 The EMCG in its final season of use, 1921 | |
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| Location | East Melbourne, Victoria |
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| Coordinates | 37°49′2″S 144°58′40″E / 37.81722°S 144.97778°E |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1860 |
| Closed | 1921 |
| Demolished | 1922 |
| Tenants | |
| East Melbourne Cricket Club (unknown–1921) East Melbourne Football Club (1878–1882) Essendon Football Club (1882–1921) Melbourne City Football Club (1912–1913) | |
The East Melbourne Cricket Ground was a grass oval sports venue located at the southwest corner of Jolimont Road and Jolimont Parade (now known as Wellington Parade South) in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] The site is best known for playing host to many sporting events during the city of Melbourne's early existence, consisting mainly of cricket and Australian rules football, although the ground occasionally hosted soccer matches. Its closure was predicated by the annexure of the land by Victoria Railways to enable stabling and marshalling of trains as part of the electrification of Melbourne's metropolitan rail service.
- ^ Santo Caruso, Marc Fiddian and Jim Main, Football Grounds of Melbourne (Melbourne: Pennon Publishing, 2002 ISBN 978-1877029028.