 Aerial view of Robertson Oval, post redevelopment | |
 Interactive map of Robertson Oval | |
| Location | Edward Street,Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 35°7′6″S147°22′20″E / 35.11833°S 147.37222°E /-35.11833; 147.37222 |
| Owner | Wagga Wagga City Council (grounds) Wagga Tigers (clubrooms)[2] |
| Operator | New South Wales Cricket Association |
| Capacity | 9,000[3] |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | First recorded cricket match 1878 |
| Renovated | 2013[1] |
| Tenants | |
| New South Wales cricket team | |
TheRobertson Oval is a multi-use sports facility inWagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. It primarily hostscricket,Australian rules football andrugby league matches. A grass embankment runs around three-quarters of the oval with a 350-seat grandstand and social club on western side of the ground. Plans are in place for a 3–5 million dollar redevelopment of the arena. As the oval is located in the heart of Wagga WaggaCBD, the AFL andNew South Wales Cricket Association will use the oval after redevelopment preferring it to other regional venues.[4]
NOTE: The playing surface is currently too small to host top-class cricket andAFL matches, something the redevelopment will address.[5]
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A cricket match betweenWagga Wagga and anAustralian XI on 8 March 1878 is the first recorded First-Grade cricket match at the Robertson Oval. 22 men of Wagga Wagga took on 11 Australians in a two-day match. The Australians, under their first captain,Dave Gregory won by an innings and 117 runs. The match was played in preparation for the1878 Tour to England.
The ground was the venue for aSheffield Shield game betweenNew South Wales andVictoria from February 15 to 18, 2015, due to the unavailability of the Sydney Cricket Ground during the2015 World Cup.[6]
The city will also host under-14 State Challenge matches in 2016 and 2017 and there will be funding set aside to help develop cricket at a grassroots level too.
The Australians scorecard is noted below:
| Australians First Innings | Runs | |
|---|---|---|
| C Bannerman | c Harris b Douglas | 2 |
| AC Bannerman | c & b Douglas | 2 |
| TP Horan | b Thompson | 8 |
| GH Bailey | b Thompson | 16 |
| *DW Gregory | c Black b Thompson | 36 |
| TW Garrett | c Douglas b Harris | 73 |
| WL Murdoch | b Nelson | 93 |
| +JM Blackham | c Crocker b Blakeney | 14 |
| HF Boyle | not out | 2 |
| FE Allan | c Blakeney b Nelson | 0 |
| TK Kendall | absent | |
| Sundries | 14 | |
| Total | (all out, 162.3 overs) | 260 |
Fall of Wickets:1-? (C Bannerman), 2-? (AC Bannerman), 3-21 (Horan), 4-42 (Bailey), 5-98 (Gregory), 6-202 (Garrett), 7-253 (Blackham), 8-260 (Murdoch), 9-260 (Allan, 162.3 ov)
| Wagga Wagga Bowling | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson | 73 | 29 | 94 | 3 |
| Douglas | 44 | 16 | 46 | 2 |
| Howard | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Fell | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Clayton | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| Troy | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
| Harris | 23 | 6 | 36 | 1 |
| Nelson | 4.3 | 1 | 15 | 2 |
| Blakeney | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
21 November 1991 (50 Over Match) scorecard |
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221/2 (47.2 overs) Manjrekar 46 | ||
Indians won by 8 wickets Umpires: K Norris & KJ Pye |
15–18 February 2015 Scorecard |
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 New South Wales won by 156 runsRobertson Oval,Wagga Wagga Umpires:Mick Martell andPhillip Gillespie Player of the match:SJN O'Keefe (NSW) |
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