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Hurstville Oval is a multi-use sporting ground, located in the suburb of
Hurstville Hurstville is a suburb in Southern Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south of the Sydney CBD and is part of the St George area. Hurstville is the administrative centre of the local government area of the Georges Riv ...
, in
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's southern suburbs. Since its opening, it has held various sports at the venue – including Cricket, Rugby League, Cycling and Football. The oval also has a velodrome in the grounds, between the field and the stands. The ground was opened in 1911. Since 2015 it has been one of the home grounds of JLT Cup team
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.


Sports used


Cycling

The St George Cycling Club, originally known as Hurstville Bicycle Club, started competition at the oval in 1906 on grass. They later built a cinders track prior to the amalgamation of several small clubs into St. George Cycling Club in 1920. The club benefited from the membership of
Dunc Gray Edgar Laurence "Dunc" Gray (17 July 190630 August 1996) was an Australian track cyclist and Olympian. Gray was born in Goulburn, New South Wales. He was called 'Dunc', which dates back to school where he was called 'Dunc' and this was later ex ...
, the Olympic champion, who also established his home and business just a kilometre away from the track. St. George Cycling Club staged national titles at Hurstville in the 1950s and under the guidance of Charlie Manins as an administrator and legendary coach Joe Buckley, developed into a powerful and ultra-competitive club. Since 1956, the club has had representation in every cycling team that has represented at Olympic or Commonwealth Games (28 in succession) and continues to develop outstanding talent on an annual basis. On some occasions 40 per cent of the national team were St. George members. The names have been great legends of Australian cycling including Dunc Gray, Warren Scarfe, Frank Brazier, Ian Chapman, Max Langshaw, Dick Paris, Gary Sutton, Kevin Nichols, Martin Vinnicombe, Shane Sutton, Brett Dutton, Graeme Brown, Steve Wooldridge, Julie Speight, Kathleen Shannon, Clayton Stevenson, Ben Kersten, Ian Christison, Ben Brooks, Ashlee Ankudinoff, Steve Griffiths, Kaarle McCulloch – all have stood on the podium at the Olympics, World Titles, or Commonwealth Games.


Rugby Union

The St. George Rugby Union Football Club used the Oval from 1928 until 1939, and then again from 1950 until 1988. The club produced 18 Wallabies in that period, starting with Dan Carroll being the first in 1908, two years after the club was formed. Prior to 1928, the club played at Brighton Le Sands, Arncliffe and also used Kogarah Oval.


Rugby League

During the NSWRL competition, the St George Dragons club used the ground as their home-ground matches, from 1921 until 1924, before moving to Earl Park in 1925. The club later returned to the ground in 1940, and remained there until 1949. The Dragons moved to
Kogarah Oval Jubilee Stadium, also known as Kogarah Oval or by its sponsored name Netstrata Jubilee Stadium, is a multipurpose stadium in Carlton, New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. The stadium is mainly used for rugby league and the A-League, and is one ...
in 1950, where they remained for many years. The Dragons'
Jack Lindwall Jack Lindwall (1918-2000) was an Australian rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. A prolific try-scoring three-quarter back, he played his entire New South Wales Rugby Football League career with the St. George club. He is ...
has two club records for the club – scoring ''most points in a match'' and ''most tries in a match'' – both records were held at Hurstville Oval (on 3 May 1947, against Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles.


Cricket

The
St George Cricket Club St George District Cricket Club is a cricket club based in the St. George area that competes in NSW Premier Cricket. The club's home ground is Hurstville Oval. Many famous Australian Test cricketers have represented the club. Test players * ...
, who currently play in the Sydney Grade Competition, use the Ground as their home ground, ever since 1921, when the club joined the competition. Famous Australian Cricketer,
Don Bradman Sir Donald George Bradman, (27 August 1908 – 25 February 2001), nicknamed "The Don", was an Australian international cricketer, widely acknowledged as the greatest batsman of all time. Bradman's career Test batting average of 99.94 has bee ...
, played for the club from 1926 until 1933. He played numerous games at the ground. Hurstville Oval was one of the host venues of the
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, the major interstate one-day cricket competition in Australia. The first game at the ground saw
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defeat
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by 5 wickets on 13 October. The second and last game at Hurstville saw
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defeat
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by 2 wickets on 15 October. Since 2015 it has been used as one of the home grounds of
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in the JLT Cup. It is also used to host various other games in the competition taking place in
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.


References

* http://www.hurstville.nsw.gov.au/Hurstville-Oval.html * http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums.php?id=291 * http://www.stgeorgecricket.com.au/files/270/files/stgeorge_history2.pdf * https://web.archive.org/web/20151007135753/http://www.sydneysixers.com.au/news/2015/07/10/ellyse-perry-sydney-sixers-womens-big-bash-league-wbbl {{Sydney Grade Cricket Cricket grounds in New South Wales Rugby league stadiums in Australia Sports venues in Sydney Velodromes in Australia St. George Dragons 1911 establishments in Australia Sports venues completed in 1911 Women's Big Bash League