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Melbourne Sports Venues - Old Photo's Part 2
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 6:14 pm
by HoldenV8
Part 2 of the Old Melbourne photo series I found online. Enjoy.
Brunswick Street Oval, 1925-35
Victoria Park (McHale Stadium) in 1929
Kooyong Tennis Centre in 1945
Lake Oval, 1920-40
Western Oval (Whitten Oval) 1925-35
Ground under construction, believed to be Waverly Park, 1967
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 8:16 pm
by stadiumking
AAhh..fantastic.
You can see on the Western Oval photo the old stand that has been subsequently filled in to serve as corporate boxes etc. That stand would have to be quite old now.....I presume it's staying despite the redevelopment?
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:02 pm
by Jeffles
The Western Oval stand in the old picture has a peaked roof. The newer stand had a flat roof. Is it the same structure?
Posted: Fri Nov 25, 2005 11:03 pm
by Tigers 1945
I could be wrong - often am
- but that 1967 photo
supposedly of Waverley looks more like either the
George Harris Stand at Princes Park, or one of the stands
on the wing at Windy Hill, either way, theres no long, sloping
terraces at the front like what was in front of the KG Luke Stand
at Waverley.
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:45 am
by hot_dogma
That is definitely the George Harris Stand under construction.
To use a point of reference I made in a post a few months ago, the poplar trees in the background give it away.
Holden V8 these pics are dynamic!!!!!!!!
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:21 am
by HoldenV8
I gracefully stand corrected on the stand under construction.
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 11:47 am
by cheyne_87
[quote="Jeffles"]The Western Oval stand in the old picture has a peaked roof. The newer stand had a flat roof. Is it the same structure?[/quote]
yep still the same structure but the roof must of been replaced when it was boxed in. the style of the brickwork in both the photos are the same so that gives it away