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1977/78


Supertests'' & ''International Cup


Country Cup

* Association Ground, Rockhampton,
Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...
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Kardinia Park Kardinia Park is a major public park located in South Geelong, Victoria. A number of public and sporting facilities are located in the park: a major AFL stadium, a secondary football oval, a cricket field, an open air swimming pool, a numb ...
, Geelong, Victoria *
Manuka Oval Manuka Oval is a sporting venue in Canberra, the capital of Australia. It is located in Griffith, in the area of that suburb known as Manuka. Manuka Oval has a seating capacity of 13,550 people and an overall capacity of 16,000 people, althoug ...
, Canberra, ACT * Mildura City Oval, Victoria * Queen Elizabeth II Oval, Bendigo, Victoria *
Wade Park Wade Park is a sports ground originally constructed for cricket located in the town of Orange, New South Wales, Australia. Cricket The park has hosted Sheffield shield matches, an International T20 match between Hong Kong and Sydney Thunder ...
, Orange, New South Wales *
Deakin Reserve Deakin Reserve is a cricket ground in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1962 when Victoria Country played the Marylebone Cricket Club. A Youth Test match was held in December 1986 when Austra ...
, Shepparton, Victoria * Albury Sports Ground,
Albury, New South Wales Albury () is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia. It is located on the Hume Highway and the northern side of the Murray River. Albury is the seat of local government for the council area which also bears the city's name – the ...
* Melville Oval,
Hamilton, Victoria Hamilton is a large town in south-western Victoria, Australia, at the intersection of the Glenelg Highway and the Henty Highway. The Hamilton Highway connects it to Geelong. Hamilton is in the federal Division of Wannon, and is in the South ...
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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 the Richmond River Colts played the New South Wales Colts. The ground ...
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Lismore, New South Wales Lismore is a city in northeastern New South Wales, Australia and the main population centre in the City of Lismore local government area; it is also a regional centre in the Northern Rivers region of the State. It is situated on a low flood pl ...
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Sports Ground A pitch or a sports ground is an outdoor playing area for various sports. The term ''pitch'' is most commonly used in British English, while the comparable term in American and Canadian English is playing field or sports field. For most sports t ...
, Maitland, New South Wales,


Other Matches

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Moorabbin Oval Moorabbin Oval (also known as RSEA Park under a naming rights agreement) is an Australian rules football ground in the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia at Linton Street in the suburb of Moorabbin. The ground was most notable as the home ...
, Melbourne, Victoria * Girdlestone Park,
Devonport, Tasmania Devonport ( ; Palawa Kani: ''Tiagarra'') is a city in northern Tasmania, Australia, located on the lands of the Pannilerpanner clan of the Palawa nation. It is situated at the mouth of the Mersey River. Devonport had an urban population of 26, ...
Image:Manuka Oval.JPG, Manuka Oval Image:Skilled-stadium-geelong.jpg, Kardinia Park


1978/79


Supertests'' & ''International Cup


Cavaliers Country Tour

Venues for this year's Country Tour were usually small football ovals and sometimes cricket ovals in public parks. The venues below are listed in order of their use on the tour. * Sir Richard Moore Sports Centre, Kalgoorlie,
Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
* Recreation Reserve,
Bunbury, Western Australia Bunbury is a coastal city in the Australian state of Western Australia, approximately south of the state capital, Perth. It is the state's third most populous city after Perth and Mandurah, with a population of approximately 75,000. Located a ...
* Barlow Park, Cairns,
Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...
* Endeavour Park,
Townsville Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 3 ...
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Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...
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Ray Mitchell Oval The Great Barrier Reef Arena (also known as the Ray Mitchell Oval and Harrup Park) is an Australian rules football and cricket ground in the city of Mackay, Queensland, Australia. Australian rules football On 19 September 2018, the Gold Co ...
, Harrup Park,
Mackay, Queensland } Mackay () is a city in the Mackay Region on the eastern or Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia. It is located about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is described as being in either Central Queensland or North Queensla ...
* Association Ground, Rockhampton, Queensland * Queensland Alumina Sports Club Oval,
Gladstone, Queensland Gladstone () is a coastal city in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. Gladstone has an urban population of 34,703, and together with Boyne Island and Tannum Sands, had an estimated population of 50,317 at August 2021. This urban area c ...
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Salk Oval Salk Oval is a multi-sports venue in Palm Beach, a suburb in the Gold Coast, Australia. It includes an Australian rules football and Cricket ground. It used by the Palm Beach Currumbin Australian Football Club and the Palm Beach Currumbin Cr ...
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Currumbin, Queensland Currumbin ( ) is a coastal suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the , Currumbin had a population of 2,920 people. Geography The suburb extends from Currumbin Creek in the north to Wyberba Street in the south. The Pacif ...
* Gold Park,
Toowoomba Toowoomba ( , nicknamed 'The Garden City' and 'T-Bar') is a city in the Toowoomba Region of the Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is west of Queensland's capital city Brisbane by road. The urban population of Toowoomba as of the 2021 ...
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Queensland ) , nickname = Sunshine State , image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , establishe ...
* Sports Ground, Maitland, New South Wales *
Traralgon Traralgon ( ) is a town located in the east of the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia and the most populous city of the City of Latrobe. The urban population of Traralgon at the was 26,907. It is the largest and fastes ...
Showground, Victoria * Football Park,
Morwell, Victoria Morwell is a town in the Latrobe Valley area of Gippsland, in South-Eastern Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia approximately 152 km (94 mi) east of Melbourne. Morwell has a population of 14,389 people at the . It is both the ...
* No. 1 Sports Ground,
Newcastle, New South Wales Newcastle ( ; Awabakal: ) is a metropolitan area and the second most populated city in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It includes the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie local government areas, and is the hub of the Greater Newcastle area ...
* Oakes Oval, Lismore, New South Wales * Mildura City Oval, Victoria * Queen Elizabeth II Oval, Bendigo, Victoria * No 1 Oval,
Tamworth, New South Wales Tamworth is a city and administrative centre of the north-western region of New South Wales, Australia. Situated on the Peel River within the local government area of the Tamworth Regional Council, it is the largest and most populated city in t ...
* Moran Oval,
Armidale, New South Wales Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale had a population of 24,504 as of June 2018. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands region. It ...
* Wade Park, Orange, New South Wales *
Robertson Oval The Robertson Oval is a multi-use sports facility in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. It primarily hosts cricket, Australian rules football and rugby league matches. A grass embankment runs around three-quarters of the oval with a 350 ...
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Wagga Wagga Wagga Wagga (; informally called Wagga) is a major regional city in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, with an urban population of more than 56,000 as of June 2018, Wagga Wagga is the state's la ...
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New South Wales ) , nickname = , image_map = New South Wales in Australia.svg , map_caption = Location of New South Wales in AustraliaCoordinates: , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Australia , established_title = Before federation , es ...
* Albury Sports Ground, Albury, New South Wales * Melville Oval, Hamilton, Victoria * Girdlestone Park, Devonport, Tasmania Image:Queen Elizabeth Oval Bendigo VIC.jpg, Queen Elizabeth Oval Image:Aerial view of Robertson Oval in Wagga Wagga.jpg, Robertson Oval


Swan Channel 9 Cup

* Gloucester Park, Perth, Western Australia


Other Matches

* The Gabba, Brisbane, Queensland * Sydney Cricket Ground, New South Wales * Football Park, Adelaide, South Australia * Manuka Oval, Canberra, ACT * Robertson Oval, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales


New Zealand Tour


West Indies Tour


See also


References

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