Leederville Oval
| Full name | Leederville Oval |
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| Former names | Medibank Stadium |
| Location | 246 Vincent Street, Leederville, Western Australia |
| Coordinates | 31°56′7″S 115°50′38″E / 31.93528°S 115.84389°ECoordinates: 31°56′7″S 115°50′38″E / 31.93528°S 115.84389°E |
| Owner | City of Vincent |
| Capacity | 15,000 |
| Record attendance | 24,567 (1978) |
| Surface | grass |
| Scoreboard | digital |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1915 |
| Expanded | 1958, 2003 |
| Tenants | |
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West Perth Football Club (1915–1993) Western Australian Amateur Athletic Association (1930s–1950s) East Perth Football Club (2003–) Subiaco Football Club (2004–) |
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Leederville Oval (known as Medibank Stadium under a naming rights agreement between 2006 and 2016) is an Australian rules football ground located in Leederville, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. The ground is currently used as a home ground by two clubs: the East Perth Football Club and the Subiaco Football Club, both competing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The ground was previously home to the West Perth Football Club from 1915 to 1993, before the club moved to Arena Joondalup, its current home ground. The ground is serviced by the Joondalup railway line, with the nearest stop being the Leederville station.
Originally part of a series of interconnected wetlands north of the Perth central business district, the land now part of the ground was first established as a recreation reserve by the Leederville Municipality in 1900. The ground was opened in July 1915 with a timber and brick grandstand as a purpose-built venue for the West Perth Football Club, who had previously shared the WACA Ground with the Perth Football Club. The first match was played on 24 July 1915, with Subiaco defeating West Perth by fifteen points, 10.9 (69) to 6.18 (54).
A number of other sports were played at Leederville Oval from the early 1920s to the early 1970s. The Western Australian Amateur Athletic Association leased the ground for a number of years, and the Australian Open Track and Field Championships were held there in 1940 (men's), 1947 (women's), 1953 (men's), 1954 (women's) and 1960 (men's). A picture theatre operated at the ground in 1924. Due to a dispute between the Perth City Council and the WANFL regarding the rental agreement, neither Leederville Oval nor Perth Oval were used during the 1940 WANFL season. West Perth were forced to use Subiaco Oval and East Perth the WACA Ground for the duration of the season.
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