[1] The MCC is responsible for management and development of the Melbourne Cricket Ground, a power given to it by the government-appointed MCG Trust and an Act of Parliament.

As well as cricket, the MCC is also an umbrella organisation for other sports, such as Australian rules football, baseball (through the Melbourne Baseball Club), bowls, croquet, field hockey, golf, lacrosse, netball, target shooting, squash, real tennis and tennis.

[4][5] At the same time five men met and formed the Melbourne Cricket Club; they were Frederick Powlett, Robert Russell, George Brunswick Smyth and brothers Alfred and Charles Mundy.

[6] In 1839 the MCC began playing cricket matches near the current site of Southern Cross railway station.

Full members also have a number of added benefits, which include reciprocal rights at clubs and stadiums around Australia and overseas as well as the opportunity to attend numerous club functions exclusive to MCC members.

These benefits, with the exclusion of the VRC and Docklands Stadium, are reserved for full members.

[10] It was formed in 2018 to represent the MCC, and as of 2024, it competes in Division 4 of the VAFA Women's (VAFAW) competition.