Hands Oval
33°20′46″S 115°38′34″E / 33.34611°S 115.64278°E / -33.34611; 115.64278
JE Hands Memorial Park, more commonly known as Hands Oval, is a stadium in South Bunbury, Western Australia. The ground is mainly used for football matches, but has also hosted soccer and rugby union games and for a short time cricket.
Uses
Australian rules football
The oval has been the home ground of South Bunbury Football Club and in the SWFL since the early 1950s.[1] Hands Oval has also hosted five West Australian Football League matches, with the first being held on 1 April 1984 with East Perth defeating Swan Districts by 14 points. The record attendance for the ground was set during this match, with 6573 spectators attending the game.[2]
The ground also hosted two Fremantle Dockers pre-season NAB Challenge in 2009 and 2011:[3]
2009 | |||||
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Saturday, 14 March 2009 | Fremantle 20.6 (126) | def. | Carlton 12.11 (83) | Hands Oval (crowd: 5000 est.) | Report |
2011 | |||||
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Saturday, 5 March 2011 | Fremantle 9.14 (68) | def. | Western Bulldogs 14.14(98) | Hands Oval (crowd: 4000 est.) | |
Cricket
Hands Oval has hosted three List A cricket matches with the Western Warriors as the home team:[4]
Soccer
Hands Oval hosted an A-League pre-season match between Perth Glory and Gold Coast United at the beginning of the 2009–10 season, with Gold Coast defeating Perth 1–0.[5] A crowd of 2985 people attended the match:
Perth Glory | 0 - 1 | Gold Coast United |
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Report | Porter 23' |
References
- ^ History The venue is also the headquarters of the South West Football League, established in 1957.Archived 13 September 2009 at the Wayback Machine - South Bunbury Football Club
- ^ "Round 1 - East Perth vs Swan Districts". WAFL. Retrieved 7 February 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Hands Oval - Austadiums
- ^ Hands Oval, Bunbury - CricketArchive
- ^ Glory go close in battle of Bunbury Archived 2011-02-25 at the Wayback Machine - PerthGlory.com.au.
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