Oakes Oval
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| Full name | Oakes Oval |
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| 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) | |
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| 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
- ^ a b "Ground profile: Oakes Oval". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ "Oakes Oval". Austadiums. 25 January 2010. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
- ^ http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums_crowds.php?id=242
- ^ a b "Other matches played on Oakes Oval, Lismore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played on Oakes Oval, Lismore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ "List A Matches played on Oakes Oval, Lismore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ "Women's One-Day International Matches played on Oakes Oval, Lismore". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Fixtures draw". Australian Rugby. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
External links
- Oakes Oval at ESPNcricinfo
- Oakes Oval at CricketArchive