Box Hill City Oval is an Australian rules football and

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stadium located in Box Hill, Victoria, Australia. It is the home ground of the

Box Hill Hawks Football Club Box Hill Hawks Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the Victorian Football League. It has an alliance with the Hawthorn Football Club, which plays in the Australian Football League. Early Australian rules football in ...

which plays in the

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, and the Box Hill Cricket Club which plays in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association. Box Hill City Oval was officially opened in 1937. The capacity of the venue is approximately 10,000 people. The largest official attendance at the ground was on 14 August 1983 when 6,200 people attended a VFA game between Box Hill and Oakleigh. In more recent times a crowd of 5,253 attended a VFL game between the Box Hill Hawks and Williamstown on 19 June 2005. On Melbourne Show Day 1953, the venue hosted a benefit game for the family of

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, who had died in an accident in early September, between a combined – team and a Box Hill team augmented with VFL and VFA stars; the crowd at the time was estimated to be 6,000. The venue has two pavilions and terracing on the western wing, but no grandstand. It is currently the second-choice venue, behind

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, for VFL finals; it usually hosts finals only in the first week, but also hosted the preliminary finals in 2010 when the North Port Oval surface was unplayable due to rain and overuse.

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{{reflist * "Box Hill Football Club Yearbook", Box Hill Football Club, Melbourne, 1951 * "Box Hill Football Club Souvenir History", Box Hill Football Club, Melbourne, 1961 * "Box Hill Football Club Souvenir History", Box Hill Football Club, Melbourne, 2000 Sports venues in Melbourne Victorian Football League grounds Buildings and structures in the City of Whitehorse Sport in the City of Whitehorse