Granville Park, Merrylands

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Granville Park
Merrylands RSL Rugby Park
LocationMontrose Avenue, Merrylands, New South Wales
Coordinates 33°50′25″S150°59′48″E / 33.840374°S 150.996790°E / -33.840374; 150.996790 Coordinates: 33°50′25″S150°59′48″E / 33.840374°S 150.996790°E / -33.840374; 150.996790
Owner Cumberland Council
Capacity 5,000 (1,000 seated)
SurfaceGrass
Opened1887
Tenants
Parramatta R.C. (Shute Shield)
Greater Sydney Rams (NRC) (2015)

Granville Park is a multi-purpose sporting and recreation reserve in Merrylands, New South Wales. It is located on 13.2 hectares of land approximately 24 kilometres west of Sydney and was formally opened in 1887 by the then Mayor, John Nobbs. [1] One of the first sports clubs to play at Granville Park was the Granville Royals Rugby Club in the late 1880s. [2]

Merrylands, New South Wales Suburb of Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Merrylands is a suburb in Greater Western Sydney, Australia. Merrylands is located 25 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district and is in the local government area of the Cumberland Council.

City of Sydney Local government area in New South Wales, Australia

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The land was owned by the City of Parramatta until May 2017 when the newly created Cumberland Council inherited the park, as a result of New South Wales council mergers.

The main field, known for sponsorship purposes as Merrylands RSL Rugby Park, is now the home ground of the Parramatta Two Blues club, founded in 1879, which competes in Sydney's premier rugby union competition, the Shute Shield. [3] [4] Total capacity for the ground is 5,000, of which 1,000 is seated. The clubhouse has a large hall suitable for hosting functions as well as changing room facilities and amenities. The main field has lighting suitable for hosting night time sports events.

Parramatta Two Blues Australian rugby union club

Parramatta Two Blues Rugby is a rugby union club based in Parramatta, the second CBD of Sydney, Australia. The club was formed in 1879 and competes in the Shute Shield run by the New South Wales Rugby Union. One of the oldest clubs in the Sydney Premier Rugby competition the club has produced nineteen Wallabies over the years, starting with the great Bill Cerutti in 1936 through to the club's current, Tatafu Polota-Nau. To date Parramatta has played in eight First grade grand finals.

Rugby union Team sport, code of rugby football

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Shute Shield

The Shute Shield is a semi-professional rugby union competition in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is the premier grade club tournament in NSW rugby. The Shute Shield is awarded at the end of the Sydney Club Rugby season to the team that wins the Grand Final.

Granville Park is also one of the home grounds for the Greater Sydney Rams team that plays in the National Rugby Championship. [5] The New South Wales Waratahs team plays occasional pre-season trial matches at the ground. [6] [7]

Greater Sydney Rams

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National Rugby Championship

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New South Wales Waratahs Super Rugby franchise based in Sydney

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There are also sporting facilities for soccer, [8] cricket, and basketball. [9] A children's Splash Park was built in 2014, [10] and the reserve also has barbeque and picnic facilities.

Association football Team field sport

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Cricket Team sport played with bats and balls

Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 20-metre (22-yard) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at the wicket with the bat, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each player. Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground. When ten players have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.

Basketball Team sport

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