Camberwell Sports Ground
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| Address | 420 Camberwell Road Camberwell, Victoria |
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| Coordinates | 37°50′16″S 145°03′46″E / 37.8377°S 145.0628°E / -37.8377; 145.0628 |
| Owner | City of Boroondara |
| Capacity | 5,000[1] |
| Record attendance | 14,000 (Camberwell vs Port Melbourne, 18 June 1945)[2] |
| Field size | 170 m × 130 m (560 ft × 430 ft)[3][4] |
| Public transit |  ■ Trafalgar Road |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1909; 117 years ago (1909) |
| Tenants | |
| Old Scotch Football Club (VAFA) Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club (VPC) | |
The Camberwell Sports Ground (CSG), sometimes stylised as the Camberwell Sportsground, is an Australian rules football and cricket venue in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell.[5][6] Since 2017, it has been known under naming rights as McQueen Financial Group Park (or simply McQueen Park).[7][8]
As of 2026[update], the CSG is home to the Old Scotch Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) and the Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club in the Victorian Premier Cricket (VPC) competition.[9][10]
The Camberwell Sports Ground was originally a vegetable garden known as "Brooks Paddock", and part of Camberwell Racecourse.[11] The preparation of a new sports ground (originally dubbed "Bowen Park") on this site was finished in 1909 and the Camberwell Football Club first played at the new ground the in 1910.[11] A grandstand for visitors' rooms (the "Tramways Grandstand") was built in 1920, with Camberwell joining the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1926.[11] A much larger spectators' grandstand and pavilion was built in 1935, in time for the 1936 season.[11]
An electric air raid siren was installed at the CSG on 4 August 1945 for a VFA match between Camberwell and Yarraville, replacing a bell which had been used until that point.[12]
Camberwell played its final VFA match at the ground on 19 August 1990, before withdrawing from the VFA shortly before the start of the 1991 season.[13] When the club played three seasons in the Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA), it was based at Macleay Park in Balwyn North and Rathmines Road Reserve in Hawthorn East.[14]
In 2016, the CSG hosted two Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) matches, as the Melbourne Renegades could not play at Junction Oval because of its redevelopment.[1] The Renegades also played the majority of its home matches during the 2017–18 season at the CSG.[15]
Both grandstands at Camberwell Sports Ground were upgraded in 2020.[16]
References
- 1 2 "Camberwell Sports Ground". Austadiums. Archived from the original on 16 January 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ↑ "Camberwell v Port Melbourne". The VFA Project. 18 June 1945. Archived from the original on 20 March 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ↑ "The Sporting Globe Football Book: 1946". Sporting Globe. 1946. Archived from the original on 30 March 2026. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ "Victorian Football Association". Hidden Footy Histories. Archived from the original on 30 March 2026. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
- ↑ "Camberwell Sportsground". City of Boroondara. Archived from the original on 31 March 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ↑ "The battle to play sport in Camberwell on Sunday". sarahcraze.com. 20 October 2022. Archived from the original on 16 January 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
- ↑ Chalmers, David (27 April 2017). "Mastro, Tonners work magic as Premier B produces big wins". VAFA. Archived from the original on 8 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ↑ Redding, Ron (7 January 2021). "Vale Gordon McQueen". Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club. Archived from the original on 8 January 2026. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
- ↑ "Old Scotch Football Club". VAFA. Archived from the original on 20 March 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ↑ "OUR CLUB". Camberwell Magpies Cricket Club. Archived from the original on 15 March 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 C.S.Greenwood, President (1952). Camberwell Football Club – Souvenir History, 1952.
- ↑ "Camberwell v Yarraville". The VFA Project. 4 August 1945. Archived from the original on 20 January 2025. Retrieved 11 August 2025.
- ↑ "Camberwell v Prahran". The VFA Project. 19 August 1990. Retrieved 8 January 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ Mansell, Ken (8 October 2018). "Cheer, Cheer on Our Camberwell – Tricolours, Wells, Cobras – Part Three". Hidden Footy Histories. Archived from the original on 7 January 2026. Retrieved 7 January 2026.
- ↑ Morris, Tom; Olle, Sarah (8 December 2017). "Women's Big Bash League 2017-18: Fixture, schedule, dates, teams, players – Ultimate Guide". Fox Sports. Archived from the original on 4 January 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
- ↑ "Camberwell Sports Ground". Simbuilt. December 2020. Archived from the original on 12 August 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2026.