ADELAIDE (SA)
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1912 - JUBILEE OVAL
A football game was held between West Adelaide and Port Adelaide at Jubilee Oval which was in the North East corner of what is now the grounds of of the University of Adelaide, players had only begun to wear numbers on their Guernsey's in the finals matches of 1912, a practice that has continued ever since.
This oval came into existence through a motion by a city member in the House of Assembly in 1894, The agricultural society, which originally held its shows on the ground between Frome Road and the Botanic Park, Known as the Old Exhibition Grounds, needed more ground, so it was granted space in the main hall of the Jubilee Exhibition (Building) basement and grounds and, later, the use of the new oval was approved as a show venue
Those who walked down Frome Road late in 1894 would have noticed that the Jubilee Exhibition Oval was approaching completion and further evidence of this fact was the insertion in newspapers, by the direction of the government, an invitation for athletic clubs, cricketing associations, friendly societies and others for the use of the oval.
(Editorial from A Colonial experience by Geoffrey Manning)
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1898 - NORTH ADELAIDE FOOTBALL CLUB
The North Adelaide football club used Jubilee Oval for its home ground from 1898 until 1901 and again in 1904, The oval was considered too small for football and the last league game was played on July the 16th of 1921 when South Adelaide defeated West Adelaide.
Apart from agricultural shows and football the oval was put to a myriad of uses such as Motorcycle and bicycle racing, Trotting, Athletics, Lacrosse, Boy Scouts jamborees, Military training and a quarantine camp during the influenza epidemic of 1919.
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1927 - JUBILEE OVAL SPEEDWAY
The first official Speedway meeting was held at Jubilee Oval in 1927.