Melbourne, VIC · former AFL ground

East Melbourne Cricket Ground

Also known as East Melbourne

Games: 225; 1897–1921
First game: 1897; Essendon v Collingwood
Finals: 3; 1 grand finals
Clubs: 10; have played here

Club records

Clubs with five or more games here

Essendon197 games · 1897–1921114–79–459%

University34 games · 1908–191415–18–146%

Geelong Cats32 games · 1897–19218–2425%

Fitzroy31 games · 1897–192113–17–144%

Carlton29 games · 1897–192114–14–150%

Sydney Swans29 games · 1897–192115–1452%

Collingwood28 games · 1897–192119–8–170%

Melbourne28 games · 1897–19216–21–123%

St Kilda27 games · 1897–19217–19–128%

Richmond15 games · 1908–19219–660%

Highest scores

1Essendonv Collingwood, 191121.12 (138)
2Essendonv St Kilda, 190119.22 (136)
3Essendonv St Kilda, 189916.24 (120)
4Essendonv Melbourne, 190817.17 (119)
5Essendonv St Kilda, 190017.15 (117)

Biggest wins

1Essendonv St Kilda, 1901 · 136–29+107
2Essendonv St Kilda, 1899 · 120–22+98
3Essendonv St Kilda, 1900 · 117–25+92
4Essendonv St Kilda, 1897 · 94–3+91
5Essendonv Carlton, 1900 · 95–10+85

Grand finals

1 played here

1900 Melbourne

Latest games here

Essendon 10.14 (74) – Fitzroy 11.8 (74)10 Sept 1921

Essendon 5.15 (45) – Richmond 11.14 (80)3 Sept 1921

Essendon 8.13 (61) – South Melbourne 5.13 (43)23 July 1921

Essendon 2.15 (27) – Geelong Cats 9.18 (72)16 July 1921

Essendon 5.12 (42) – St Kilda 11.17 (83)2 July 1921

Essendon 7.18 (60) – Carlton 18.9 (117)11 June 1921

Essendon 7.12 (54) – Collingwood 9.17 (71)28 May 1921

Essendon 11.12 (78) – Melbourne 12.6 (78)7 May 1921