North Port Oval (Adcon Stadium)

Capacity: 12,000 (approx)
Record crowd: 26,000 – VFA Div 1 Grand Final: Port Melbourne v Williamstown (September 25th, 1964)
Home Team:

• Port Melbourne Football Club (VFL)
• Port Melbourne Cricket Club (Cricket)

North Port Oval, also known as the Port Melbourne Cricket Ground or by the sponsored name ETU Stadium, is an Australian rules football and cricket stadium located in Port Melbourne, Australia. The capacity of the venue is approximately 12,000 people. It is home to both the Port Melbourne Cricket Club and the Port Melbourne Football Club.

The ground is one of the Victorian Football League primary venues, and each year, it will usually host two finals in the first week, then both semi-finals and both preliminary finals. This has been the case almost continuously since 1996. The ground has hosted a total of seven VFA/VFL top division Grand Finals: in 1931, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1997, 1998 and 1999.

The crowd record estimated to be 32,000 witnessed the 1953 Sunday Amateur League Grand Final between Montague and Carlton; the ground’s highest VFA/VFL crowd of 26,000 was set at the 1964 Division 1 Grand Final between Port Melbourne and Williamstown.

Getting there

Public transport to North Port Oval:

Light rail: Tram route 109 (from Box Hill) via Balwyn, Deepdene, Kew, Richmond, Victoria Parade, Collins Street and Clarendon Street; then via reserved track to North Port.

Bus: Raglan Street stop – bus routes 232 (North Altona), 235 (Fisherman’s Bend), 238 (City Terminus – Flinders Street).