North Hobart Oval
North Hobart Oval during an A-League match, September 2014
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 North Hobart Oval
Location in Hobart
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| Location | Argyle St, North Hobart, Tasmania 7000 |
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| Coordinates | 42°52′4″S 147°18′57″E / 42.86778°S 147.31583°ECoordinates: 42°52′4″S 147°18′57″E / 42.86778°S 147.31583°E |
| Owner | City of Hobart |
| Operator | City of Hobart |
| Capacity | 18,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Broke ground | 1921 |
| Opened | 1922 |
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Hobart City Football Club (2014-present) North Hobart Demons (TFL/TSL & SFL) (1922–2013) DOSA Football Club (2010-2013) Hobart Tigers (TFL) (1986–1997) Sandy Bay Seagulls (TFL) (1983-1984 & 1993–1997) Southern Cats (TFL) (1998–1999) Tasmania Devils (VFL) (2001–2005) |
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North Hobart Oval is a sports venue in North Hobart, Tasmania, used for Australian rules football.
North Hobart Oval started its existence as Hobart Town's brickfields in 1844 before becoming a convict women's housing site, an immigration depot and an invalid persons' depot before closing in 1882 whereby the land became a rubbish dump until it was acquired for construction of a football stadium in 1921. The first official match to take place on North Hobart Oval was a TFL match between Lefroy and New Town on 6 May 1922, the match was won by Lefroy (9.8.62 to 7.13.55) before 1,000-people.
North Hobart Oval became League Headquarters for the TFL/TANFL/TFL Statewide League in 1922 and remained so until the League was disbanded in 2000. The ground hosted a total of 74 Tasmanian Football League Grand Finals between 1922–1999 and also hosted the Tasmanian State Grand Final on 20 occasions between 1923–1975, also hosting the Winfield Statewide Cup Grand Final in 1980. The final Tasmanian Football League match to be held at the ground was the 2000 SWL Preliminary Final between North Hobart and North Launceston (trading as the Hobart Demons and Northern Bombers at the time) which resulted in a narrow win to the Northern Bombers. After pressure from Northern TFL clubs, notably the Northern Bombers, the TFL scheduled the 2000 Grand Final to be played at Launceston's York Park, marking the first (and ultimately last) TFL Grand Final to be held away from North Hobart Oval since 1921. The first official radio broadcast of a Tasmanian Football League match took place at North Hobart on 9 May 1931 when former Cananore player "Dinah" Green commentated on the match between North Hobart and Lefroy for radio station 7ZL. After the disbandment of the TFL, the Southern Football League made the ground its Grand Final venue in both the Premier & Regional competitions and has done since 2000, it also hosts the Old Scholars Football Association Grand Final each year. The Tasmanian Devils VFL side also played its Southern home fixtures at North Hobart from its inception in 2001 until AFL Tasmania moved the team to Bellerive Oval in 2005 where its Centre Of Excellence was established and it could more adequately host corporate functions.
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