Adelaide Oval

Adelaide Oval
	The renovated Adelaide Oval in 2015
Full name	Adelaide Oval
Location	War Memorial Drive; North Adelaide, South Australia; Australia
Coordinates	34°54′56″S 138°35′46″E / 34.91556°S 138.59611°E
Owner	South Australian Government
Operator	Adelaide Oval SMA Ltd
Capacity	53,500
Record attendance	70,000 (Adele – 2017)
Field size	167 m × 123 m (548 ft × 404 ft)
Surface	Grass
Opened	1871
Tenants
	Cricket Australia (1884–present); South Australia (1874–present); Adelaide Strikers (2011–present) Australian rules football Adelaide (2014–present); Port Adelaide (1975–1976, 2011, 2014–present); South Adelaide (1882–1903, 1905–1994) Rugby league Adelaide Rams (1997–1998); Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (2010–2011); Sydney Roosters (2017–2019)
Ground information
	End names
	River End; Cathedral End
International information
First Test	12–16 December 1884:; Australia v England
Last Test	17–19 January 2024:; Australia v West Indies
First ODI	20 December 1975:; Australia v West Indies
Last ODI	17 November 2022:; Australia v England
First T20I	12 January 2011:; Australia v England
Last T20I	11 February 2024:; Australia v West Indies
First women's Test	15–18 January 1949:; Australia v England
Last women's Test	18–20 February 2006:; Australia v India
First WODI	3 February 1996:; Australia v New Zealand
Last WODI	3 February 2024:; Australia v South Africa
First WT20I	12 January 2011:; Australia v England
Last WT20I	22 January 2022:; Australia v England
	As of 11 February 2024; Source: ESPN Cricinfo

The 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.^[4] Austadiums.com described Adelaide Oval as being "one of the most picturesque Test cricket grounds in Australia, if not the world."^[5] After the completion of the ground's 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."^[6]

The Adelaide Oval has been headquarters to the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA) since 1871 and South Australian National Football League (SANFL) since 2014.^[7] 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^[8] and its record crowd for an Australian rules football match was 62,543 at the 1965 SANFL Grand Final between Port Adelaide and Sturt. Adelaide Oval has also hosted the AFLW Grand Final 3 times since 2019.

Adelaide Oval also has Australia’s first stadium-hotel named the Oval hotel.^[9] The Oval hotel has 138 guest rooms.^[10]

^ "Adelaide Oval". Austadiums. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
^ Atkinson, Cody; Lawson, Sean (15 June 2022). "From the SCG to Kardinia Park — do ground sizes contribute to the end result in AFL games?". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
^ Groundbreaking Moment New Grass Laid At Adelaide Oval The Advertiser ^{[dead link]}
^ "Adelaide Oval time line" (PDF). adelaideoval.com.au. Adelaide Oval. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
^ "Adelaide Oval" (Updated 10/11/2010) Austadiums.com, 10 November 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2014
^ "Gerard Whateley's Monologue Transcript" Archived 19 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Bigfooty.com, 29 April 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014
^ "The End of Football Park" Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Austadiums.com, 11 October 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014
^ "Adelaide Oval Crowds | Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.
^ "Adelaide Oval to build Australia's first stadium hotel". SANFL. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
^ "Oval Hotel". Retrieved 5 April 2024.

[1] "Adelaide Oval". Austadiums. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

[2] Atkinson, Cody; Lawson, Sean (15 June 2022). "From the SCG to Kardinia Park — do ground sizes contribute to the end result in AFL games?". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2024.

[3] Groundbreaking Moment New Grass Laid At Adelaide Oval The Advertiser ^{[dead link]}

[4] "Adelaide Oval time line" (PDF). adelaideoval.com.au. Adelaide Oval. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2017.

[5] "Adelaide Oval" (Updated 10/11/2010) Austadiums.com, 10 November 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2014

[6] "Gerard Whateley's Monologue Transcript" Archived 19 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine Bigfooty.com, 29 April 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014

[7] "The End of Football Park" Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine Austadiums.com, 11 October 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2014

[austadiums.com-8] "Adelaide Oval Crowds | Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2019.

[9] "Adelaide Oval to build Australia's first stadium hotel". SANFL. Retrieved 20 February 2024.

[10] "Oval Hotel". Retrieved 5 April 2024.

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