Wentworth Park
Wentworth Park, playing fields and grandstand
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| Former names | Wentworth Oval |
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| Location | Wentworth Park Road, Glebe, New South Wales 2037 () |
| Coordinates | 33°52′39″S 151°11′36″E / 33.87750°S 151.19333°ECoordinates: 33°52′39″S 151°11′36″E / 33.87750°S 151.19333°E |
| Operator | Wentworth Park Sporting Complex Trust |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
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Glebe Dirty Reds (NSWRL) (1908-1929) Balmain Tigers FC (NSW State League Division 1) (2013—present) |
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Wentworth Park is a multi-purpose sporting facility in the suburb of Glebe in New South Wales, Australia. that is used for various sports including rugby union, rugby league, soccer, greyhound racing, and speedway. Wentworth Park is located 2 kilometres from the Sydney central business district.
Currently greyhound racing is conducted there on Friday and Saturday nights as well as some Public Holidays. Races are conducted over 520m and 720m. The track is a loam surface having been converted from grass in the 1990s. Hurdle racing was a feature of Wentworth Park until the early 1980s. It fell away and annual events were held in December for a number of years until the mid-1990s.
The nearby University of Technology, Sydney regularly holds student examinations within two levels of the grandstand, where the bar, betting and lounge areas are located.
Wentworth Park was originally a rugby league park in the Glebe area, the home ground of the Glebe Dirty Reds who were a part of the New South Wales Rugby League premiership back in its inception. Greyhound racing is held each Friday and Saturday night.
Wentworth Park was not always a football oval. It commenced its life as a creek and swamp, known from the 1830s as Blackwattle Cove Swamp. Between the 1830s and 1860s various noxious industries were established along the shore, including, in particular, abattoirs and boiling down works. The pollution from these works so befouled the swamp that even after the removal of these establishments from the area, the local council lobbied to have the area in-filled because of the stench that continued to arise from the water and mud.
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