The Jubilee Oval was a sporting ground created in 1895 between the

Jubilee Exhibition Building The Jubilee Exhibition Building in Adelaide, South Australia, was built to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Queen Victoria's accession to the throne on 20 June 1837. The jubilees of her Coronation on 28 June 1838, and of the Proclamation of Sou ...

and the

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. It was located next to the railway station at the end of the

Jubilee Exhibition Railway The Jubilee Exhibition Railway was a railway spur in Adelaide, South Australia. It was built in 1887 from where the Adelaide station currently is to the Jubilee Exhibition Building which stood near Frome Road on what is now part of the Univers ...

line, which operated from 1887 to 1927. It incorporated a (banked) cycle racing track, and a new grandstand and seating on the mound were built in 1896. It was created, in part for the Royal Agricultural and Horticultural Society as a venue for the

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, replacing their "Old Exhibition Grounds", which had been home to the Show for fifty years. The Autumn Show was held at the Jubilee Building in May 1895, with the horse events being held on the Oval. In 1896 the first Live Stock Show was held at the new site. The first sporting contest held on the oval may have been the

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...

"friendly" between two Government departments: the Land Titles Office and Treasury in February 1895, using a matting wicket. The following month saw a match between two departments of the South Australian Register, though the condition of the ground was hardly conducive to an enjoyable game, a horse show having been held on the oval a week before. The first race on the cycle track took place in July 1895, and was praised, but very few spectators were present. The first League football match held on the oval was Norwood v. West Adelaide on 7 May 1898. It also held the

1904 SAFA Grand Final The 1904 SAFA Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Norwood Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club, held at the Jubilee Oval in Adelaide on 17 September 1904. It was the 9th annual Grand Final of the ...

between and , with the latter winning the match. This is the only instance as of 2022 where the SANFL premiership was not decided at either

Adelaide Oval Adelaide Oval is a sports ground in Adelaide, South Australia, located in the parklands between the city centre and North Adelaide. The venue is predominantly used for cricket and Australian rules football, but has also played host to rugby le ...

Football Park Football Park, known commercially as AAMI Stadium, was an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, Australia. It was built in 1973 by the South Australian Na ...

. The oval was later deemed too small for league football, with the last game there being played on July 16th 1921, with South Adelaide defeating West Adelaide. On Saturday 6 October 1923, Australia played China in an

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

match at Jubilee Oval in front of a crowd of approximately 9000 people, with the match finishing in a 2-all draw. The oval was demolished in 1945 to allow for new buildings for the

University of Adelaide The University of Adelaide (informally Adelaide University) is a public research university located in Adelaide, South Australia. Established in 1874, it is the third-oldest university in Australia. The university's main campus is located on N ...

. File:Jubilee_Oval_Adelaide_1915.jpg, An association football match being played at Jubilee Oval in 1915. File:Women_playing_football_on_Jubilee_Oval,_Adelaide_21_September_1918.png, Women's Australian rules football. North vs South. September 21, 1918 File:View_of_Jubilee_Oval_looking_towards_the_River_Torrens_1934.jpg, Overlooking Jubilee Oval with the Barr Smith Library to the left (c. 1934)

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