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Previous MCC Office Bearers

The first MCC President was elected in 1941, following the establishment of the Club in 1938.

A view of the Melbourne Cricket Club Members' Pavilion in 1895

Melbourne Cricket Club Presidents

Name Term
Frederick Powlett 1841-43
J. Stephen 1844-45
G. Cavenagh 1845-49
William Meek 1849-50
G. Gavenagh 1850-52
Thomas Hamilton 1852-53
G. Cavenagh 1853-54
E.P.S. Sturt 1854-55
D.S. Campbell 1855-59
Thomas Hamilton 1859-68
David McArthur 1868-77
James Francis 1877-80
W.J. Clark 1880-86
Frank Grey Smith 1886-1900
Roderick Murchison 1900-07
Leo Cussen 1907-33
Edward Mitchell 1933-41
Ramsay Mailer 1941-43
William McClelland 1944-57
Charles Simmonds 1957-65
Albert Chadwick 1965-79
Hans Ebeling 1979-80
Bernard Callinan 1980-85
Donald Cordner 1985-92
John Mitchell 1992-97
Bruce Church 1997-2003
David Jones 2003-07
David Meiklejohn 2007-11
Paul Sheahan 2011-15
Steven Smith 2015-19
Michael Happell 2019-23
Fred Oldfield 2023-present

Note: There is no record in the archives of the name of a president elected in the foundation year of 1838.