Date-stamped : 18 May94 - 18:23
AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND, First ever One-day International
At Melbourne Cricket Ground on 5 January 1971.

The first one-day international was a  hastily  arranged  affair,
played on the final scheduled day of a rain-aborted Test Match to
appease the disappointed public.  By  coincidence,  it not   only
took  place  on  the  very ground where test cricket had begun 94
years earlier, but also resulted in an  Australian victory   over
England.   More significantly it attracted 46000 spectators, pro-
duced receipts of $33000 and began a revolution in  international
cricket.

<END> Contributed by Richard (r.head@ic.ac.uk)