Years: 1867-1981

AKA: South Melbourne Cricket Ground

First game: August 1867 match vs South Melbourne
First VFL game: Round 1, 1897
Last game: Round 8, 1981

Wins	Draws	Losses
30	0	42

Home to South Melbourne. Now a soccer stadium it still retains the heritage grandstand from the Lake Oval days, and has had an athletics track added. The heritage grandstand has been retained.

Records

Biggest Win

	Margin	Round	Opponent
1	102	Round 16, 1901	St Kilda
2	52	Round 11, 1940	South Melbourne
2	52	Round 18, 1954	South Melbourne
4	46	Round 8, 1925	South Melbourne
4	46	Round 6, 1948	South Melbourne
4	46	Round 11, 1964	South Melbourne
7	39	Round 14, 1960	South Melbourne
8	36	Round 14, 1902	South Melbourne
8	36	Round 9, 1961	South Melbourne
10	34	Round 13, 1908	South Melbourne
10	34	Round 9, 1950	South Melbourne

Highest Score

	Score	Round	Opponent
1	21.10.136	Round 6, 1976	South Melbourne
2	19.16.130	Round 11, 1940	South Melbourne
3	18.21.129	Round 11, 1964	South Melbourne
4	19.10.124	Round 16, 1901	St Kilda
5	16.15.111	Round 3, 1979	South Melbourne
6	16.13.109	Round 14, 1960	South Melbourne
6	15.19.109	Round 15, 1966	South Melbourne
8	16.12.108	Round 9, 1958	South Melbourne
9	15.15.105	Round 6, 1948	South Melbourne
10	14.17.101	Round 2, 1941	South Melbourne
10	14.17.101	Round 18, 1954	South Melbourne

Biggest Loss

	Margin	Round	Opponent
1	78	Round 10, 1978	South Melbourne
2	67	Round 11, 1919	South Melbourne
3	64	Round 3, 1909	South Melbourne
4	56	Round 11, 1906	South Melbourne
5	49	Round 15, 1905	South Melbourne
6	47	Round 14, 1924	South Melbourne
7	44	Round 10, 1920	South Melbourne
7	44	Round 8, 1981	South Melbourne
9	43	Round 18, 1914	South Melbourne
10	39	Round 15, 1965	South Melbourne

Lowest Score

	Score	Round	Opponent
1	0.8.8	Semi Final 3 1897	Essendon
2	3.4.22	Round 3, 1912	South Melbourne
3	3.6.24	Round 3, 1909	South Melbourne
3	3.6.24	Round 17, 1900	Collingwood
5	3.7.25	Round 15, 1899	Collingwood
6	2.15.27	Round 11, 1919	South Melbourne
6	4.3.27	Round 11, 1906	South Melbourne
8	4.4.28	Round 6, 1913	South Melbourne
9	5.5.35	Round 18, 1914	South Melbourne
10	5.8.38	Round 14, 1924	South Melbourne
10	5.8.38	Round 13, 1898	South Melbourne

Most goals in a game

	Goals	Player	Game
1	8	Norm Smith	1938
2	6	Phil Carman	1979
2	6	John Tilbrook	1979
2	6	Norm Smith	1940
5	5	15 times

Links
Boyles Football Photos
Scoreboard Pressure - Lake Oval
Wikipedia