Bankstown Oval

Bankstown Oval (officially known as Bankstown Memorial Oval) ^[1] is a multi-purpose stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and has been used by New South Wales, particularly for one day matches. It has also hosted 3 first class games in the Sheffield Shield. Its pavilion is named after Australian Test batsmen Steve and Mark Waugh, who both appeared for the Bankstown club. It hosted a Women's Ashes test on England's 2002/3 tour and again in January 2010. The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues are scheduled to play a Sheffield Shield match at the ground in November 2011, their fourth at the venue. The ground has also been used for local AFL matches. The stadium currently has a capacity of 8,000 people.

In the 1940s and 1950s it was the home ground of the Bankstown Soccer Club.

A panorama of Bankstown Oval

References

↑ Bankstown Council Sporting Facilities Bankstown Council

External links

Bankstown Oval at Austadiums

City of Bankstown, South-western Sydney

Suburbs and localities within the City of Bankstown	Bankstown Bass Hill Birrong Chester Hill Chullora Condell Park East Hills Georges Hall Greenacre Manahan Milperra Mount Lewis Padstow Padstow Heights Panania Picnic Point Potts Hill Punchbowl Revesby Revesby Heights Sefton Villawood Yagoona

War history	Bankstown Bunker History of Bankstown during World War II HMS Nabberley No. 1 Fighter Sector RAAF

Crime	Bilal Skaf Milperra massacre Roger Rogerson Sydney gang rapes Villawood Immigration Detention Centre

Education	Alphacrucis Al Amanah College Bankstown Boys (Bankstown Senior College) Bankstown City Library Bankstown Girls Birrong Girls High School Bass High School Georges River Grammar LaSalle Catholic College Malek Fahd Islamic School St Euphemia College Sefton High School University of Western Sydney

Public transport bus service	Highway Tours McVicar's Bus Services Punchbowl Bus Company South Western Coach Lines Transdev NSW

Public transport by rail	Airport line Bankstown Line Bankstown station Birrong station Chester Hill station East Hills station Leightonfield station Padstow station Panania station Punchbowl station Revesby station Sefton station Villawood station Yagoona station

Sports facilities and public parks	Bankstown Oval Dunc Gray Velodrome Garrison Point Georges River National Park Jensen Oval McLeod Reserve Middleton Park Mirambeena Regional Park O'Neill Park Salt Pan Creek Terry Lamb Complex

Other utilities	Bankstown Airport Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital

Sports teams	Bankstown Berries Bankstown Bruins Bankstown City Bulls Bankstown City Lions Bankstown District Cricket Club Bankstown RSL Dragons Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Chester Hill Rhinos Yagoona Lions

Notable residents past and present	Danny Adcock Tahir Bilgiç Bryan Brown John Burgess Paulini Curuenavuli Anh Do Casey Donovan Brett Emerton Mamdouh Habib Hard-Ons Christian Heim Brett Holman Terry Lamb Paul Keating Geoff Robinson Akmal Saleh Vince Sorrenti Ian Thorpe Mark Waugh Steve Waugh

Other topics	Bankstown Bites Food Festival Bankstown Central Shopping Centre Canterbury-Bankstown Division of Banks Electoral district of Bankstown (results)

List of Sydney suburbs

Coordinates: 33°55′19″S 151°01′56″E / 33.92194°S 151.03222°E / -33.92194; 151.03222

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