Hands_Memorial_Oval

Hands Oval

Hands Oval

Sports stadium in South Bunbury, Western Australia

JE Hands Memorial Park, more commonly known as Hands Oval, is a stadium in South Bunbury, Western Australia. The ground is mainly used for football matches, but has also hosted soccer and rugby union games and for a short time cricket.

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Uses

Australian rules football

The oval has been the home ground of South Bunbury Football Club and in the SWFL since the early 1950s.[1] 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.[2]

The ground also hosted two Fremantle Dockers pre-season NAB Challenge in 2009 and 2011:[3]

2009
Saturday, 14 March 2009 Fremantle 20.6 (126) def. Carlton 12.11 (83) Hands Oval (crowd: 5000 est.) Report
2011
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:[4]

8 February, 2009
Scorecard
Western Australia Western Warriors
148 (40 overs)
v
South Australia Southern Redbacks
2/150 (36.4 overs)
South Australia won by 8 wickets.
5 December, 2009
Scorecard
Victoria (state) Victorian Bushrangers
8/277 (50 overs)
v
Western Australia Western Warriors
5/279 (49.3 overs)
Western Australia won by 5 wickets.
19 February, 2011
Scorecard
Western Australia Western Warriors
6/255 (50 overs)
v
Tasmania Tasmanian Tigers
189 (39.4 overs)
Western Australia won by 66 runs.

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.[5] A crowd of 2985 people attended the match:

More information Perth Glory, 0 - 1 ...
Attendance: 2985
Referee: David Costello

References

  1. [1]
    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
  2. [2]
    "Round 1 - East Perth vs Swan Districts". WAFL. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  3. [3]
    Hands Oval - Austadiums
  4. [4]
    Hands Oval, Bunbury - CricketArchive
  5. [5]
    Glory go close in battle of Bunbury Archived 2011-02-25 at the Wayback Machine - PerthGlory.com.au.
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