Last Game at the Lake Oval

[KSAS]

Found a site which contains wonderful old photos of the Lake Oval from a bygone era, including a rare photo which includes the old scoreboard on stilts (half forward flank northern side). As I'd mentioned previously, it was the oldest operating scoreboard in the VFL before the club was relocated to Sydney.

This site is dedicated to photographer Charles Boyles who for several decades took many early VFL photos. This link is dedicated to photos of the Lake Oval & players. It's fascinating viewing. Enjoy!

Lake Oval, Albert Park | Boyles Football Photos

[Blood Fever]

Found a site which contains wonderful old photos of the Lake Oval from a bygone era, including a rare photo which includes the old scoreboard on stilts (half forward flank northern side). As I'd mentioned previously, it was the oldest operating scoreboard in the VFL before the club was relocated to Sydney.

This site is dedicated to photographer Charles Boyles who for several decades took many early VFL photos. This link is dedicated to photos of the Lake Oval & players. It's fascinating viewing. Enjoy!

Lake Oval, Albert Park | Boyles Football Photos

Great historic photos. So good the original old stand structure is still there. The aerial photo showing the oval, the lake and the bay is a beauty! Thanks KSAS.

[Meg]

Great historic photos. So good the original old stand structure is still there. The aerial photo showing the oval, the lake and the bay is a beauty! Thanks KSAS.

Agree with all that, love that aerial shot.

[Foreign Legion]

I had the pleasure of growing up & living within walking distance of the Lakeside Oval. Great suburb having the lake, beach, parks, market & pubs at your door step. (There was a folklore that South/Port Melb at one point had the most pubs per square mile in Australia. If you couldn't see one, you were most likely standing in front of one!). Well worth a visit for those interstate attending our Melbourne games, particularly that the club office is now located at the ground with Skilton's statue.

I was surprised to read Round saying merging with St Kilda was a possibility, which I didn't recall. I do recall however when the then VFL started looking at ground rationalisation, it was mooted we share ground with Fitzroy at Junction Oval or St.Kilda at Moorabbin.

I was also at that last game & sad that such a small crowd attended. I think Rodney Wright (NM) was the last to kick a goal at that ground (wished it was our Stevie Wright). I went to school with Peter Melesso being in the same class from primary to end of secondary. We were both mad Swans supporters (along with many other kids) & we often got caught talking about the Bloods during class. I remember when he was playing a game for West Coast against us at the SCG, he was lining up for a crucial goal and kicked it out on the full, which I thought he did deliberately!

I also had the pleasure of meeting up with Silvio Foschini few years ago through a friend, who still has the Swans close to his heart despite finishing up at the Saints. A really nice humble bloke, who told me what it was like when the club moved to Sydney. I was surprised that he didn't remember kicking 4 goals in the 1982 night grand final win! I showed him the DVD which he took note of to purchase himself!

Sorry for my long post, but topics like this are close to my heart.

Your username is a good indicator of your passion KSAS. Thanks for the post - brought back lots of memories.

[KSAS]

Agree with all that, love that aerial shot.

This is alo a great aerial from the front cover of this book when zoomed in. Couldn't find the master version of this photo on the net. (GoSwannies posted a thread about this book in 2014 when it was first released).

http://www.redandwhiteonline.com/wiki/images/9/9e/Daysbythelake.jpg