Arden Street Oval
Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australian rules football club, and up to the end of the 1985 season it was used as the team's home ground for Victorian Football League (VFL) matches.
Arden Street Oval from the air in 2007 (during redevelopment) | |
Former names | Hotham Cricket Ground North Melbourne Recreation Reserve Aegis Park |
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Location | Arden Street, North Melbourne, Victoria |
Coordinates | 37°47′57″S 144°56′28″E |
Owner | Melbourne City Council |
Operator | North Melbourne Football Club |
Capacity | 4,000 |
Record attendance | 35,116 (27 August 1949) |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1850s |
Opened | 1850s |
Construction cost | A$16 m (Redevelopment) |
Architect | Williams Ross Architects |
Tenants | |
Administration & Training (1882–1964), (1966–present) VFL/AFL (1882–1964), (1966–1985) AFLW (2018–present) VFL (2018–present) VFLW (2021–present)
Irish Hurling (1930s) Melbourne Greyhound Racing Association (1957–1962) | |
Ground information | |
International information | |
Only women's Test | 8 February 1996: Australia v New Zealand |
As of 8 September 2020 Source: CricketArchive |
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