Brighton Beach Oval
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| Location | Brighton, Victoria |
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| Coordinates | 37°55′42″S 144°59′28″E / 37.928456224926°S 144.99112832301122°E / -37.928456224926; 144.99112832301122 |
| Owner | City of Bayside[1] |
Record attendance | 6,000 (Brighton vs Port Melbourne, 30 May 1925)[2] |
| Public transit |  ● Brighton Beach Brighton Beach |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1880s; 145 years ago (1880s) |
| Tenants | |
| Old Brighton Football Club (VAFA) Brighton Cricket Club (VSDCA) | |
Brighton Beach Oval is an Australian rules football and cricket venue located in the Melbourne suburb of Brighton.[3] It is the home of the Old Brighton Grammarians Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) and the Brighton Cricket Club in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association (VSDCA).[4]
Brighton Beach Oval was established around the 1880s, with the Brighton Cricket Club moving to the ground by 1887.[5] A grandstand was constructed in 1884.[6] The Brighton Football Club played its home matches at the ground and joined the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1908.[7][8]
At the end of the 1926 VFA season, Brighton moved to Elsternwick Park, sharing the ground with the Elsternwick Amateur Football Club, which competed in the Metropolitan Amateur Football Association (MAFA).[9] The newly-formed Sandringham District Football Club used the ground when it entered the MAFA in 1927.[10][11] One VFA match was played at Brighton Beach Oval in 1931 because Elsternwick Park was booked for a MAFA match between Elsternwick and State Savings Bank.[12][13]
After several years in dangerous condition, the turf at the ground was upgraded in 2014.[14]
Transport access
Brighton Beach Oval is located near the Brighton Beach railway station, with Sandringham line trains travelling next to the ground.[15] During a VFA match in 1924, a ball was kicked into a passing train, injuring one passenger.[16][17]
References
- ↑ Amy, Paul (28 July 2019). "Lights go out again on the Old Brighton women's team". Herald Sun. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Brighton v Port Melbourne". The VFA Project. 30 May 1925. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Brighton Beach Oval". The VFA Project. Archived from the original on 13 October 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ Pignataro, Joe (25 August 2022). "All roads lead to Brighton Beach Oval". VAFA. Archived from the original on 26 April 2026. Retrieved 26 April 2026.
- ↑ "History". Brighton Cricket Club. Archived from the original on 21 January 2026. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Brighton Cricket Club: 177 years and counting". Brighton Historical Society. 3 February 2020. Archived from the original on 21 January 2026. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "BRIGHTON v NORTH MELBOURNE". Brighton Southern Cross. 19 June 1915. p. 6. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ Harms, John (15 May 2011). "Brighton FC's only flag in 1948". The Footy Almanac. Archived from the original on 21 January 2026. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "BRIGHTON CLUB'S NEW GROUND". The Argus. 16 December 1926. p. 4. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "FOOTBALL". The Argus. 2 February 1927. p. 15. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Reorganising Sections of Association". The Age. 8 February 1927. p. 12. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
- ↑ "BRIGHTON GROUND TROUBLE: Club Not Sure Of Playing At Elsternwick". The Sun News-Pictorial. 26 August 1931. p. 18. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Postponed matches to be played tomorrow". The Age. 28 August 1931. p. 11. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ Andrews, Jon (20 August 2014). "Brighton Beach Oval to be resurfaced in $900K council project". Herald Sun. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "The Amateur Footballer, Week 18, 1976" (PDF). VAFA. 21 August 1976. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 March 2026. Retrieved 2 March 2026.
- ↑ "Brighton v Geelong A". The VFA Project. 23 August 1924. Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2026.
- ↑ "Ball Kicked Into Passing Train". The Age. 25 August 1924. p. 14. Retrieved 21 January 2026.