Adelaide Oval Facts for Kids

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Adeliade Oval

Location	War Memorial Drive Adelaide, South Australia Australia
Coordinates	34°54′56″S 138°35′46″E / 34.91556°S 138.59611°E / -34.91556; 138.59611
Owner	South Australian Government
Operator	Adelaide Oval SMA Ltd
Capacity	55,317
Field size	167 x 124 metres
Opened	1871

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 league, rugby union, soccer, tennis among other sports as well as regularly being used to hold concerts. Austadiums.com described Adelaide Oval as being "one of the most picturesque Test cricket grounds in Australia, if not the world". After the completion of the grounds most recent redevelopment in 2014, sports journalist Gerard Whateley described the venue as being "the most perfect piece of modern architecture because it's a thoroughly contemporary stadium with all the character that it's had in the past".

Adelaide Oval has been headquarters to the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) since 1871 and South Australian National Football League (SANFL) since 2014. The stadium is managed by the Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority (AOSMA). Its record crowd for cricket was 55,317 for the Second Ashes Test on 2 December 2017 and its record crowd for an Australian rules football match was 62,543 at the 1965 SANFL Grand Final between Port Adelaide and Sturt.

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Adelaide Oval's western grandstand was redeveloped in 2010 retaining significant portions of the George Giffen stand (1882), Sir Edwin Smith stand (1922) and Mostyn Evan stand (1920s) structural facades.
Adelaide Oval in 2014
The Adelaide Oval scoreboard during an Ashes Test
In 1874 a side representing England led by W.G. Grace defeated a South Australian side by 7 wickets in what was the first international cricket match at the ground
Adelaide Oval during the 2008 Test series between Australia and India. Sachin Tendulkar can be seen fielding in the left of the image.
Adelaide Oval during a day–night match for the 2015 Cricket World Cup
Ricky Ponting holds the record for most career runs at the Adelaide Oval.
Brian Lara scored 610 runs in 8 innings at the ground; a record for non-Australians.
Michael Clarke scored seven centuries from 17 innings.
Shane Warne has taken the joint-most wickets at the ground, with 56, along with Nathan Lyon.
Kapil Dev took 19 wickets in ten innings; the most of any non-Australian.
Australia totalled 674 all out in 1948, as Don Bradman scored 201 and Lindsay Hassett 198*.
A view of an Australian rules football match being played on Adelaide Oval from Montefiore Hill during the 1887 SAFA season. Note the lack of behind posts.
North Adelaide playing Hawthorn for the 1971 Championship of Australia
An aerial view of Adelaide Oval whilst an AFL match is in progress
Adelaide United take on Spanish side Málaga CF in an exhibition match in July 2014
Albert Spalding's 1888 tour sides with the Chicago team left and All-American team right. The two sides played three matches at Adelaide Oval with Chicago winning 2–1.
During World War II an American football match was held at Adelaide Oval where 25,000 locals attended as part of Independence Day celebrations in 1942
In 1926 the Indian Army Hockey team defeated the South Australian team. Pictured is the Indian team being greeted by the South Australian Governor.

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