Albert Cricket Ground, also known as the Albert Reserveand Warehouseman's Cricket Ground , is the home of the Victoria cricket team, in St Kilda

St Kilda, Victoria

St Kilda is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 6 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip...

, in Melbourne

Melbourne

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, Victoria

Victoria (Australia)

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.

Tennis

In 1905 the Warehouseman's Cricket Ground hosted the first edition of the Australian Open

Australian Open

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. Rodney Heath

Rodney Heath

----Rodney Heath was an Australian male tennis player.Heath was the men's singles champion at the inaugural Australasian Championships in 1905...

 defeated fellow Australian Arthur Curtis

Arthur Curtis (tennis)

Arthur Curtis was an Australian tennis player. He finished runner-up to Rodney Heath in the singles final of the inaugural Australasian Championships, the future Australian Open, in 1905.-Runner-up :-References:...

 in four sets to claim the title.

Matches

Albert Cricket Ground has hosted a number of first class cricket and one day cricket matches involving international touring sides. The first was in December 1925, between the Victoria and New South Wales Colts. No further first-class matches were played there until the 1970s when Women's Cricket came the ground. The Ground has also hosted Rose Bowl series

Rose Bowl series

The Rose Bowl series is a series of Women's One-day International cricket matches between Australia and New Zealand that has been running since February 1985. It was originally known as the Shell Rose Bowl and the name was changed to the Rose Bowl Series as recently as 2001.Until 2000, the...

 Women's One Day International matches in 1988-89, 1990-91, and on three occasions in 1999-2000. The ground has also hosted one Women'ss Test match, in January 1979.

In 2003, the ground hosted a tour match for South Africa A, and a two-match series between Bushrangers and South Australia

South Australia

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. The Tasmanian Tigers

Tasmanian Tigers

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also faced Victoria later that year. Australia and New Zealand faced each other in the Rose bowl series in 2004, each team securing one victory. A Youth Test was also played there between New Zealand Young Crickets and Australia Under-19s in February 1986, and two Youth-ODI matches.

Records

The highest partnership scored on the ground was 77 for the seventh wicket in 1978, and one five-wicket haul has been taken that same year, 6/119, with 10/137 being the most wickets taken in a match.