Australian Sport By Marcus.c123 Period: Feb 1, 1877 to Feb 1, 2006 Australian Sport Mar 15, 1877 First cricket test against england played at the MCG Feb 15, 1879 First Australian football competition heldw Apr 6, 1896 Australia competes at the first modern olympics in Athens Nov 5, 1930 Phar lap wins melbourne cup Feb 20, 1948 Don bradman plays his last test match Jun 10, 1956 Melbourne Olympics Feb 15, 1963 Australia wins the first netball world tournament Aug 26, 1972 Shane gould wins three gold medals at Munich olympics Jun 13, 1974 Australia competes at their first football world cup Feb 15, 1980 Evonne Goolagong wins her first wimbledon tennis championship May 27, 1983 Australia wins the America's cup Feb 15, 1991 Australia wins their first rugby union world cup Aug 20, 1999 Cathy Freeman wins 400m gold at Seville world athletics champion Sep 15, 2000 Sydney Olympics Jun 9, 2006 Australia compete at their second football world cup