Junction Oval
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| Junction Oval
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| Location | St Kilda, Victoria |
| Opened | ? |
| Owner | Parks Victoria
<tr><td>Operator</td><td>Parks Victoria</td></tr> |
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The Junction Oval (also known the St. Kilda Cricket Club Ground) is a historic sports ground in Melbourne, Australia.
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[edit] The ground
The ground is located at St Kilda Junction, between Queens Road and Fitzroy Street.
The current capacity is around 8,000.
The scoreboard (built 1954-55) is a landmark of the St Kilda Junction area.
There are 2 main heritage grandstands, the Blackie-Ironmonger stand (recently restored and in use), and the Kevin-Murray grandstand (not in use) and a club house.
Older structures were demolished in the 1980s during a rationalisation of the ground.
[edit] Sports and Events
[edit] Australian Rules
The ground was originally built for Australian rules, and was the original home ground of the St Kilda Football Club for many years.
It has been used as a VFL/AFL home ground for St Kilda (1897-1964), South Melbourne Football Club (1944-1946) and Fitzroy Football Club (1970-1984).
A total of 734 VFL/AFL matches were played there, the highest score being Fitzroy's 34 goals, 16 behinds (220) against North Melbourne in 1983.
The ground also hosted the VFL/AFL Grand Final in the years of 1898, 1899 and 1944.
[edit] Current Use
In recent years, the Melbourne Football Club have used it as a training ground.
It is used regularly by the Victorian Amateur Football Association's Old Melburnians Football Club.
The ground is used for the annual Community Cup Australian rules event.
[edit] Cricket
In recent years, the Junction Oval has also been used by the Victorian Bushrangers first class cricket team representing the state of Victoria. Most of Victoria's Pura Cup and ING Cup matches are now played at the Junction Oval (and not at the Melbourne Cricket Ground).
[edit] Commonwealth Games
The ground hosted events for the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
