Oakes Oval

Oakes Oval
OCG
Full name Oakes Oval
Location Lismore, New South Wales
Type Sports venue
Capacity 10,000-12,000[1][2]
Record attendance 8,612 24/02/07: NRL Pre-Season: Parramatta Eels v Gold Coast Titans[3]
Field shape Oval
Surface grass
Opened 1934 (first recorded match)
Tenants
New South Wales cricket team (Sheffield Shield) (1979–2006)
New South Wales Country Eagles (NRC) (2014-present)
Website
Ground profile

Oakes Oval (known prior to 1957 as the Recreation Ground) is a cricket ground in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1934 when Richmond River Colts played New South Wales Colts.[4] The ground held matches in the 1978 and 1979 World Series Cricket.[4] It held its first first-class match in 1979 when New South Wales played Queensland in the Sheffield Shield. The next first-class match to be staged there came in 1991 when New South Wales played the touring Indians. A further first-class match was held there in the 2006 Pura Cup between New South Wales and Victoria.[5] A single List A match has been played there, which came in 1992 when New South Wales played the touring West Indians.[6]

A single Women's One Day International was played there in 1993 when Australia Women played New Zealand Women.[7]

Other sports to be played at the ground include both rugby union and rugby league, as well as soccer.[1] Oake Oval is also one of the home grounds for the NSW Country Eagles team that plays in the National Rugby Championship.[8][9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Ground profile: Oakes Oval". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  2. ↑ "Oakes Oval". Austadiums. 25 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. ↑ http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums_crowds.php?id=242
  4. 1 2 "Other matches played on Oakes Oval, Lismore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  5. ↑ "First-Class Matches played on Oakes Oval, Lismore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  6. ↑ "List A Matches played on Oakes Oval, Lismore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  7. ↑ "Women's One-Day International Matches played on Oakes Oval, Lismore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
  8. ↑ Jackson, Ed (20 August 2014). "Australian rugby set for provincial reboot". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Fixtures draw". Australian Rugby. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.

Coordinates: 28°48′38.28″S 153°16′52.88″E / 28.8106333°S 153.2813556°E / -28.8106333; 153.2813556

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