Jubilee Oval (Adelaide)
 View of the former Jubilee Oval from an aeroplane (c. 1936) | |
| Location | Adelaide, South Australia |
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| Coordinates | Coordinates: 34°55′06″S 138°36′19″E / 34.918466°S 138.605286°E |
| Field size | Football: ???m x ???m |
| Surface | Grass |
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North Adelaide Football Club 1898-1901, 1904[1] Norwood Football Club 1898-1900 West Adelaide Football Club (1898-1906) South Adelaide Football Club (1904) | |
Jubilee Oval was a cricket ground at the base of the old Adelaide Exhibition Building created by the South Australian Agricultural Society as a venue for the Royal Adelaide Show.[2]
It held the 1904 SAFA Grand Final between Port Adelaide and Norwood with the latter winning the match. This was the only instance in 137 years of South Australian football league competitions where the premiership was not decided at either Adelaide Oval or Football Park.
The oval was located next to a railway station at the end of the Jubilee Exhibition Railway line. The line operated from 1887-1927.
On Saturday 6 October 1923, Australia played China in an association football match at Jubilee Oval in front of a crowd of approximately 9000 people, with the match finishing in a 2-all draw.[3]
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A football match being played at Jubilee Oval in 1915.
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Overlooking Jubilee Oval with the Barr Smith Library to the left (c. 1934)
References
- ↑ Wood, John, 1944- Title The centenary history of the North Adelaide Football Club / by John Wood Dates/Publication Details [Prospect, S. Aust.] : North Adelaide Football Club, 1993
- ↑ A colonial experience, 1838-1910 : a woman's story of life in Adelaide, the District of Kensington and Norwood together with reminiscences of colonial life / by Geoffrey H. Manning
- ↑ Behrent, Sue (2011). History of the Socceroos. Camberwell, Vic.: Penguin Books. p. 34. ISBN 9780670074266.
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