1WORKSHEET AROUND THE LOCAL GROUNDS

Football clubs and their supporters developed a strong connection to their local grounds once the VFL began in 1897. These grounds then became the focus for the club’s identity and fuelled the supporters obsession with the game.

(a) Name the football clubs that have or still call these grounds home.

(i) Windy Hill ______

(ii) ______

(iii) ______

(iv) Punt Rd Oval ______

(v) Brunswick St Oval ______

(vi) Park ______

(vii) MCG ______

(viii) Telstra Dome ______

(ix) Western Oval ______

(x) ______

(xi) Arden St Oval ______

(xii) ______

(xiii) ______

(b) The East Ground was a sports venue located at the corner of Wellington Parade Sth and Jolimont Rd in East Melbourne. It was taken over to make way for an extension of the Jolimont railway yards.

Find the position of the site using a Melway street directory or internet site such as Google Earth or Google Maps. Photocopy or print out a copy of the site and mark the following features on it:

(i) Wellington Crescent (ii) Wellington Parade

(ii) Jolimont St (iv) Wellington Parade Sth

(iii) Jolimont Terrace (vi) Jolimont Rd

(iv) Jolimont Lane (v) Agnes St

(vi) Charles St (vii) Palmer St

(viii) Sketch in an outline of the cricket oval. 1SOLUTIONS AROUND THE LOCAL GROUNDS AROUND THE LOCAL GROUNDS

(a) (i) Windy Hill: Essendon

(ii) Kardinia Park (Skilled Stadium):

(iii) Junction Oval: St Kilda, Fitzroy, South Melbourne

(iv) Punt Rd Oval: Richmond

(v) Brunswick St Oval: Fitzroy

(vi) Victoria Park: Collingwood, Fitzroy

(vii) MCG: Melbourne, Richmond, Essendon, Collingwood, Hawthorn

(viii) Telstra Dome: Essendon, , St Kilda, Carlton, North Melbourne (Kangaroos)

(ix) Western Oval: Western Bulldogs, Fitzroy

(x) Glenferrie Oval: Hawthorn

(xi) Arden St Oval : North Melbourne (Kangaroos)

(xii) Princes Park: Carlton, Fitzroy, Western Bulldogs

(xiii) Waverley Park: Hawthorn, St Kilda

(b)

General area for the East Wellington Parade

Wellington Parade South

Agnes St

Jolimont Rd

Wellington Crescent Palmer St Charles St

Jolimont Terrace

Jolimont Lane Jolimont Jolimont St Railway yards