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| Former names | Brunswick Park |
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| Address | 133A Hope St |
| Location | Brunswick,Victoria |
| Coordinates | 37°45′50″S144°57′05″E / 37.7638281453386°S 144.95129462804567°E /-37.7638281453386; 144.95129462804567 |
| Owner | City of Merri-bek |
| Record attendance | 17,000 (Brunswick vsCoburg, 24 April 1960) |
| Opened | 2 October 1907; 118 years ago (2 October 1907)[1] |
| Tenants | |
| Brunswick Football Club (VAFA) Brunswick Cricket Club (VSDCA) | |
Gillon Oval (also referred to as theA. G. Gillon Oval or theAlex G. Gillon Oval) is anAustralian rules football andcricket venue in theMelbourne suburb ofBrunswick.[2] It was established in 1907 asBrunswick Park, which remains the name of the wider public park in which the main oval is located.[3][4]
As of 2025, Gillon Oval is home to theBrunswick Football Club in theVictorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) and theBrunswick Cricket Club in theVictorian Sub-District Cricket Association.[5][6]
Brunswick Park (sometimes referred to as theBrunswick Football Ground or theBrunswick Cricket Ground) was opened on 2 October 1907 as the home of theoriginal Brunswick Football Club (nicknamed the "Magpies"), which had been playing its matches atPark Street Reserve since entering theVictorian Football Association (VFA) in1897.[7][8]
The ground was home to the first VFA premiership match played on a Sunday afternoon, with a record crowd of 17,000 attending a match between Brunswick andCoburg on 24 April 1960.[9]
On 18 April 1976, the ground was renamed toGillon Oval in honour ofAlex Gillon (1909–2007), who served as the president of the VFA and the mayor of theCity of Brunswick.[10] An electronic scoreboard was introduced for the ground on the same day, making Gillon Oval the second football ground in Melbourne (afterVFL Park) to have one.[10]
In1991, the Magpies (which had been renamed toBrunswick-Broadmeadows in1990 after a merger with theBroadmeadows Football Club) withdrew from the VFA afterround 4 and subsequently folded. VAFA clubNorth Old Boys (later renamed to Brunswick) moved to Gillon Oval in place of the VFA club.[11]
During the2025 federal election campaign, theLabor Party committed to funding which would upgrade the lighting at Gillon Oval and restore the A.R. Glenn Grandstand.[12][13]