The East Melbourne Cricket Ground was an Australian rules football and cricket venue located the Victorian suburb of East Melbourne.
The EMCG in its final season of use in 1921
The East Melbourne Cricket Ground being used for an intercolonial football match in 1879.
Early Carlton champion George Coulthard running with the ball against Geelong during the 1880 VFA season on 17 July
The former site of the East Melbourne Cricket Ground, pictured in 2026
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The Victorian Football League is an Australian rules football competition in Australia operated by the Australian Football League as a second-tier, regional, semi-professional competition. It includes
East Melbourne Cricket Ground
…months from 1878. The ground also hosted the first-ever interstate representative football match, on 1 July 1879, between Victoria - represented by the Victorian Football Association (VFA) - and South Australia. The match was attended by more than 10,000 people. It also hosted the first intercollegiate football match in Melbourne…
Scenes from an 1891 VFA Premiership Match between Essendon and Carlton
Brunswick during the early 1900s. The highlighted section in the bottom right-hand corner shows the future Australian Prime Minister John Curtin.
Northcote's premiership side from the 1929 VFA season. Second from right, front row, is Doug Nicholls.
Action from the 2017 VFL Grand Final at Docklands Stadium