Camberwell scoreboard

Submitted by cobrascorer on
I have been advised that the Camberwell scoreboard, built 1982, has been demolished. Very sad, as I knew it from birth.
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Victorian Football League - General Discussion
jb Mon, 26 Jun 2006 - 15:36
Always sad when history disappears. Can't recall what it looked like, but do recall some issue in last round of '80 in relation to showing incorrect scores from other matches. Camberwell played Dandenong, the cobras needing a win to avoid relegation and the redlegs needing a win to make the 4. Don't think Dandenong officials were all that happy. If memory serves, I think Cobras won but it wasn't enough as Frankston won too?
cobras79 Mon, 26 Jun 2006 - 23:14
Having spent quite some time operating the Camberwell Scoreboard with Cobrascorer in the last few years of C.F.C. its demolition is another link with the past VFA that has gone. Bring back Sunday in the VFA!
Dolphin Tue, 27 Jun 2006 - 01:10
cobras79 wrote:Having spent quite some time operating the Camberwell Scoreboard with Cobrascorer in the last few years of C.F.C. its demolition is another link with the past VFA that has gone. Bring back Sunday in the VFA!
.......and horsedrawn carriages...............?
lum Tue, 27 Jun 2006 - 12:51

Take a bow Cobrascorer and Cobras79! There were some very dodgy and inept scoreboard attendants in the VFA over the years, but at Camberwell it was always first class. (Apart from that inexplicable occurence in the last round of 1980!)
NorthPort Tue, 27 Jun 2006 - 16:27
When did that scoreboard go up? If I remember rightly there was another one behind the goals that it replaced (in the 40s ?) Always stop in and have a walk around the Camberwell Sports Ground when I get the chance.. Shame to see the scoreboard go.. I suppose thats progress :)
lum Wed, 28 Jun 2006 - 09:05

You're right Ons, it was at the far end from Camberwell Road. It was there when I started following the "the Wells" ("Tricolours") in '45. I have some 8mm film of matches at the ground in the early to mid '50s, showing the now demolished board.
cobrascorer Topic starter Fri, 30 Jun 2006 - 13:55
The wooden scoreboard more or less behind the goals at Bowen Street end, had been erected before I started scoring in mid 1950s. It had replaced one further towards small grandstand. I think I have seen dates somewhere. The metal one was erected in 1972 and was first used in June that year, before construction was completed. The first game scored on it was a win against Mordialloc (211 to 90). As was well publicised, the 1980 "scoreboard rigging" was not of scoreboard operators' doing. It was a ploy by officials to mislead Dandenong. Camberwell won the match.