The Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust (popularly known as the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust or SCG Trust) was an

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of the Government of New South Wales that operated the

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and

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in Sydney,

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, Australia. It was merged into

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on 1 December 2020. The SCG Trust operated the

(SCG) and New Sydney Football Stadium (SFS) at Moore Park in Sydney. In mid-2008, its head office The Sheridan Building opened, making it the third building to erect in the Gold Members Car Park, alongside the headquarters of

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and

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. Soon after it opened, Sydney Swans and

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relocated their headquarters inside the Sheridan Building. There are four clubs from four sports codes with their headquarters at the ground. In 2007 the UTS-Balmain club formed a partnership with the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust and are now known as Sydney CC or Sydney Cricket Club or just simply Sydney Tigers.

Statues

The Trust has commissioned ten bronze sculpture statues to be placed around the grounds of the SCG and SFS.

Media Hall of Honour

In 2014 the Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust opened the Media Hall of Honour at the MA Noble Stand's media centre with fifteen inaugural inductees: *

Richie Benaud Richard Benaud (; 6 October 1930 – 10 April 2015) was an Australian cricketer who, after his retirement from international cricket in 1964, became a highly regarded commentator on the game. Benaud was a Test cricket all-rounder, blending ...

* Ernet Black * Ernie Christensen * John Davis *

Jack Fingleton John Henry Webb Fingleton, (28 April 190822 November 1981) was an Australian cricketer, journalist and commentator. The son of Australian politician James Fingleton, he was known for his dour defensive approach as a batsman, scoring five Test ...

Ian Heads Ian John Heads OAM (born 15 February 1943) is an Australian historian, journalist, commentator and author. He is described as "Australia's foremost rugby league historian" by the National Museum of Australia. In the reconst ...

Frank Hyde Frank Hyde Order of the British Empire, MBE Order of Australia, OAM (7 February 1916 – 24 September 2007) was an Australian rugby league footballer, coach and radio caller. A New South Wales representative three-quarter, Hyde played his club ...

Norman May Norman "Nugget" Alfred Vale May (14 February 1928 – 11 September 2016) was an Australian radio and television sports broadcaster. His most famous moment was calling " GOLD, GOLD for Australia, GOLD" during the men's 4 × 100 metres medley f ...

Alan McGilvray Alan David McGilvray (6 December 190917 July 1996) was an Australian cricketer who played several first-class seasons for New South Wales in the mid-1930s before becoming the doyen of Australian cricket commentators. He became identified as the ...

* Johnnie Moyes * John O'Gready * Bill O'Reilly * Ray Robinson * Jim Shepherd *

Ray Warren Raymond Warren OAM (born 11 June 1943) is a retired Australian sports commentator, known for his coverage of televised professional rugby league matches on the Nine Network. He is known as the "Voice of Rugby League", and called 99 State of Or ...

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Statues

Media Hall of Honour

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