Hands Oval
Uses
Australian rules football
The oval has been the home ground of South Bunbury Football Club and in the SWFL since the early 1950s. 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.
The ground also hosted two Fremantle Dockers pre-season NAB Challenge in 2009 and 2011:
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Saturday, 14 March 2009 | Fremantle 20.6 (126) | def. | Carlton 12.11 (83) | Hands Oval (crowd: 5000 est.) | Report |
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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:
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South Australia won by 8 wickets.
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Western Australia won by 5 wickets.
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Western Australia won by 66 runs.
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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. 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.
- ^ 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.