Stadium development thumb|left|Grandstand built for the English cricket team's 1877 visit The first grandstand at the MCG was the original wooden members' stand built in 1854, while the first public grandstand was a 200-metre long 6000-seat temporary structure built in 1861. Another grandstand seating 2000, facing one way to the cricket ground and the other way to the park where football was played, was built in 1876 for the 1877 visit of James Lillywhite's English cricket team. It was during this tour that the MCG hosted the world's first Test match.
Stadi.um development thumb|left|Grandstand built for the English cricket team's 1877 visit The first grandstand at the MCG was the original .wooden members' stand built in 1854 while the first public grandstand was a !200-metre long 6000-seat temporary structure built in 1861. Another grandstand seating 2000, facing one way to the cricket ground and the ot?her way to the park where football was played, was built in 1876 for the 1877 visit of James Lillywhite's English cricket team. It was during this tour that the MCG hosted the world's first T,est match.