Kensington Oval, Adelaide
- Kensington Oval, Adelaide
The Kensington Oval is located on 344 The Parade, Kensington, South Australia [ [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/australia/content/ground/56317.html Cricinfo - Kensington Oval] ] . Now used primarily for cricket in South Australia, the venue was once Adelaide's premier athletics facility and known as Olympic Sports Field[ [http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums.php?id=241 Australian Stadiums - Kensington Oval] ] .]Early History
Kensington Oval was officially opened on Saturday, 10 July, 1875 [ [http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/kensington.htm Kensington Football Club - history] ] .
The ground was originally used for a range of sports including Australian Rules Football. The Kensington Football Club and the Norwood Football Club played at the oval between 1875 and 1897[.]As the home ground of the Kensington Districts Cricket Club, Sir Donald Bradman played there often in the 1930s[.]Olympic Sports Field
From 1963, the ground was converted into an athletics stadium, featuring a rubber-bitumen track. In 1975, the track was upgraded to tartan.
As Olympic Sports Field, the ground was home to Athletics South Australia's interclub athletics competition from October to March and the South Australian Championships. A number of Australian Championships; in 1967, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1986 and 1992, were also held at the venue[ [http://www.athletics.com.au/history/aust_tf/index.htm Athletics Australia - National Championships] ] .]The ground was also home to the Adelaide City soccer club and, in 1977, a game against Sydney Marconi saw a record crowd of 13,132[.]Redevelopment as Kensington Oval
In the 1990s, a new home for South Australian athletics, Santos Stadium, was built and Olympic Sports Field was taken over by the neighbouring Pembroke School, Adelaide[.]The running track was later removed and the ground redeveloped as a cricket ground. It's original name of Kensington Oval was revived and the ground now plays host to grade and women's cricket matches.References
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