Oakes Oval

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]

Oakes Oval
OCG
Full nameOakes Oval
LocationLismore, New South Wales
TypeSports venue
Capacity10,000-12,000[1][2]
Record attendance8,612 24/02/07: NRL Pre-Season: Parramatta Eels v Gold Coast Titans[3]
Field shapeOval
Surfacegrass
Opened1934 (first recorded match)
Tenants
New South Wales cricket team (Sheffield Shield) (1979–2006)
New South Wales Country Eagles (NRC) (2014-present)
Website
Ground profile

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. "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. "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.

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