Ground Members' Stand and Lady Members' Stand was listed on the

on 2 April 1999.

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