List of international cricket centuries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is an Australian sports stadium located in Melbourne. It was established in 1854 and has a capacity of approximately 100,000.[1] The MCG was the scene of the first ever Test match, which was played in 1877 between Australia and England.[2] The ground also hosted the first One Day International (ODI), which took place in 1971 between Australia and England.[3]

The honours board commemorating Test cricket centuries at the MCG

Charles Bannerman became the first Test centurion at the ground when he made 165 not out against England in 1877. Another Australian, Bob Cowper, holds the record for the highest individual Test score at the ground, Cowper made 307 against England in 1966. The highest individual score made by an overseas player is 244 not out, scored by Englishman Alastair Cook in 2017. Don Bradman has scored the most Test centuries at the ground with 9, while the most by an overseas player is 5, scored by Jack Hobbs.[4]

The first ODI century scored at the MCG was in 1979 by the Englishman David Gower. His innings of 101 not out came from 100 balls. Englishman Jason Roy holds the record for the highest individual ODI score at the ground, with 180 from 151 balls, against Australia on 14 January 2018. Ricky Ponting has scored the most ODI centuries at the ground with 7.[5]

  • * denotes that the batsman was not out.
  • Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
  • NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
  • Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won,[6][7] lost[8][9] or if the match was drawn.[10]

List of centuries

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Test centuries

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The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the MCG.[4]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 165* Charles Bannerman   Australia NR 1   England 15 March 1877 Won
2 124 Tom Horan   Australia NR 2   England 31 December 1881 Drawn
3 149 George Ulyett   England NR 1   Australia 10 March 1882 Drawn
4 121 Johnny Briggs   England NR 1   Australia 1 January 1885 Won
5 105* Arthur Shrewsbury   England NR 2   Australia 21 March 1885 Won
6 173 Andrew Stoddart   England NR 3   Australia 29 December 1894 Won
7 120 Archie MacLaren   England NR 2   Australia 1 March 1895 Won
8 140 Jack Brown   England NR 4   Australia 1 March 1895 Won
9 112 Charlie McLeod   Australia NR 1   England 1 January 1898 Won
10 188 Clem Hill (1/2)   Australia NR 1   England 29 January 1898 Won
11 104 Reggie Duff   Australia NR 3   England 1 January 1902 Won
12 126 Kenneth Hutchings   England NR 2   Australia 1 January 1908 Won
13 133* Warwick Armstrong (1/3)   Australia NR 3   England 7 February 1908 Won
14 204 Aubrey Faulkner   South Africa 320 2   Australia 31 December 1910 Lost
15 159 Victor Trumper   Australia 158 3   South Africa 31 December 1910 Won
16 132 Warwick Armstrong (2/3)   Australia 196 3   South Africa 17 February 1911 Won
17 100 Clem Hill (2/2)   Australia 98 3   South Africa 17 February 1911 Won
18 114 Jack Hearne   England 243 2   Australia 30 December 1911 Won
19 126* Jack Hobbs (1/5)   England 206 4   Australia 30 December 1911 Won
20 178 Jack Hobbs (2/5)   England 296 2   Australia 9 February 1912 Won
21 179 Wilfred Rhodes   England 405 2   Australia 9 February 1912 Won
22 116 Nip Pellew   Australia 186 1   England 31 December 1920 Won
23 100 Jack Gregory   Australia 115 1   England 31 December 1920 Won
24 122 Jack Hobbs (3/5)   England 218 2   Australia 31 December 1920 Lost
25 117 Harry Makepeace   England 260 1   Australia 11 February 1921 Lost
26 123* Warwick Armstrong (3/3)   Australia 210 2   England 11 February 1921 Won
27 128 Bill Ponsford   Australia 233 1   England 1 January 1925 Won
28 138 Vic Richardson   Australia 217 1   England 1 January 1925 Won
29 154 Jack Hobbs (4/5)   England 340 2   Australia 1 January 1925 Lost
30 176 Herbert Sutcliffe (1/4)   England 481 2   Australia 1 January 1925 Lost
31 127 Herbert Sutcliffe (2/4)   England 390 4   Australia 1 January 1925 Lost
32 143 Herbert Sutcliffe (3/4)   England 339 1   Australia 13 February 1925 Won
33 100 Alan Kippax   Australia 255 1   England 29 December 1928 Lost
34 112 Jack Ryder   Australia 219 1   England 29 December 1928 Lost
35 200 Wally Hammond   England 472 2   Australia 29 December 1928 Won
36 107 Bill Woodfull (1/3)   Australia 309 3   England 29 December 1928 Lost
37 112 Don Bradman (1/9)   Australia 281 3   England 29 December 1928 Lost
38 135 Herbert Sutcliffe (4/4)   England 462 4   Australia 29 December 1928 Won
39 142 Jack Hobbs (5/5)   England 301 1   Australia 8 March 1929 Lost
40 137 Maurice Leyland (1/2)   England 330 1   Australia 8 March 1929 Lost
41 102 Bill Woodfull (2/3)   Australia 381 2   England 8 March 1929 Won
42 123 Don Bradman (2/9)   Australia 247 2   England 8 March 1929 Won
43 152 Don Bradman (3/9)   Australia NR 2   West Indies 13 February 1931 Won
44 111 Ken Viljoen   South Africa NR 2   Australia 31 December 1931 Lost
45 161 Bill Woodfull (3/3)   Australia NR 3   South Africa 31 December 1931 Won
46 167 Don Bradman (4/9)   Australia NR 3   South Africa 31 December 1931 Won
47 103* Don Bradman (5/9)   Australia 146 3   England 30 December 1932 Won
48 136 Jack Fingleton   Australia 428 3   England 1 January 1937 Won
49 270 Don Bradman (6/9)   Australia 375 3   England 1 January 1937 Won
50 111* Maurice Leyland (2/2)   England 212 4   Australia 1 January 1937 Lost
51 169 Don Bradman (7/9)   Australia 191 1   England 26 February 1937 Won
52 112 Stan McCabe   Australia 155 1   England 26 February 1937 Won
53 118 Jack Badcock   Australia 223 1   England 26 February 1937 Won
54 104* Colin McCool   Australia 174 1   England 1 January 1947 Drawn
55 155 Arthur Morris (1/2)   Australia 317 3   England 1 January 1947 Drawn
56 100 Ray Lindwall   Australia 90 3   England 1 January 1947 Drawn
57 112 Cyril Washbrook   England 299 4   Australia 1 January 1947 Drawn
58 132 Don Bradman (8/9)   Australia 204 1   India 1 January 1948 Won
59 116 Vinoo Mankad (1/2)   India 187 2   Australia 1 January 1948 Lost
60 100* Arthur Morris (2/2)   Australia 210 3   India 1 January 1948 Won
61 127* Don Bradman (9/9)   Australia 169 3   India 1 January 1948 Won
62 153 Neil Harvey (1/3)   Australia 251 1   India 6 February 1948 Won
63 111 Vinoo Mankad (2/2)   India 309 2   Australia 6 February 1948 Lost
64 156* Reg Simpson   England NR 2   Australia 23 February 1951 Won
65 108 Frank Worrell   West Indies NR 1   Australia 31 December 1951 Lost
66 102 Lindsay Hassett   Australia NR 4   West Indies 31 December 1951 Won
67 162* Russell Endean   South Africa NR 3   Australia 24 December 1952 Won
68 205 Neil Harvey (2/3)   Australia NR 1   South Africa 6 February 1953 Lost
69 102 Colin Cowdrey (1/3)   England NR 1   Australia 31 December 1954 Won
70 113 Peter May   England 298 1   Australia 31 December 1958 Lost
71 167 Neil Harvey (3/3)   Australia 325 2   England 31 December 1958 Won
72 133 Colin McDonald   Australia 249 2   England 13 February 1959 Won
73 110 Conrad Hunte   West Indies 249 3   Australia 30 December 1960 Lost
74 113 Colin Cowdrey (2/3)   England 231 2   Australia 29 December 1962 Won
75 103 Brian Booth   Australia 274 3   England 29 December 1962 Lost
76 113 David Sheppard   England 218 4   Australia 29 December 1962 Won
77 109 Eddie Barlow   South Africa 252 1   Australia 1 January 1964 Lost
78 157 Bill Lawry (1/4)   Australia 255 2   South Africa 1 January 1964 Won
79 104 Hanif Mohammad   Pakistan 195 1   Australia 4 December 1964 Drawn
80 109 John Edrich   England 286 2   Australia 30 December 1965 Drawn
81 104 Colin Cowdrey (3/3)   England 187 2   Australia 30 December 1965 Drawn
82 120 Peter Burge   Australia 193 3   England 30 December 1965 Drawn
83 115 Doug Walters (1/2)   Australia 296 3   England 30 December 1965 Drawn
84 115 Ken Barrington   England 153 1   Australia 11 February 1966 Drawn
85 108 Bill Lawry (2/4)   Australia 256 2   England 11 February 1966 Drawn
86 307 Bob Cowper   Australia 589 2   England 11 February 1966 Drawn
87 109 Bob Simpson   Australia 186 2   India 30 December 1967 Won
88 100 Bill Lawry (3/4)   Australia 148 2   India 30 December 1967 Won
89 151 Ian Chappell (1/3)   Australia 224 2   India 30 December 1967 Won
90 205 Bill Lawry (4/4)   Australia 416 2   West Indies 26 December 1968 Won
91 165 Ian Chappell (2/3)   Australia 320 2   West Indies 26 December 1968 Won
92 111 Ian Chappell (3/3)   Australia 212 1   England 21 January 1971 Drawn
93 109 Brian Luckhurst   England 280 2   Australia 21 January 1971 Drawn
94 117 Basil D'Oliveira   England 294 2   Australia 21 January 1971 Drawn
95 135 Ian Redpath (1/3)   Australia 204 1   Pakistan 29 December 1972 Won
96 116* Greg Chappell (1/4)   Australia 204 1   Pakistan 29 December 1972 Won
97 137 Sadiq Mohammad (1/2)   Pakistan 261 2   Australia 29 December 1972 Lost
98 158 Majid Khan (1/2)   Pakistan 276 2   Australia 29 December 1972 Lost
99 127 Paul Sheahan   Australia 207 3   Pakistan 29 December 1972 Won
100 142 John Benaud   Australia 207 3   Pakistan 29 December 1972 Won
101 122 Keith Stackpole   Australia 192 1   New Zealand 29 December 1973 Won
102 188 Mike Denness   England 448 2   Australia 8 February 1975 Won
103 146 Keith Fletcher   England 424 2   Australia 8 February 1975 Won
104 102 Greg Chappell (2/4)   Australia 177 3   England 8 February 1975 Lost
105 102 Ian Redpath (2/3)   Australia 258 2   West Indies 26 December 1975 Won
106 109 Gary Cosier (1/2)   Australia 186 2   West Indies 26 December 1975 Won
107 102 Clive Lloyd   West Indies 121 3   Australia 26 December 1975 Lost
108 101 Ian Redpath (3/3)   Australia 230 1   West Indies 31 January 1976 Won
109 109* Rick McCosker (1/2)   Australia 267 3   West Indies 31 January 1976 Won
110 121 Greg Chappell (3/4)   Australia 186 1   Pakistan 1 January 1977 Won
111 168 Gary Cosier (2/2)   Australia 206 1   Pakistan 1 January 1977 Won
112 105 Sadiq Mohammad (2/2)   Pakistan 262 2   Australia 1 January 1977 Lost
113 105 Rick McCosker (2/2)   Australia 178 3   Pakistan 1 January 1977 Won
114 110* Rod Marsh   Australia 173 3   England 12 March 1977 Won
115 174 Derek Randall   England 353 4   Australia 12 March 1977 Lost
116 118 Sunil Gavaskar   India 285 3   Australia 30 December 1977 Won
117 100 Graeme Wood (1/2)   Australia 283 1   England 29 December 1978 Won
118 108 Majid Khan (2/2)   Pakistan 157 3   Australia 10 March 1979 Won
119 105 Allan Border (1/4)   Australia 275 4   Pakistan 10 March 1979 Lost
120 114 Greg Chappell (4/4)   Australia 212 2   England 1 February 1980 Won
121 119* Ian Botham   England 213 3   Australia 1 February 1980 Lost
122 107 Doug Walters (2/2)   Australia 206 1   New Zealand 26 December 1980 Drawn
123 114 Gundappa Viswanath   India 222 1   Australia 7 February 1981 Won
124 124 Allan Border (2/4)   Australia 265 2   India 7 February 1981 Lost
125 100 Graeme Wood (2/2)   Australia 305 2   Pakistan 11 December 1981 Lost
126 100* Kim Hughes   Australia 200 1   West Indies 26 December 1981 Won
127 152 Mohsin Khan   Pakistan 239 1   Australia 26 December 1983 Drawn
128 268 Graham Yallop   Australia 517 2   Pakistan 26 December 1983 Drawn
129 208 Viv Richards   West Indies 376 1   Australia 22 December 1984 Drawn
130 113 Andrew Hilditch   Australia 272 4   West Indies 22 December 1984 Drawn
131 100* Greg Matthews   Australia 152 1   India 26 December 1985 Drawn
132 163 Allan Border (3/4)   Australia 358 3   India 26 December 1985 Drawn
133 112 Chris Broad   England 255 2   Australia 26 December 1986 Won
134 122 Richie Richardson   West Indies 287 3   Australia 24 December 1988 Won
135 101 Mark Taylor (1/2)   Australia 240 3   Pakistan 12 January 1990 Won
136 121 Ijaz Ahmed   Pakistan 331 4   Australia 12 January 1990 Lost
137 100 David Gower   England 170 1   Australia 26 December 1990 Lost
138 112 Mark Waugh   Australia 234 1   West Indies 26 December 1992 Won
139 110 Allan Border (4/4)   Australia 274 1   West Indies 26 December 1992 Won
140 110 Phil Simmons   West Indies 178 4   Australia 26 December 1992 Lost
141 170 Mark Taylor (2/2)   Australia 349 1   South Africa 26 December 1993 Drawn
142 131 David Boon (1/2)   Australia 277 3   England 24 December 1994 Won
143 110 David Boon (2/2)   Australia 312 1   Sri Lanka 26 December 1995 Won
144 131* Steve Waugh (1/3)   Australia 252 1   Sri Lanka 26 December 1995 Won
145 143 Asanka Gurusinha   Sri Lanka 274 3   Australia 26 December 1995 Lost
146 105 Ricky Ponting (1/4)   Australia 208 1   South Africa 26 December 1997 Drawn
147 101 Jacques Kallis   South Africa 279 4   Australia 26 December 1997 Drawn
148 107 Alec Stewart   England 160 1   Australia 26 December 1998 Won
149 122* Steve Waugh (2/3)   Australia 198 2   England 26 December 1998 Lost
150 116 Sachin Tendulkar   India 191 2   Australia 26 December 1999 Lost
151 121* Steve Waugh (3/3)   Australia 237 1   West Indies 26 December 2000 Won
152 138 Matthew Hayden (1/6)   Australia 211 2   South Africa 26 December 2001 Won
153 250 Justin Langer   Australia 407 1   England 26 December 2002 Won
154 102 Matthew Hayden (2/6)   Australia 149 1   England 26 December 2002 Won
155 145 Michael Vaughan   England 218 3   Australia 26 December 2002 Lost
156 195 Virender Sehwag   India 233 1   Australia 26 December 2003 Lost
157 136 Matthew Hayden (3/6)   Australia 173 2   India 26 December 2003 Won
158 257 Ricky Ponting (2/4)   Australia 458 2   India 26 December 2003 Won
159 111 Mohammad Yousuf   Pakistan 134 1   Australia 26 December 2004 Lost
160 142 Damien Martyn   Australia 245 2   Pakistan 26 December 2004 Won
161 117 Ricky Ponting (3/4)   Australia 198 1   South Africa 26 December 2005 Won
162 122 Michael Hussey   Australia 203 1   South Africa 26 December 2005 Won
163 137 Matthew Hayden (4/6)   Australia 242 3   South Africa 26 December 2005 Won
164 153 Matthew Hayden (5/6)   Australia 265 2   England 26 December 2006 Won
165 156 Andrew Symonds   Australia 220 2   England 26 December 2006 Won
166 124 Matthew Hayden (6/6)   Australia 183 1   India 26 December 2007 Won
167 101 Ricky Ponting (4/4)   Australia 126 1   South Africa 26 December 2008 Lost
168 166 JP Duminy   South Africa 340 2   Australia 26 December 2008 Won
169 120* Shane Watson   Australia 220 3   Pakistan 26 December 2009 Won
170 168* Jonathan Trott   England 345 2   Australia 26 December 2010 Won
171 106 Michael Clarke   Australia 187 2   Sri Lanka 26 December 2012 Won
172 116 Chris Rogers   Australia 155 4   England 26 December 2013 Won
173 192 Steve Smith (1/4)   Australia 305 1   India 26 December 2014 Drawn
174 147 Ajinkya Rahane (1/2)   India 171 2   Australia 26 December 2014 Drawn
175 169 Virat Kohli   India 272 2   Australia 26 December 2014 Drawn
176 128 Joe Burns   Australia 230 1   West Indies 26 December 2015 Won
177 144 Usman Khawaja   Australia 227 1   West Indies 26 December 2015 Won
178 134* Steve Smith (2/4)   Australia 177 1   West Indies 26 December 2015 Won
179 106* Adam Voges   Australia 166 1   West Indies 26 December 2015 Won
180 205* Azhar Ali   Pakistan 364 1   Australia 26 December 2016 Lost
181 144 David Warner (1/3)   Australia 143 2   Pakistan 26 December 2016 Won
182 165* Steve Smith (3/4)   Australia 246 2   Pakistan 26 December 2016 Won
183 103 David Warner (2/3)   Australia 151 1   England 26 December 2017 Drawn
184 244* Alastair Cook   England 409 2   Australia 26 December 2017 Drawn
185 102* Steve Smith (4/4)   Australia 275 3   England 26 December 2017 Drawn
186 106 Cheteshwar Pujara   India 319 1   Australia 26 December 2018 Won
187 114 Travis Head   Australia 234 1   New Zealand 26 December 2019 Won
188 121 Tom Blundell   New Zealand 210 4   Australia 26 December 2019 Lost
189 112 Ajinkya Rahane (2/2)   India 223 2   Australia 26 December 2020 Won
190 200 David Warner (3/3)   Australia 254 2   South Africa 26 December 2022 Won
191 111 Alex Carey   Australia 149 2   South Africa 26 December 2022 Won

One Day International centuries

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The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the MCG.[5]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 101* David Gower (1/2)   England 100 1   Australia 4 February 1979 Lost
2 153* Viv Richards (1/2)   West Indies 130 1   Australia 9 December 1979 Won
3 102* Bruce Edgar   New Zealand 141 2   Australia 1 February 1981 Lost
4 103 Gordon Greenidge   West Indies 161 1   Pakistan 21 November 1981 Won
5 122 David Gower (2/2)   England 134 2   New Zealand 13 January 1983 Lost
6 117 Steve Smith   Australia 130 1   New Zealand 13 February 1983 Won
7 106 Viv Richards (2/2)   West Indies 95 1   Australia 22 January 1984 Won
8 123* Desmond Haynes   West Indies 130 2   Australia 6 January 1985 Won
9 125* Geoff Marsh   Australia 121 1   Pakistan 10 January 1989 Won
10 102* Rameez Raja   Pakistan 158 1   West Indies 23 February 1992 Lost
11 100 David Boon   Australia 147 1   West Indies 18 March 1992 Won
12 112* Gary Kirsten   South Africa 137 1   Australia 21 January 1994 Won
13 123 Ricky Ponting (1/7)   Australia 138 1   Sri Lanka 9 January 1996 Lost
14 102* Steve Waugh   Australia 115 1   Sri Lanka 16 January 1996 Lost
15 100 Ricky Ponting (2/7)   Australia 114 1   New Zealand 21 January 1998 Lost
16 116* Stephen Fleming   New Zealand 122 2   Australia 21 January 1998 Won
17 154 Adam Gilchrist (1/2)   Australia 129 1   Sri Lanka 7 February 1999 Won
18 115 Ricky Ponting (3/7)   Australia 121 1   India 12 January 2000 Won
19 100 Sourav Ganguly   India 127 2   Australia 12 January 2000 Lost
20 173 Mark Waugh   Australia 148 1   West Indies 9 February 2001 Won
21 102* Michael Bevan   Australia 95 2   New Zealand 29 January 2002 Won
22 124 Adam Gilchrist (2/2)   Australia 104 1   England 15 December 2002 Won
23 119 Ricky Ponting (4/7)   Australia 123 1   England 15 December 2002 Won
24 106* Ricky Ponting (5/7)   Australia 97 2   Sri Lanka 21 January 2003 Won
25 115 Ricky Ponting (6/7)  ICC World XI 102 1  Asia XI 10 January 2005 Won
26 104 Ricky Ponting (7/7)   Australia 113 2   New Zealand 4 February 2007 Won
27 120* Paul Collingwood   England 133 2   Australia 9 February 2007 Won
28 161* Shane Watson   Australia 150 2   England 16 January 2011 Won
29 112 Phillip Hughes   Australia 129 1   Sri Lanka 11 January 2013 Won
30 112* Adam Voges   Australia 106 1   West Indies 10 February 2013 Won
31 100 Johnson Charles   West Indies 121 2   Australia 10 February 2013 Lost
32 121 Aaron Finch (1/3)   Australia 128 2   England 12 January 2014 Won
33 104 Steve Smith   Australia 112 2   South Africa 21 November 2014 Won
34 138 Rohit Sharma (1/2)   India 139 1   Australia 18 January 2015 Lost
35 135 Aaron Finch (2/3)   Australia 128 1   England 14 February 2015 Won
36 137 Shikhar Dhawan   India 146 1   South Africa 22 February 2015 Won
37 161* Tillakaratne Dilshan   Sri Lanka 146 1   Bangladesh 26 February 2015 Won
38 105* Kumar Sangakkara   Sri Lanka 76 1   Bangladesh 26 February 2015 Won
39 137 Rohit Sharma (2/2)   India 126 1   Bangladesh 19 March 2015 Won
40 117 Virat Kohli   India 117 1   Australia 17 January 2016 Lost
41 156 David Warner (1/2)   Australia 128 1   New Zealand 9 December 2016 Won
42 107 Aaron Finch (3/3)   Australia 119 1   England 14 January 2018 Lost
43 180 Jason Roy   England 151 2   Australia 14 January 2018 Won
44 152 Travis Head   Australia 130 1   England 22 November 2022 Won
45 106 David Warner (2/2)   Australia 102 1   England 22 November 2022 Won

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