The East Melbourne Cricket Ground (EMCG) was a sports venue vocated in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was used mainly for Australian Rules Football. Its tenant clubs were Essendon, who used it from 1897-1915 and 1918-1921; and University, who used it from 1908-1910. The EMCG hosted just four first-class cricket games, all in the 1880s, including the Smokers v Non-Smokers match in which the Non-Smokers made 803, at the time a world record innings score. East Melbourne is a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Australian Rules and Aussie Rules redirect here. ... Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club that is part of the Australian Football League. ... Melbourne University Football Club – often known simply as University – is an Australian rules football club, which played in the games most elite competition in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including the Victorian Football League (or VFL, the forerunner of the AFL). ... First-class cricket matches are those of at least three days length in which both teams have two innings each, and which involve either international teams or the highest division of domestic competition. ...