49-538: Victoria cricket team (2018–present) Victoria women's cricket team (2018–present) Melbourne Stars ( WBBL ; 2018–present) Melbourne Renegades ( WBBL ; 2018–present) St Kilda Cricket Club ( VPC ; 1856–present) Melbourne Stars ( BBL ; 2022–present) Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground , or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is
98-571: A Fitzroy home game was 27,202 versus Collingwood in the opening round of 1981. On 3 March 1975, one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time, "Smokin" Joe Frazier , defeated Jimmy Ellis via technical knockout in the 9th round of their scheduled 12 round fight at the Junction Oval, "to barge squarely back into contention for Muhammad Ali 's world heavyweight title." It was the second time Ellis had fought Frazier; Frazier had won their first fight. Other major events that have been held at
147-647: A final at the end of the season. Regular matches last for four days; the final lasts for five days. The Sheffield Shield is supported by a Second XI reserves competition. In 1891–92 the Earl of Sheffield was in Australia as the promoter of the English team led by W. G. Grace . The tour included three Tests played in Melbourne , Sydney and Adelaide . At the conclusion of the tour, Lord Sheffield donated £150 to
196-628: A full listing of past players). Victoria has been a powerful force in Australian cricket and the Australian cricket team has, at least until recent decades, never been short of Victorians in the line up. The tradition of starting a cricket match at the MCG on Boxing Day also featured Victoria when they played New South Wales in 1965. Victoria is the only first-class cricket team to have scored over 1,000 in an innings, which it achieved twice in
245-548: A historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne , Victoria , Australia . The oval's location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its name. It is located approximately five kilometres south from the centre of Melbourne and is in the southernmost part of the large Albert Park sporting precinct. The oval is the administrative headquarters of Cricket Victoria , and was redeveloped between 2015 and 2018 for that purpose. The St Kilda Cricket Ground
294-492: Is a very picturesque venue, with a top-quality turf playing area and a modern backdrop of tall buildings and parkland. The current capacity of the ground is 7,000. Cricket great Shane Warne had a long association with the St Kilda Cricket Ground. He made his first class debut at the ground for Victoria in 1991, and played there on numerous occasions between 1989 and 2006 for his club side, St Kilda. In 2010,
343-768: Is an Australian first-class men's cricket team based in Melbourne, Victoria . The men’s team, which first played in 1851, represents the state of Victoria in the Marsh Sheffield Shield first-class competition and the Marsh One Day Cup 50-over competition. It was known as the Victorian Bushrangers between 1995 and 2018, before dropping the Bushrangers nickname and electing to be known as simply Victoria in all cricket competitions. Victoria shares home matches between
392-507: Is the domestic first-class cricket competition of Australia . The tournament is contested between teams representing the six states of Australia. The Sheffield Shield is named after Lord Sheffield . Prior to the Shield being established, a number of intercolonial matches were played. The Shield, donated by Lord Sheffield, was first contested during the 1892–93 season , between New South Wales , South Australia and Victoria . Queensland
441-519: Is the second-most successful state team in Australian first-class cricket, having won 32 Sheffield Shield titles, the most recent of which was in the 2018–19 season . The Victorians have also claimed six One-Day Cups and four Big Bash tiles. The team's origins date back to the very start of Australian cricket when the Melbourne Cricket Club (MCC) was formed in 1838, and in that same year an MCC team played its first match against
490-583: The Bushrangers nickname when describing the men's team. The current major sponsor of the team is the CitiPower. Now defunct competition Squad for the 2024/25 domestic season. Players with international caps are listed in bold . Source: First Class Batting Records for Victoria First Class Bowling Records for Victoria List A Batting Records for Victoria List A Bowling Records for Victoria Sheffield Shield The Sheffield Shield
539-799: The Fitzroy Football Club 's most famous footballers before being renamed as the Shane Warne stand in 2024. A second brick stand designed by E J Clark to complement the Murray Stand was built by H H Eilenberg in 1933–34 at a cost of £7500. It was named the Don Blackie – Bert Ironmonger Stand in honour of the St Kilda Cricket Club and Test cricketers. Both grandstands still stand today and have been restored and are in use. A new £6000 manual scoreboard and kiosk at
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#1732772439483588-764: The Melbourne Cricket Ground in East Melbourne and the Junction Oval in St Kilda . The team is administered by Cricket Victoria and draws its players primarily from Victoria's Premier Cricket competition along with players from throughout the country. Victoria also played in the now-defunct Twenty20 competition, the Twenty20 Big Bash , which was replaced by the franchise-based Big Bash League . The Victorian cricket team
637-492: The New South Wales Cricket Association to fund a trophy for an annual tournament of intercolonial cricket in Australia . The three colonies of New South Wales , Victoria and South Australia were already playing each other in ad hoc matches . The new tournament commenced in the summer of 1892–93, mandating home and away fixtures between each colony each season. The three teams competed for
686-599: The Sheffield Shield to the Pura Milk Cup , then to the Pura Cup the following season. Pura is a brand name of National Foods , a wholly owned subsidiary of Bega Cheese . The sponsorship increased total annual prize money to A$ 220,000, with the winners receiving A$ 75,000 and the runners up A$ 45,000. On 16 July 2008 it was announced that Weet-Bix would take over sponsorship of the competition from
735-607: The St Kilda Football Club played its home matches there in 1874 and in 1875, when the club merged with University for one season to form a combined team, St Kilda cum University , due to a lack of players. As St Kilda moved to Alpaca Paddock in 1876 after returning as a standalone team, and a lack of players and financial problems meant that St Kilda went into recess during 1879, no further matches would be played there until St Kilda returned to senior competition in 1886. St Kilda subsequently played their home games at
784-404: The 1920s – 1,023 against Tasmania in 1922–23, and 1,107 against New South Wales in 1926–27. Throughout its history, Victoria's dominant colour has been navy blue, either in full when playing One-Day or Twenty20 competitions or on predominantly white kits in first-class cricket. The team logo replicates that of Cricket Victoria and has done so since the organisation chose to cease referring to
833-579: The 2018/19 season. The Victorian Cricket Association, now Cricket Victoria , was founded in 1895 and since March 2018 has been based at its headquarters, the CitiPower Centre in St Kilda . Victoria has featured a significant number of cricketing greats, such as Warwick Armstrong , Bill Woodfull , Bill Ponsford , Neil Harvey , Hugh Trumble , Lindsay Hassett , Dean Jones , Jack Blackham , Jack Ryder , Bill Lawry , Bob Cowper , Shane Warne , Keith Miller and Ian Redpath . (See here for
882-417: The 2018–19 season. While the redevelopment of Junction Oval ended the 145-year association of Australian rules football with the ground, the venue has a rich football history. On 28 May 1870, the first ever football match with historical senior premiership status was played at the oval between South Yarra and Albert Park, with Albert Park winning by three goals to one. After entering senior competition,
931-513: The Gabba) before the competition was cancelled due to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Since 1982–83, the top two teams after the home and away rounds have met in a final, played over five days at the home ground of the top-ranked team. Between 1982–83 and 2017–18, in the event of a draw or tie , the Shield was awarded to the top-ranked team. Since the 2018–19 summer, in
980-536: The Sheffield Shield was not contested but ten first-class “friendly” matches were played between the States for patriotic funds ; however financially these were unsuccessful. The Sheffield Shield was not contested during the 1941–42 Australian first-class season - instead an “Interstate Patriotic Competition” was held, with all proceeds going to the war effort. Only one match was played (Queensland v NSW at
1029-495: The Sheffield Shield, named after its benefactor. A Polish immigrant, Phillip Blashki , won the competition to design the trophy, a 43 in × 30 in (109 cm × 76 cm) silver shield. The competition therefore commenced some 15 years after Australia's first Test match. In 1999, the Australian Cricket Board (now Cricket Australia ) announced a sponsorship deal which included renaming
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#17327724394831078-548: The Victorian Military. However, the first official inter-colonial (now interstate) game was contested between Port Phillip and Van Diemen's Land in 1851, in Launceston . Victoria was the dominant force in the early days of Australian first-class cricket, winning two of the first three Sheffield Shield tournaments, and most of its early domestic friendly games against the other states. The first game between
1127-594: The club proposed renaming the ground the Shane Warne Oval, but the change never occurred. In 2013, Warne spoke on behalf of the campaign to preserve the ground's suitability as a venue for first-class cricket. In December 2014, the Victorian government announced it would contribute $ 25 million to the Oval's redevelopment to allow it to become the administrative and training headquarters of Cricket Victoria . By
1176-610: The end of 2015, Cricket Victoria and Cricket Australia , in combination with the Melbourne Cricket Club , contributed the extra $ 15 million necessary to allow the redevelopment to proceed. The redevelopment of the venue incorporated several new features such as a national centre for cricket training and programs, on-site accommodation for visiting teams and officials, medical and training facilities including an extensive outdoor turf training area and 10-lane indoor centre and administrative facilities and offices to house Cricket Victoria and be rented to external parties. The redevelopment allowed
1225-458: The event of a draw or tie, the team which scores more first innings bonus points, based on the system used in regular season matches, wins the Shield. No final was played in 2019–20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . A number of different systems have been used over the years. Currently, points are awarded for each match during the home and away season according to the following table. Prior to
1274-519: The event of a draw or tie, the team which scores more first innings bonus points, based on the system used in regular season matches, wins the Shield. Further details including match scorecards are available at Cricinfo and the Cricket Archive. The Player of the Year award is announced at the end of each season. Since its inception in 1976 it has been awarded to the best-performed player/s over
1323-423: The final Australian rules football match to be played at the Junction Oval on 22 July 2015. The record attendance at the ground is 46,973 on 20 May 1950 to watch St Kilda play Carlton in a VFL match, a bigger crowd than any of the three Grand Finals played at the venue. The record attendance for a South Melbourne home game at the Junction Oval was 38,000 against Richmond in 1946. The record attendance for
1372-410: The great rivals Victoria and New South Wales was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in 1856. The annual Sheffield Shield tournament first began in the 1892/93 season, contested by Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia . Victoria won that tournament by defeating both opponents twice each. During the history of the Shield, Victoria has won the competition 32 times, most recently in
1421-514: The ground between 1944 and 1946. Other clubs who used the venue as a home ground included South Melbourne (1944–1946) and Fitzroy (1970–1984), while the first ever women's footy match was played there in 1921. St Kilda Football Club played 564 home matches for premiership points at the ground between 1897 and 1964 . The Saints' final home game at the venue was on 22 August 1964, a 12-point win against Geelong , 12.18 (90) to 11.12 (78), in front of 37,100 fans. The club also played 16 away games at
1470-564: The ground during the 1966 season . The Melbourne Football Club used the venue as a training ground and administrative base between 1985 and 2010, having previously trained at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , and the annual 3RRR Community Cup football match was played there until 2007. The last football tenant was the Victorian Amateur Football Association 's Old Melburnians Football Club from 1992 to 2015, and they took on Old Caulfield Grammarians in
1519-479: The ground include the 1898/99 Victorian athletics titles , numerous bicycle meets and two inter-colonial lacrosse matches between Victoria and New South Wales. A pre-season rugby league trial match between Western Suburbs and Manly Warringah was staged at the oval in 1978 notable for being the start of the infamous Fibros vs Silvertails rivalry shared between the two sides. Victoria cricket team First-class One-day The Victoria men’s cricket team
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1568-463: The introduction of a Final in 1982–83, the team with most points after the home and away rounds was declared the winner. With the introduction of the Final, the top team hosts the second placed team in a five-day match. Until 2018–19, the visiting team was required to win the Final to win the championship; the home team won the championship in the event of a tied or drawn Final. Since the 2018–19 summer, in
1617-547: The northern end of the ground was built in 1956–57, the cricket club's centenary year. The scoreboard is a landmark of the St Kilda Junction area. The remainder of the ground is grass embankments, other than the southern practice wicket area. Older structures were demolished during a rationalisation of the ground, after they were declared a fire hazard by the Metropolitan Fire Brigade in 1988. It
1666-548: The oval 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. The Junction Oval
1715-495: The oval to become a boutique-size alternative venue for first-class cricket with a capacity for up to 7,000 spectators. The upgraded venue was unveiled ahead of the Sheffield Shield match between Victoria and New South Wales on 3 March 2018. The Melbourne Stars played the first men's Big Bash League match at the venue against the Perth Scorchers on 2 January 2022 as part of their BBL11 Campaign . Junction Oval
1764-665: The recognised top level of Victorian football – 12 in the unaffiliated era, 99 in the VFA and 734 in the VFL/AFL – were played at the ground over 93 seasons of competition. Junction Oval was also a regular venue for Victorian Football Association finals following the Second World War: it staged every top division VFA finals series, including Grand Finals, from 1945 until 1962 , in 1966 , and then again from 1970 until 1987 . The Sandringham Football Club played home games at
1813-459: The redevelopment of the ground in the mid-2010s allowed Victoria and other teams to host matches at an appropriately-sized venue, relieving pressure on the MCG and enabling the oval to become capable of hosting Women's Big Bash League matches and other cricket competitions where necessary, as well as being the administrative headquarters of Cricket Victoria . The venue is referred to as the CitiPower Centre . Prior to redevelopment, Victoria utilised
1862-697: The season, as determined a panel of judges. Victorian and South Australian batsman Matthew Elliott has won the award the most times, being awarded Player of the Year on three separate occasions. Six other players have represented three Australian states in top-level cricket, but without playing Sheffield Shield games for all three – Neil Hawke (SA, Tas, WA); Walter McDonald (Qld, Tas, Vic); Percy McDonnell (NSW, Qld, Vic); Karl Quist (NSW, SA, WA); Greg Rowell (NSW, Qld, Tas); Wal Walmsley (NSW, Qld, Tas), Dan Christian (NSW, SA, Vic). Source: [8] . Last updated: 26 January 2020. Source: [12] . Last updated: 31 March 2019. Many bowlers have taken
1911-636: The start of the 2008–09 season , and that the name would revert to the "Sheffield Shield" or the "Sheffield Shield presented by Weet-Bix". Weet-bix is a cereal biscuit manufactured by Sanitarium Health Food Company . In the 2019–20 season, Marsh took over the sponsorship for the competition. This followed Marsh & McLennan Companies' acquisition of JLT, which had sponsored the competition since 2017. Since 1977–78, all six states of Australia have fielded their own teams. Details of each team are set out below. Before 1993, all states were known solely by their state names or cricket association titles. Queensland
1960-748: The venue at the end of 1984 after a fifteen-year tenure, and moved their primary training and administrative base to Northcote Park and their home games to Victoria Park , sharing the venue with Collingwood Football Club . The final VFL game to be played at the Junction Oval was between St Kilda Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club in front of a crowd attendance of 15,156 on 1 September 1984 in Round 22 of 1984 : Fitzroy defeated St Kilda by 57 points, 24.20 (164) to St Kilda 15.17 (107). The ground also hosted six VFL finals matches, including three Grand Finals (in 1898 – 1899 and 1944 , all three being won by Fitzroy). Between 1870 and 1984, 845 senior matches in
2009-582: The venue failed to meet first-class standards, though in retaining its charm it was compared to the Basin Reserve in Wellington . The need for a first-class standard cricket ground in Victoria , in addition to the 100,000 seat capacity Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), became increasingly apparent as the state team was forced to host Sheffield Shield finals in interstate locations. Consequently,
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2058-577: The venue until 1964 (except for in 1916–17, when the club was in recess due to World War I, and 1942–43, when the military occupied the ground during World War II). Before the 1944 season , the military vacated the Junction Oval, and because it was closer to South Melbourne's still-occupied home ground, the Lake Oval, than Princes Park was, the Swans started playing their home games at the venue: South Melbourne played 29 home matches for premiership points at
2107-485: The venue: 13 against the Fitzroy and three against South Melbourne. The St Kilda Football Club left the venue after the 1964 season and moved to Moorabbin Oval , motivated by the desire to operate its own venue. In 1970, the Fitzroy Football Club relocated to the venue and stayed until the end of 1984. Fitzroy played 135 home matches for premiership points at the ground between 1970 and 1984. Fitzroy were evicted from
2156-464: The venues that will host Sheffield Shield matches during the 2022–23 season. Each side has played each other both home and away every season with the following exceptions: Where the teams played an unequal number of games, their final points were calculated on a pro-rata basis. Matches were timeless (i.e. played to an outright result, weather and schedule permitting) up to 1926–27. A four-day time limit has applied since 1927–28. In 1940–41, however,
2205-415: Was admitted for the 1926–27 season, Western Australia for the 1947–48 season, and Tasmania for the 1977–78 season. The competition is contested in a double- round-robin format, with each team playing every other team twice, i.e. home and away. Points are awarded based on wins, draws, ties and bonus points for runs and wickets in a team's first 100 batting and bowling overs, with the top two teams playing
2254-535: Was converted into a full-time cricket venue as of 2015 as part of the redevelopment in 2015 until 2018. As a result of the redevelopment, the Victorian state team plays many home games in the domestic One-Day Cup and Sheffield Shield competitions at the oval. Success at the redeveloped ground came quickly for the Victorians, who won their sixth One-Day Cup and 32nd Sheffield Shield at the Junction Oval during
2303-483: Was established on its present site in 1856. The first grandstand at the ground was purchased from the old Elsternwick racecourse and erected in 1892 at the southern end of the ground. A new grandstand was built in 1925–26 at a cost of £7000, designed by the architect E J Clark and built by H H Eilenberg. It was originally called the G P Newman Stand but has been renamed the Kevin Murray Stand after one of
2352-487: Was founded in tandem with the St Kilda Cricket Club , who have called the ground home since its opening in 1856. The club plays in the Victorian Premier Cricket competition and has a rich history of success at the venue. Prior to the redevelopment in 2015–18, the venue had hosted 28 first-class cricket matches, including 25 Sheffield Shield games. The lack of upgrades to the oval meant that by 2005
2401-506: Was the first to adopt a nickname when it became known as the ‘Bulls’ from 1993; and following the success of that, other states adopted nicknames from 1995. The nicknames have since mostly fallen out of official use. Drummoyne Oval North Dalton Park Bankstown Oval Sydney Cricket Ground Allan Border Field Brisbane Cricket Ground Adelaide Oval Karen Rolton Oval Bellerive Oval Junction Oval Melbourne Cricket Ground Perth Stadium WACA Ground Below are
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