Macpherson Stadium, Hong Kong

Located at Yim Po Fong Street, on the edge of Mong Kok, a high population density area, it has a capacity of 1,850.

It is adjacent to the Macpherson Playground (麥花臣遊樂場) which has a football pitch and acts as a gathering place for youth.

[5] Macpherson left for Canada in 1935, but lived out the remainder of his life in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England and died there in 1947.

The stadium was opened by the Governor Sir Alexander Grantham on 7 September 1953, while the foundation stone was laid by the Duchess of Kent.

[1] It held its last basketball tournament in October 2008 and was demolished for a residential complex and a new indoor stadium.

Macpherson Playground and the site of the former MacPherson Stadium under redevelopment in 2010
Facade of the former Macpherson Stadium along Yim Po Fong Street in 2007
A 2007 photo of the foundation stone laid by the Duchess of Kent.
MacPherson Place in 2014