Box Hill City Oval
Encyclopedia
Box Hill City Oval is an Australian rules football
and cricket
stadium located in Box Hill, Victoria
, Australia
. It is the home ground of the Box Hill Hawks Football Club
which plays in the VFL
and the Box Hill Cricket Club.
Box Hill City Oval was officially opened in 1937. The capacity of the venue is approximately 10,000 people. The largest official attendance at the ground was on 14 August 1983 when 6,200 people attended a VFA
game between Box Hill
and Oakleigh
. In more recent times a crowd of 5,253 attended a VFL
game between the Box Hill Hawks
and Williamstown
on 19 June 2005. It is currently the second-choice venue, behind TEAC Oval
, for VFL finals; it usually hosts two finals in the first week, but also hosted the preliminary finals in 2010 when the TEAC Oval surface was unplayable.
On Melbourne Show Day 1953 the venue hosted a charity Australian rules football
game between the “Box Hill All Stars” and “Hawthorn – Richmond Combine”. While an official attendance was not recorded, the crowd at the time was estimated as in excess of 8,000.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
and cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
stadium located in Box Hill, Victoria
Box Hill, Victoria
Box Hill is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 14 km east from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Whitehorse. At the 2006 Census, Box Hill had a population of 8,616....
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is the home ground of the Box Hill Hawks Football Club
Box Hill Hawks
Box Hill Hawks Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the Victorian Football League. It has an alliance with the Hawthorn Football Club which plays in the Australian Football League....
which plays in the VFL
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
and the Box Hill Cricket Club.
Box Hill City Oval was officially opened in 1937. The capacity of the venue is approximately 10,000 people. The largest official attendance at the ground was on 14 August 1983 when 6,200 people attended a VFA
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
game between Box Hill
Box Hill Hawks
Box Hill Hawks Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the Victorian Football League. It has an alliance with the Hawthorn Football Club which plays in the Australian Football League....
and Oakleigh
Oakleigh Football Club
Oakleigh Football Club, nicknamed the Devils, was an Australian rules football club from Oakleigh which played in the VFA from 1929 until 1994...
. In more recent times a crowd of 5,253 attended a VFL
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
game between the Box Hill Hawks
Box Hill Hawks
Box Hill Hawks Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the Victorian Football League. It has an alliance with the Hawthorn Football Club which plays in the Australian Football League....
and Williamstown
Williamstown Football Club
The Williamstown Football Club, nicknamed The Seagulls, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne and are currently playing in the Victorian Football League...
on 19 June 2005. It is currently the second-choice venue, behind TEAC Oval
TEAC Oval
TEAC Oval, also known as North Port Oval and previously as the Port Melbourne Cricket and Recreation Reserve, is an Australian rules football and cricket stadium located in Port Melbourne, Australia. The capacity of the venue is 12,000 people...
, for VFL finals; it usually hosts two finals in the first week, but also hosted the preliminary finals in 2010 when the TEAC Oval surface was unplayable.
On Melbourne Show Day 1953 the venue hosted a charity Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
game between the “Box Hill All Stars” and “Hawthorn – Richmond Combine”. While an official attendance was not recorded, the crowd at the time was estimated as in excess of 8,000.
Major Milestones
| 1937 | Ground opened Main pavilion constructed |
| 1951 | Box Hill Football Club admitted to VFA Major improvements including committee rooms, kiosk and scoreboard added |
| 1970 | Coterie room constructed |
| 1976 | Social rooms built in main pavilion |
| 1983 | Present scoreboard constructed |
| 1989 | Playing surface relaid Present kiosk constructed |
| 1994 | Committee rooms and coterie room joined to form President's Room |
| 1998 | Whitehorse Council acquired 4 remaining houses adjacent to ground Areas converted into public carparking |
| 2001 | "Federation Gates" constructed |
| 2002 | Box Hill Hawks players rooms and administration office constructed |
| 2007 | "Barbara and Ron Gibbs Entrance" opened Cricket practice wickets removed from playing arena |
| 2009 | "South Pavilion" opened |
Sources
- "Box Hill Football Club Yearbook", Box Hill Football Club, Melbourne, 1951
- "Box Hill Football Club Souvenir History", Box Hill Football Club, Melbourne, 1961
- "Box Hill Football Club Souvenir History", Box Hill Football Club, Melbourne, 2000