In the first semi-final Competition , Brisbane Heat defeated Hostile_encounter Melbourne Renegades by 15 runs to make it Causation to the finals of the Big Bash League for the first time .

In the other semi-final Competition , Perth Scorchers defeated Hostile_encounter Melbourne Stars by 8 wickets in a rain curtailed match to make it to the finals for the second time in a row .

Melbourne Stars failed Earnings_and_losses to advance Self_motion to the final for the second successive year .

Aaron Finch of Melbourne Renegades was named Name_conferral Player of the tournament for scoring Getting 332 runs in the tournament including an unbeaten century .

The highest individual score of the tournament was 112* by Luke Pomersbach of Brisbane Heat in the semi-final game against Melbourne Renegades .

Lasith Malinga took Getting the best bowling figures of the tournament , capturing Getting 6 wickets for 7 runs for Melbourne Stars against Perth Scorchers .

The 1960 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested Competition between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1960 in extremely wet conditions due to persistent rain during the previous week .

The 1960 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested Competition between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1960 in extremely wet conditions due to persistent rain during the previous week .

The 1960 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested Competition between the Melbourne Football Club and Collingwood Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1960 in extremely wet conditions due to persistent rain during the previous week .

The match , attended despite the conditions by 97,457 spectators , was won by Melbourne by a margin of 48 points , marking Recording that club 's 11th premiership victory .

One was from a long kick Body_movement that just made Motion the distance , and the other was after an easy mark by Melbourne full back Tassie Johnson was dropped in the goal square .

This was Melbourne 's seventh premiership appearance in successive seasons , having won all these contests except the 1954 VFL Grand Final and 1958 VFL Grand Final .

S11 refers to a series of protests Response against meetings Communication of the World Economic Forum on 11 , 12 and 13 September 2000 in Melbourne , Australia , where approximately 10,000 people of many ages and a wide cross section of the community were involved .

The 2015 Australian Open was a tennis tournament Competition that took place Hold at Melbourne Park from 19 January to 1 February 2015 .

The opening Openness match Competition of the 2014–15 Big Bash League was played Competition between Adelaide Strikers and Melbourne Stars on 18 December at the Adelaide Oval .

It took place Process_start at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne , Australia , from 14 through 27 January 2008 .

It took place Process_start at the Melbourne Park in Melbourne , Australia , from 14 through 27 January 2008 .

The match Competition was contested Competition by the two winning semi-finalists and Big Blue rivals , Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC , who finished Process_end the 2014–15 A-League season in first and second position respectively .

The match Competition was won by Melbourne Victory , who defeated Conquering Sydney FC 3–0 in front of a sold-out crowd .

The win Getting saw Melbourne Victory become Becoming the most successful A-League club of its first decade , with three A-League Premierships and three A-League Championships .

Melbourne Victory also became Becoming the first and only A-League club to achieve Achieve the Premiership-Championship double three times .

The Grand Final Competition was Melbourne Victory 's fourth , the first being in 2007 against Adelaide United which Melbourne won 6–0 , the second won again against Adelaide 1–0 in 2009 , and the most recent in 2010 against Sydney FC which ended Process_end in favor of Sydney 4–2 on penalties after finishing Process_end 1–1 after extra-time .

The Grand Final Competition was Melbourne Victory 's fourth , the first being in 2007 against Adelaide United which Melbourne won 6–0 , the second won again against Adelaide 1–0 in 2009 , and the most recent in 2010 against Sydney FC which ended Process_end in favor of Sydney 4–2 on penalties after finishing Process_end 1–1 after extra-time .

However , both Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC had already qualified Becoming_a_member for the Asian competition Competition prior to the match Competition via their league position .

The 1969 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested Competition between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1969 .

The 1969 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested Competition between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club , held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1969 .

However , increased Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale wind shear caused Causation the storm Catastrophe to weaken Cause_change_of_strength to a tropical depression before making landfall near Melbourne , Florida , the next morning .

The 2009 A-League Grand Final Competition took place Process_start at Telstra Dome in Melbourne , Australia on 28 February 2009 .

It was the final match Competition in the A-League 2008–09 season , and was played Competition between premiers Melbourne Victory and runners-up Adelaide United .

Melbourne Victory won the match Competition 1–0 and became Becoming the winners of the 2008–09 Championship , thus becoming Becoming the first team to win the A-League domestic treble , after also claiming Statement the 2008 Pre-Season Challenge Cup , and the 2008–09 Premiership .

The Grand Final was the last ever event to be held Hold at the `` Telstra Dome '' , the former name of Melbourne 's Docklands Stadium .

The Community Cup is an annual charity event Competition held in Melbourne ( and since 2012 - Sydney ) , Australia which features a celebrity Australian rules football match Motion .

The 1999 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played Competition on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne , Australia .

The 1999 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played Competition on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne , Australia .

The 1898 VFL Grand Final Competition was an Australian rules football game contested between the Essendon Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club , held Defending in Melbourne on 24 September 1898 .

The 1961 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested Competition between the Footscray Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club , held Placing at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 23 September 1961 .

The 1961 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested Competition between the Footscray Football Club and Hawthorn Football Club , held Placing at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 23 September 1961 .

Footscray , the 1954 premiership winners , had finished Process_end the home and away season in fourth place but upset Perception_active the Ron Barassi-led Melbourne by 27 points in the Preliminary Final to end Process_end the Demons ' sequence of seven consecutive Grand Final appearances .

It is also the first Process_start Grand Final in VFL/AFL history that did not include Cause_to_be_included any of the original eight clubs that formed Creating the VFL in 1897 ( Carlton , Collingwood , Essendon , Fitzroy , Geelong , Melbourne , St. Kilda , South Melbourne ) .

It is also the first Process_start Grand Final in VFL/AFL history that did not include Cause_to_be_included any of the original eight clubs that formed Creating the VFL in 1897 ( Carlton , Collingwood , Essendon , Fitzroy , Geelong , Melbourne , St. Kilda , South Melbourne ) .

The tournament Competition was hosted Social_event by both Melbourne and Warrnambool in Victoria , Australia between 27 August and 6 September , with a single match Competition additionally played Competition in Geelong .

Like the Grand Final in previous years , the match Competition was played Competition at the Melbourne Cricket Ground as a curtain raiser to the 2008 AFL Season finals match between Hawthorn Hawks and Western Bulldogs which attracted a crowd of 76,703 spectators .

The Australian edition of the tournament Competition featured three teams played Participation across three matches Competition at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on July 18 , 21 and 24 .

Moomba ( also known as the Moomba Festival ) is held Hold annually in Melbourne , Australia .

Run by the City of Melbourne , it is Australia 's largest free community festival .

Moomba is culturally important to Melbourne , having been celebrated Social_event since 1955 , and regularly attracts Influence up to a million people , with a record attendance of 3.8 million ( 2.3 million tourists ) set in 2018 .

In 2003 , the event was renamed Name_conferral `` Melbourne Moomba Waterfest '' and is centred Placing on the Yarra River .

The Wandong Country Music Festival Social_event was an annual country music festival held Defending in Wandong , Victoria , north of the state capital , Melbourne .

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