Punt Road Oval

Swinburne Centre
Punt Road Oval
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Former namesRichmond Cricket Ground
ME Bank Centre
LocationPunt Road, East Melbourne, Victoria
Coordinates37°49′20″S 144°59′16″E / 37.82222°S 144.98778°E / -37.82222; 144.98778
OwnerCity of Melbourne
OperatorRichmond Football Club
Capacity2,800[1]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground1855
Opened1856
Tenants
Richmond Football Club

Administration & Training (1885–present)
VFL/AFL (1908–1964)
VFL (2014–present)
VFLW (2018–2019)
AFLW (2021–present)

Other Teams
Richmond Cricket Club (CV) (1856–2011)
Melbourne Football Club (VFL/AFL) (1942–1946; 1956)
Western Bulldogs (AFLW) (2022)
Ground information
International information
Only women's Test9 February 1991:
 Australia v  India
First WODI11 December 1988:
 Australia v  England
Last WODI17 December 1988:
 Australia v  New Zealand
As of 8 September 2020
Source: CricketArchive

Punt Road Oval, also known as the Richmond Cricket Ground or known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to the east of the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG).

The oval is a former venue of the Victorian Football League (now Australian Football League), with 544 VFL/AFL premiership matches played there between 1908 and 1964. The venue is the training and administrative headquarters of the Richmond Football Club, and also hosts the club's reserves and women's premiership matches.

  1. ^ "Punt Road Oval". austadiums.com. Austadiums. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

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