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The Anzac Day clash is an annual Australian rules football match between Australian Football League (AFL) teams Collingwood and Essendon, held on Anzac Day (25 April) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). ==Early history of Australian rules on Anzac Day== During many wars, Australian rules football matches have been played overseas in places like northern Africa and Vietnam as a celebration of Australian culture and as a bonding exercise between soldiers.〔Australian War Memorial H13624〕〔Australian War Memorial P00851.009〕〔Australian War Memorial MEB0068〕 Despite this, League football was not played on Anzac Day for many years; in 1959, for example, when all VFL games were played on Saturday afternoons, Anzac Day also fell on a Saturday, and the entire round was postponed to the following Saturday. The first VFL matches played on Anzac Day occurred in 1960 after an Act of Parliament which lifted the previous restrictions on this activity. The Anzac Day Act required a donation of a portion of the gate to the R.S.L., so the R.S.L. was active in encouraging the VFL to play on the day. The VFL was initially unenthusiastic, and on Anzac Day Tuesday in 1961 it scheduled smaller games at Windy Hill and Punt Road Oval for the day. The Victorian Football Association attempted to capitalize on this, and with the R.S.L.'s support it moved a marquee match between rivals Sandringham and Moorabbin to the Melbourne Cricket Ground and put on a pre-match spectacle on a similar scale to that of the AFL's modern Anzac Day clash. The crowd of just under 14,000 was similar in size to the VFA's largest Sunday crowds at the time, but still fell well short of the VFA's pre-match expectations; nevertheless, the match was a pioneer in the treatment of football on Anzac Day as a special occasion. In 1962 and 1967, instead of playing premiership matches on Anzac Day, the VFL arranged a representative match for Anzac Day between the Victorian team from the previous year's Interstate Carnival and a team representing the rest of the league. Both matches drew small crowds between 15,000-20,000. Over the years, the VFL's Anzac Day games sometimes drew huge crowds. The 1975 versus Essendon game attracting 77,770 fans to VFL Park, a then record for Anzac Day; two years later in 1977, and Collingwood drew 92,436 to the MCG.〔〔 In 1986 the league used Anzac Day to attempt its first ever doubleheader. Held at the MCG, and played in the afternoon, followed after a 30 minute break by and in the evening under lights; due to a total crowd of only 40,117 and various logistical problems, the league has not staged another doubleheader.〔〔 Through the years until the mid-1990s, it was common for at least two matches to be played on the Anzac Day public holiday.〔Rodgers, Stephen & Browne, Ashley (1996): ''Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL results 1897–1995.'' Penguin-Viking, Melbourne. ISBN 978-0-670-90794-6. p 441.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anzac Day clash」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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