Bankstown Oval

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Bankstown Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and has been used by New South Wales, particularly for one day matches. It has also hosted 3 first class games in the Sheffield Shield. Its pavilion is named after Australian Test batsmen Steve and Mark Waugh, who both appeared for the Bankstown club. It hosted a Women's Ashes test on England's 2002/3 tour and again in January 2010. The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues are scheduled to play a Sheffield Shield match at the ground in November 2011, their fourth at the venue. The ground has also been used for local AFL matches. The stadium currently has a capacity of 8,000 people.

A panorama of Bankstown Oval

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Suburbs and localities within the City of Bankstown	Bankstown Bass Hill Birrong Chester Hill Chullora Condell Park East Hills Georges Hall Greenacre Manahan Milperra Mount Lewis Padstow Padstow Heights Panania Picnic Point Potts Hill Punchbowl Revesby Revesby Heights Sefton Villawood Yagoona

World War II	Bankstown Bunker No. 1 Fighter Sector RAAF History of Bankstown during World War II HMS Nabberley

Sports facilities & Public parks	Bankstown Oval Dunc Gray Velodrome Garrison Point Georges River National Park Jensen Oval McLeod Reserve Mirambeena Regional Park O'Neill Park Salt Pan Creek Terry Lamb Complex

Sports Teams	Bankstown City Lions Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Chester Hill Rhinos Sydney Bulls Sydney Olympic FC Yagoona Lions

Notable residents past and present	Danny Adcock Tahir Bilgiç Bryan Brown John Burgess Paulini Curuenavuli Anh Do Casey Donovan Brett Emerton Hard-Ons Christian Heim Brett Holman Paul Keating Terry Lamb Geoff Robinson Akmal Saleh Vince Sorrenti Ian Thorpe Mark Waugh Steve Waugh

Public transport	Bankstown railway line (Bankstown railway station) Birrong railway station Chester Hill railway station Leightonfield railway station Punchbowl railway station Sefton railway station Villawood railway station Yagoona railway station East Hills line (East Hills railway station) Padstow railway station Panania railway station McVicar's Bus Services Punchbowl Bus Company

Education	Alphacrucis Al Amanah College Bankstown Boys (Bankstown Senior College) Bankstown Girls Bass High School Georges River Grammar LaSalle Catholic College Malek Fahd Islamic School St Euphemia College Sefton High School University of Western Sydney

Other topics	Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital Bankstown Airport Canterbury-Bankstown City of Bankstown Centro Bankstown Division of Banks Electoral district of Bankstown (results) Milperra massacre Sydney gang rapes Bilal Skaf Villawood Immigration Detention Centre

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