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| Location | Woolton Avenue and High Street, Northcote, Victoria |
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| Coordinates | 37°45′43″S 144°59′54″E / 37.76194°S 144.99833°E |
| Owner | Croxton Park Hotel |
| Surface | Grass |
| Opened | 1865 |
| Closed | 1918 |
| Tenants | |
| Northcote (1899–1903, 1909–1914) Rose of Northcote (1904–1908) City of Northcote (1915–1918) | |
Croxton Park was a multi-purpose sports venue located in present-day Northcote and Thornbury, Victoria. It comprised a horse racing track which was in use from 1865 until 1873, and a grassed oval used for Australian rules football and other sports until the 1910s.
Unlike most major sports venues in Melbourne, which were council owned, Croxton Park was privately owned by the proprietors of the adjoining Croxton Park Hotel, which proved controversial for its proximity to alcohol service and for behaviour of patrons. The sports venue was closed and the land sold for housing in 1918, while the hotel itself remains to the present day.