Hands Oval

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Hands Oval
JE Hands Memorial Park
Hands Oval
Former namesSouth Bunbury Showgrounds
LocationBlair Street, South Bunbury, Western Australia
Coordinates 33°20′46″S115°38′34″E / 33.34611°S 115.64278°E / -33.34611; 115.64278 Coordinates: 33°20′46″S115°38′34″E / 33.34611°S 115.64278°E / -33.34611; 115.64278
Owner City of Bunbury
Operator South Bunbury Football Club
Capacity 5000
Record attendance6573 (1 April 1984 - WAFL match between East Perth and Swan Districts)
SurfaceGrass
Openedc.1954;69 years ago (1954)
Tenants
[South West Football League][South Bunbury Football Club]]

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
Flag of Western Australia.svg Western Warriors
148 (40 overs)
v
Flag of South Australia.svg Southern Redbacks
2/150 (36.4 overs)
South Australia won by 8 wickets.
5 December, 2009
Scorecard
Flag of Victoria (Australia).svg Victorian Bushrangers
8/277 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Western Australia.svg Western Warriors
5/279 (49.3 overs)
Western Australia won by 5 wickets.
19 February, 2011
Scorecard
Flag of Western Australia.svg Western Warriors
6/255 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Tasmania.svg 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:

Perth Glory 0 - 1 Gold Coast United
Report Porter Soccerball shade.svg23'
Attendance: 2985
Referee: David Costello

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References

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