The Robertson Oval is a multi-use sports facility in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia. It primarily hosts cricket, Australian rules football and rugby league matches. A grass embankment runs around three-quarters of the oval with a 350-seat grandstand and social club on western side of the ground. Plans are in place for a 3–5 million dollar redevelopment of the arena. As the oval is located in the heart of Wagga Wagga CBD, the AFL and New South Wales Cricket Association will use the oval after redevelopment preferring it to other regional venues.[4]
![]() Aerial view of Robertson Oval, post redevelopment | |
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Location | Edward Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia |
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Coordinates | 35°7′6″S 147°22′20″E |
Owner | Wagga Wagga City Council (grounds) Wagga Tigers (clubrooms) [1] |
Operator | New South Wales Cricket Association |
Capacity | 10,000 [2] |
Surface | Grass |
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Opened | First recorded cricket match 1878 |
Renovated | 2013[3] |
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New South Wales cricket team |
NOTE: The playing surface is currently too small to host top-class cricket and AFL matches, something the redevelopment will address.[5]
A cricket match between Wagga Wagga and an Australian XI on 8 March 1878 is the first recorded First-Grade cricket match at the Robertson Oval. 22 men of Wagga Wagga took on 11 Australians in a two-day match. The Australians, under their first captain, Dave Gregory won by an innings and 117 runs. The match was played in preparation for the 1878 Tour to England.
The ground was the venue for a Sheffield Shield game between New South Wales and Victoria from February 15 to 18, 2015, due to the unavailability of the Sydney Cricket Ground during the 2015 World Cup.[6]
The city will also host under-14 State Challenge matches in 2016 and 2017 and there will be funding set aside to help develop cricket at a grassroots level too.
The Australians scorecard is noted below:
Australians First Innings | Runs | |
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C Bannerman | c Harris b Douglas | 2 |
AC Bannerman | c & b Douglas | 2 |
TP Horan | b Thompson | 8 |
GH Bailey | b Thompson | 16 |
*DW Gregory | c Black b Thompson | 36 |
TW Garrett | c Douglas b Harris | 73 |
WL Murdoch | b Nelson | 93 |
+JM Blackham | c Crocker b Blakeney | 14 |
HF Boyle | not out | 2 |
FE Allan | c Blakeney b Nelson | 0 |
TK Kendall | absent | |
Sundries | 14 | |
Total | (all out, 162.3 overs) | 260 |
Fall of Wickets: 1-? (C Bannerman), 2-? (AC Bannerman), 3-21 (Horan), 4-42 (Bailey), 5-98 (Gregory), 6-202 (Garrett), 7-253 (Blackham), 8-260 (Murdoch), 9-260 (Allan, 162.3 ov)
Wagga Wagga Bowling | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wkts |
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Thompson | 73 | 29 | 94 | 3 |
Douglas | 44 | 16 | 46 | 2 |
Howard | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Fell | 4 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
Clayton | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
Troy | 5 | 1 | 22 | 0 |
Harris | 23 | 6 | 36 | 1 |
Nelson | 4.3 | 1 | 15 | 2 |
Blakeney | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
10 and 12 December 1932 (2-day Match) scorecard |
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226 (60.6 overs) S Sly 67* Mitchell 7/77 (19.6) |
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68/7 (15 overs) SL Josselyn Mitchell 5/26 (6) |
Match Drawn Umpires: F Hamilton & D Mooney |
9 February 1959 (Single Inning One Day Match) scorecard |
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117 (35.7 overs) M Rudd 24 Laker 4/22 (12) |
260/8 (35 overs) PE Richardson 77 Stuckings 3/96 (13) | |
MCC Won by 8 wickets and batted on |
7 January 1971 (Single Inning One Day Match) scorecard |
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117 (39.2 overs) M Shepherd 35 Cowdrey 2/9 (1.2) |
241/4 (37.1 overs) G Boycott 76 Dasey 2/40 (5) | |
MCC Won by 6 wickets and batted on |
24 January 1979 (World Series Cricket Country Cup 50 Over Match) scorecard |
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167 (49 overs) Haroon Rasheed 51 Prior 3/37 (10) |
168/0 (47 overs) RB McCosker 89 | |
WSC Cavaliers won by 10 wickets |
5 December 1980 (50 Over Match) scorecard |
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108 (48.4 overs) G Bennett 25 Boock 5/27 (11) |
174/9 (50 overs) JV Coney 46 Regan 2/16 (7) | |
New Zealanders won by 66 runs |
21 November 1991 (50 Over Match) scorecard |
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220/7 (50 overs) GG Geise 102 Prabhakar 5/26 (9) |
221/2 (47.2 overs) Manjrekar 46 | |
Indians won by 8 wickets Umpires: K Norris & KJ Pye |
15–18 February 2015 Scorecard |
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206 (86.2 overs) NJ Maddinson 49 (116) PM Siddle 2/37 (19 overs) |
114 (50.1 overs) MP Stoinis 64 (138) SJN O'Keefe 4/46 (18.1 overs) | |
233 (47.3 overs) NJ Maddinson 93 (85) SM Boland 3/41 (10 overs) |
169 (67.3 overs) PSP Handscomb 66 (167) SJN O'Keefe 4/40 (18 overs) |
![]() Robertson Oval, Wagga Wagga Umpires: Mick Martell and Phillip Gillespie Player of the match: SJN O'Keefe (NSW) |
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