Sydney Sports Ground
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| Location | Moore Park, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Coordinates | 33°53′17″S 151°13′24″E / 33.88806°S 151.22333°ECoordinates: 33°53′17″S 151°13′24″E / 33.88806°S 151.22333°E |
| Owner | N/A |
| Operator | N/A |
| Capacity | 35,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
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| Opened | 1911 |
| Closed | 1986 |
| Demolished | 1987 |
| Construction cost | N/A |
| Architect | N/A |
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| Former: Eastern Suburbs Roosters (1911-1986) South Sydney Rabbitohs (1911-1913, 1921-1924, 1928-1947) |
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The Sydney Sports Ground No. 1 was a Stadium and Dirt track racing venue in Sydney, New South Wales. The ground was located where the car park of the Sydney Football Stadium (SFS) currently sits. The ground had two main grandstands and was surrounded by a grass covered hill, giving it a capacity of more than 35,000. It was demolished along with the smaller No.2 Ground in 1986 to allow the building of the SFS, which opened in 1988. During its lifespan the Sports Ground hosted Rugby League, Rugby Union, Soccer, Motorcycle speedway and Speedway car racing.
The Sports Ground was the home ground of NSWRL team, the Eastern Suburbs Roosters, the club playing 500 games at the ground from 1911 until 1986, with a 283-199-18 W-L-D record.
The ground's primary use was as the home venue for Eastern Suburbs, who began playing at played the ground in Round 2 of the 1911 NSWRFL season with a 22-9 win over the North Sydney Bears on 6 May in front of 5,000 fans. The Roosters played their last game at the Sports Ground on 29 June 1986, defeating North Sydney 21-14 in front of only 8,175 fans. The South Sydney Rabbitohs club also used it as a home ground from 1928 to 1947.
The Roosters recorded their biggest ever win at the Sydney Sports Ground on 18 May 1935, when they defeated Canterbury-Bankstown 87-7 in a Round 6 clash of the 1935 season. Easts ran in 19 tries to one with Australian test centre Dave Brown, the "Bradman of rugby league", scoring 45 points from 5 tries and 15 goals. Easts would win their 5th premiership in 1935 while Brown would go on to be the season's leading try scorer with 38 (still the league record for tries in a season as of 2012) and leading point scorer with 244 points (38 tries, 62 goals).
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