The Showgrounds, Wangaratta

Showgrounds Oval

Ground information
Location	Wangaratta, Australia
Establishment	1908 (first recorded match)
Capacity	5,000
Domestic team information
Victoria (1986, 1996, 2006)
As of 21 October 2011 Source: Ground profile

The Showgrounds Oval (also known as the Norm Minns Oval) is a cricket ground in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came when Wangaratta played the touring Fijians in 1908.^[1] The ground held its first first-class match in 1986 when Victoria played Queensland in the Sheffield Shield. Ten years later a second first-class match was played there between Victoria and the West Indians.^[2] A List A match was played there in the 2005/06 ING Cup between Victoria and New South Wales.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Other matches played on Showgrounds Oval, Wangaratta". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/222_misc.html. Retrieved 20 October 2011. 
2. ^ "First-Class Matches played on Showgrounds Oval, Wangaratta". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/222_f.html. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 
3. ^ "List A Matches played on Norm Minns Oval, Wangaratta". CricketArchive. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/222_a.html. Retrieved 21 October 2011. 

External links

• The Showgrounds at ESPNcricinfo
• The Showgrounds at CricketArchive

Coordinates: 36°20′47.12″S 146°18′53.98″E / 36.3464222°S 146.3149944°E / -36.3464222; 146.3149944