Box Hill City Oval
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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.
[edit] 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 |
[edit] 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
