Ground Name: | Emerald Hill Cricket Ground |
Country: | Australia |
Location: | Melbourne, Australia |
Establishment: | 1852 (first recorded match) |
Club1: | Victoria |
Year1: | 1852 |
Date: | 21 October |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/115.html Ground profile |
Emerald Hill Cricket Ground (also known as the Melbourne Cricket Club Ground and South Yarra Ground) was a cricket ground in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The ground held the second ever first-class match to be played in Australia when Victoria played Tasmania in March 1852.[1] The match was won by Victoria by 61 runs.[2] The last recorded match came on 5 January 1888 when Yarra Bend played GF Vernon's XI.[3]