Belmore Sports Ground
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Belmore Sports Ground, formerly known as Belmore Oval, is a multi-purpose stadium in Belmore, New South Wales, Australia. The park covers 22 acres (89,000 m2) and from 1951 has contained the Belmore Bowling Recreation Club green. It is close to Belmore railway station.
The stadium has a capacity of 19,000 people and was built in 1920, with the grandstand itself having the capacity to seat 10,000 people. The ground record crowd for Belmore was set on 12 April 1993 when 27,804 fans saw Canterbury defeat local rivals Parramatta 42–6.[2] The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and Sydney Olympic Football Club are the current co-tenants of the ground.
History
In 1920, the local council took steps to acquire park areas around the Belmore area. The park was named after the suburb it was located: Belmore Park. Belmore Park was eventually purchased in three sections between 1918 and 1921. The first two parcels were purchased by the State government and the third by Council. The park was opened around the early 1920s, the land was formerly known as Gunn's Paddock. In 1936, council purchased a large stand from the Sydney Cricket Ground and had it re-erected at the park as part of unemployment relief works. This stand was opened on 14 March 1936 by Mayor SE Parry and was named after him. Around 1967, council moved other sports played at the park to grounds elsewhere and rugby league was given priority.
Ground Use
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Soccer
The ground is currently (and mainly) used for
Sydney Olympic competed in the ground from 1977 to 2001 during the National Soccer League. In 2001 they left the ground to join Endeavour Field. Once the league ceased in mid-2004, the team returned to Belmore where they currently compete.
In 2021, the ground hosted a Round of 32 Australia Cup game between Sydney Olympic and A-League side Sydney FC with Sydney FC winning 4–2.[3]
Rugby league
The
The spectators' hill on the eastern side of the ground is named after Canterbury legend Terry Lamb.
From 1982 until the end of 1985, Canterbury's arch-rivals the
Canterbury-Bankstown returned to playing NRL games at Belmore with two home games during the
In 2016, it held an International rugby league match between the Cook Islands and Lebanon.[8]
At the end of the 2016 NRL season, Belmore Sports Ground will have hosted 661 games of first grade rugby league since the first game on 13 April 1936. Of the active and semi-active grounds used by the NRL, only the SCG, Leichhardt Oval and Brookvale Oval have hosted more games.
In 2023, the ground hosted its first
Melanesian Cup
Back to Belmore
NRL pre-season trials
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date | Venue & Crowd | Match | ||||||
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28–16 | ![]() |
5:00pm, Sunday, 12 February 2012 |
Belmore Oval (12,000)[10]
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Back to Belmore 1 | |||
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36–14 | ![]() |
5:00pm, Sunday, 10 February 2013 |
Belmore Oval (12,000)[11]
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Back to Belmore 2 | |||
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20–28 | ![]() |
5:00pm, Sunday, 9 February 2014 |
Belmore Oval (5,913)[12]
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Back to Belmore 3 | |||
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20–0 | ![]() |
5:00pm Saturday, 20 February 2016 |
Belmore Oval[13] | ||||
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10–20 | ![]() |
6:00pm Saturday, 11 February 2017 |
Belmore Oval[14] | ||||
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24–10 | ![]() |
6:30pm Saturday, 24 February 2018 |
Belmore Oval[15] | ||||
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36–4 | ![]() |
2:55pm Sunday, 19 February 2023 |
Belmore Oval (7,801) | 2023 NRL pre-season | |||
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16–36 | ![]() |
5:00pm Sunday 19 February 2023 |
Belmore Oval (7,801) | 2023 NRL pre-season | |||
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7:00pm Thursday 15 February 2023 |
Belmore Oval | |||||
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6:00pm Friday 23 February 2024 |
Belmore Oval | |||||
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8:00pm Thursday 23 February 2024 |
Belmore Oval |
NRL season games
World Club Championship games
Home | Score | Away | Match Information | |||||
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Date | Venue & Crowd | Match | ||||||
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18–22 | ![]() |
7:00pm, Monday, 9 June 1997 |
Belmore Sports Ground (10,680)[20] | 1997 World Club Championship Round 1 | |||
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58–6 | Halifax Blue Sox
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7:00pm, Monday, 16 June 1997 |
Belmore Sports Ground (5,034) | 1997 World Club Championship Round 2 | |||
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34–18 | ![]() |
3:00pm, Sunday, 22 June 1997 |
Belmore Sports Ground (4,000) | 1997 World Club Championship Round 3 |
Ground record
The ground record attendance was set on 12 April 1993 during Round 5 of the 1993 NSWRL season when 27,804 saw Canterbury-Bankstown defeat Parramatta 42–6.
References
- ^ "Belmore Sports Ground". austadiums.com. Austadiums. Retrieved 15 August 2015.
- ^ "Rugby League Tables / Canterbury 42 v Parramatta 6 / Round 5, 1993". Stats.rleague.com. 12 April 1993. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ "Sydney Olympic FC v Sydney FC - Australia Cup Match Centre". australiacup.com.au. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ Walter, Brad (21 May 2010). "Bulldogs moving home base back to beloved Belmore Sports Ground". Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ NRL (28 September 2014). "Belmore to Host Match in 2015". Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Bulldogs confirm Belmore match against Sharks". 13 December 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ Brady, Jack (26 August 2016). "Bulldogs faithful buoyed by Thurston's Belmore return". Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
- ^ "Belmore to host Cook Islands v Lebanon clash". asiapacificrl.com. 3 April 2016. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "NRLW: Knights v Cowboys Tigers v Sharks | Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- ^ "NRL Trial: Bulldogs v Roosters | Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "NRL Trial: Bulldogs v Newtown Jets | Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "NRL Trial: Bulldogs v Rabbitohs | Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "NRL Trial: Bulldogs v Storm | Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "NRL Trial: Bulldogs v Panthers | Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ "NRL Trial: Bulldogs v Panthers | Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "NRL 2015 – Round 16 – Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "NRL 2015 – Round 20 – Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ Ferguson, Shawn Dollin and Andrew. "NRL 2016 – Round 5 – Rugby League Project". www.rugbyleagueproject.org. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "NRL: Bulldogs v Cowboys – Austadiums". www.austadiums.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Wigan Rugby League Old Matches (20 January 2012). "Canterbury v Wigan – 1997 World Club Challenge Tournament". Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2018 – via YouTube.