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The Junction Oval (officially, the St Kilda Cricket Ground) is an historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction (the intersection of St Kilda’s main street – Fitzroy Street – and St Kilda Road) gave rise to its nickname. It is located approximately five kilometres from the centre of Melbourne and is in the southernmost part of the large Albert Park sporting precinct.
The current capacity of the ground is around 8,000. The scoreboard (built 1954-55 by the St Kilda Cricket Club) is a landmark of the St Kilda Junction area. There are two main heritage grandstands, the Blackie-Ironmonger stand built by the St Kilda Cricket Club (named after two of St Kilda Club’s Test cricketers: recently restored and in use), and the Kevin Murray grandstand (named after one of Fitzroy’s greatest footballers: not in use). The remainder of the ground is terraced asphalt, with grass embankments at the rear. Older structures were demolished in the 1980s during a rationalisation of the ground. It is a very picturesque venue, with a top-quality turf playing area and a modern backdrop of tall buildings and parkland.
Although the ground was originally built for cricket (St Kilda Cricket Club has played at the St Kilda Cricket Ground since 1855), it is also known as the original home ground of the St Kilda Football Club. The Saints played home games at the venue until 1964. St Kilda played 564 home matches for premiership points at the ground between 1897 and 1964. The Saints’ final home game at the venue was on the 22 August 1964 – a 12 point win against the Geelong – 12. 18 (90) to 11. 12 (78) – in front of an attendance of 37,100. The club also played 16 away games at the venue – 13 against the Fitzroy Lions (now part of the Brisbane Lions) and three against South Melbourne (now the Sydney Swans).
The Junction Oval is home to the St Kilda Cricket Club, which plays in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition. The oval has also been used as an occasional home ground by the Victorian Bushrangers first class cricket team, most recently during the 2005-06 season when the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) was being prepared for the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In the early 1990s it was used regularly because of the construction of the Great Southern Stand at the MCG. It also played host to the 2008/09 Sheffield Shield final, won by the Bushrangers, due to the unavailability of the MCG, because of the Bushfire relief concert.
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