MCG open day to celebrate Melbourne Cricket Club's 175th anniversary

The Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) will be staging an open day on Sunday 17th November in celebration of its 175th anniversary.

The free event will allow the public to gain rare access to the playing surface and see parts of the stadium and the MCC Reserve that are normally off limits.

Open Day provides a great opportunity to join the MCC in celebrating this rare and wonderful achievement and gain insight into Australia's largest and oldest sporting club and the world-class stadium that it manages.

Highlights of the day will include opportunies for guests:

• To relive their favourite sporting moments on the hallowed turf of the MCG.

• Have their photograoh taken on the AFL premiership dais with the 2013 replica premiership cup.

• To pick up a map and show bag and take a tour through the MCC Reserve, player change rooms and National Sports Museum.

• To challenge themselves on the AFL Playground.

• To sit back and enjoy roving entertainment from the comfort of the MCC's Hugh Trumble Cafe, Tower 6, Stumps Bar and Paddock Café.

• To meet favourite sporting stars.

• To win prizes and collect memorabilia throughout the day.

Access to the MCG will available via Gate 2 (Members' entrance) and Gate 3 (National Sports Museum entrance).