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| Former names | Beach Road Oval Hampton Oval Sandringham Cricket Ground |
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| Location | Beach Rd,Sandringham, Victoria |
| Coordinates | 37°56′42″S145°0′1″E / 37.94500°S 145.00028°E /-37.94500; 145.00028 |
| Owner | City of Bayside |
| Capacity | 6,000 (500 seated)[1] |
| Field size | 160m × 120m |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1929 |
| Tenants | |
| Sandringham Football Club (VFL/VFLW) Sandringham Dragons (Talent League) | |
Trevor Barker Beach Oval (also known simply asTrevor Barker Oval) is anAustralian rules football venue in Beach Road, on the border betweenHampton andSandringham,Victoria.[2]
Most commonly known asBeach Road Oval throughout its existence, in 1998 the ground was renamed after the lateTrevor Barker, who died ofcancer in 1996 at the age of 39.[3] Since2019, it has been known undernaming rights as theWilson Storage Trevor Barker Beach Oval (WSTBBO).[4][5][6]
In the late 1920s, theSandringham City Council had been seeking to establish a senior football club in the district to join theVictorian Football Association, and providing a fenced venue to which admission could be charged was a requirement of the Association. After a previous unsuccessful application,[7] the council received permission from the State Government to fence the existing playing oval in February 1929; theSandringham Football Club entered the VFA the same season.[8]
The oval has a singlegrandstand (theNeil Bencraft Grandstand), a southern end named after record breaking goal kickerNick Sautner (the Sautner Goal), and an administration centre (the John Mennie Administration Centre)[9] – asocial club and a capacity for 10,000. A record crowd of 18,000 attended the venue's first Sunday VFA premiership game, held between Sandringham andPort Melbourne Football Club in April 1964.[10] Arec footy competition was also played at the ground.
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