Oakes Oval

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title: "Oakes Oval" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cricket-grounds-in-new-south-wales", "sports-venues-in-new-south-wales", "sports-venues-completed-in-1934", "rugby-league-stadiums-in-australia", "rugby-union-stadiums-in-australia", "lismore,-new-south-wales", "1934-establishments-in-australia"] description: "Cricket pitch in Lismore" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakes_Oval" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Cricket pitch in Lismore ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox venue"]

Field	Value
name	Oakes Oval
nickname	OCG
fullname	Oakes Oval
location	Lismore, New South Wales
coordinates
type	Sports venue
opened	1934 (first recorded match)
surface	grass
capacity	10,000–12,000
record_attendance	8,612 24/02/07: NRL Pre-Season: Parramatta Eels v Gold Coast Titans
field_shape	Oval
tenants	New South Wales cricket team (Sheffield Shield) (1979–2006)
New South Wales Country Eagles (NRC) (2014–present)
embedded	{{Infobox cricket ground
embed	yes
international	yes
onlywodidate	13 January
onlywodiyear	1993
onlywodihome	Australia
onlywodiaway	New Zealand
website	Ground profile
date	1 September 2020
source	https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/102.html CricketArchive
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Oakes Oval (known prior to 1957 as the Recreation Ground) is a cricket ground in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1934 when the Richmond River Colts played the New South Wales Colts. The ground held matches in the 1978 and 1979 World Series Cricket. It held its first first-class match in 1979 when New South Wales played Queensland in the Sheffield Shield. The next first-class match to be staged there came in 1991 when New South Wales played the touring Indians. A further first-class match was held there in the 2006 Pura Cup between New South Wales and Victoria. A single List A match was played there in 1992 when New South Wales played the touring West Indians.

A single Women's One Day International was played there in 1993 when the Australia Women's Cricket Team played the New Zealand Women's Cricket Team in a day/night match.

Other sports to be played at the ground include both rugby union and rugby league, as well as soccer. Oakes Oval is also one of the home grounds for the NSW Country Eagles team that plays in the National Rugby Championship.

References

|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/australia/content/ground/56423.html|title=Ground profile: Oakes Oval|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=21 October 2011}}

|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/102_misc.html|title=Other matches played on Oakes Oval, Lismore|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=20 October 2011}}

|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/102_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Oakes Oval, Lismore|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 October 2011}}

|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/102_a.html|title=List A Matches played on Oakes Oval, Lismore|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 October 2011}}

|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/102_wo.html|title=Women's One-Day International Matches played on Oakes Oval, Lismore|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=21 October 2011}}

|date= 20 August 2014 |first= Ed |last= Jackson |title= Australian rugby set for provincial reboot |work= Sydney Morning Herald |publisher= Fairfax |access-date= 6 October 2014 |url= http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/australian-rugby-set-for-provincial-reboot-20140820-3e0g0.html |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006123719/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/australian-rugby-set-for-provincial-reboot-20140820-3e0g0.html |archive-date= 6 October 2014}}

|date= 16 July 2014 |title= Fixtures draw |publisher= Australian Rugby |access-date= 24 March 2014 |url= http://www.rugby.com.au/nrc/FixturesDraw.aspx |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140716063414/http://www.rugby.com.au/nrc/FixturesDraw.aspx |archive-date= 16 July 2014}}

References

1. "Oakes Oval Crowds | Austadiums".

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