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| Location | 420 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria |
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| Coordinates | 37°50′16″S145°03′46″E / 37.8377°S 145.0628°E |
| Owner | City of Boroondara |
| Capacity | 5,000 [1] |
| Record attendance | 14,000 (Camberwell vs Port Melbourne, 18 June 1945) [2] |
| Opened | 1909 |
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| 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 arena in the Melbourne suburb of Camberwell. [3] [4] As of 2025, it 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 competition. [5] [6]
The CSG was originally a vegetable garden known as "Brooks Paddock", and part of Camberwell Racecourse. [7] 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. [7] A grandstand for visitors' rooms (the "Tramways Grandstand") was built in 1920, with Camberwell joining the Victorian Football Association (VFA) in 1926. [7] A much larger spectators' grandstand and pavilion was built in 1935, in time for the 1936 season. [7]
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. [8]
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 in the 2017–18 season at the CSG. [9]