Gillon Oval
Gillon Oval is an Australian rules football and cricket venue in the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. It was established in 1907 as Brunswick Park, which remains the name of the wider public park in which the main oval is located.
The ground was the home of the original Brunswick Football Club in the Victorian Football Association and hosted five senior VFA finals matches, including one grand final.
As of 2025, Gillon Oval is home to the modern-day Brunswick Football Club in the Victorian Amateur Football Association and the Brunswick Cricket Club in the Victorian Sub-District Cricket Association.
History
Brunswick Park was opened on 2 October 1907 as the home of the original Brunswick Football Club, which had been playing its matches at Park Street Oval since entering the Victorian Football Association in 1897.The ground hosted the 1928 VFA final between and.
Brunswick Park 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 and on 24 April 1960.
On 18 April 1976, the ground was renamed to Gillon Oval in honour of Alex Gillon, who served as the president of the VFA and the mayor of the City of Brunswick. An electronic scoreboard was introduced for the ground on the same day, making Gillon Oval the second football ground in Melbourne to have one.
In 1991, the Magpies withdrew from the VFA after round 4 and subsequently folded. VAFA club moved from Brens Oval to Gillon Oval in place of the VFA club.
Gillon Oval hosted a cricket match between Brunswick and the Vanuatu men's national team in January 2025.
During the 2025 federal election campaign, the Labor Party committed to funding which would upgrade the lighting at Gillon Oval and restore the A.R. Glenn Grandstand.