Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground

Number 1 Sports Ground is a multi-use stadium located in Newcastle, New South Wales, and has a nominated capacity of approximately 20,000.

No. 1 Sports Ground
No. 1 Sports Ground
Ground information
LocationNewcastle, New South Wales
Establishment1876 [1]
Capacity20,000[2]
OwnerNewcastle District Cricket Association
OperatorCricket NSW
TenantsNew South Wales
Newcastle City Sabres(1854-present) Newcastle City Australian Football Club (1883-present)
End names
Parry Street End
National Park End
International information
First WODI3 February 2000:
 Australia v  England
Last WODI10 March 2009:
 Australia v  South Africa
As of 7 September 2020
Source: No. 1 Sports Ground

Cricket

It is currently used mostly for cricket matches, located within National Park. The ground first hosted First-class cricket in 1981 when New South Wales played Queensland. Ground was for many years a stopover on the tour itinerary for many visiting teams as they faced the Northern New South Wales XI. In 1981/82 the ground was allocated a Sheffield Shield match when the SCG was unavailable, and healthy crowds saw No.1 then become host to at least one first-class fixture per year.[3]

Newcastle District Cricket Association also use the Sports Ground for 1st grade matches. It is used primarily for the grand final held every March. In March 2009, Belmont DCC defeated Toronto Workers Kookaburras at the ground to win the premiership.[4]

As of 2014, 20 First-class matches had been played at the ground, the last in 2009.[5] The ground will play host to a match between New South Wales Blues against Western Australia Warriors in Sheffield Shield played from February 25 to 28.

The ground will receive a multi million-dollar upgrade in September 2020. The upgrade will consist of new concrete seating to be added to increase the seating capacity of the ground from 400 to 790 along the Parry St side of the ground, new lighting, drainage, a new fence and sightscreens, resurfacing and a new cricket square with the size of the playing field increased to cater for pre-season Australian Football League games. This will mean that the Newcastle City AFC will have to play at another venue, potentially Hawkins Oval, until No.1 reopens.[6]

The venue could potentially host an AFL Women's fixture in 2022.[7]

Other Sports

No. 1 Sports Ground is currently used for Australian rules football, cricket and rugby league and has been used for athletics, rugby union and association football at various times. It also hosts the local rugby league and Australian rules football grand finals each year, and is currently used as a home ground by the Newcastle City Australian rules football and cricket clubs.

Concerts

From 2018 onwards, concerts associated with the Supercars Championship motor racing event, the Newcastle 500, have been held at the venue. Two forthcoming concerts are scheduled there: a Simple Minds concert on 24 November 2018 as part of their "Walk Between Worlds Tour" and a Kiss concert on 23 November 2019 as part of their One Last Kiss: End of the Road World Tour.[8]

Attendance records

Top 5 Sports Attendance Records

No. Date Teams Sport Competition Crowd
17 February 2007New South Wales v. South AustraliaCricketT2010,652
212 March 2005Sydney Swans v. Collingwood MagpiesAustralian rules footballAFL (preseason)5,002
324 October 2004New South Wales v. TasmaniaCricketING Cup3,816
413 March 2004Sydney Swans v. Essendon BombersAustralian rules footballAFL (preseason)3,405
518 March 2006Sydney Swans v. St Kilda SaintsAustralian rules footballAFL (preseason)3,203

Last updated on 13 July 2014

References

Starting in the 2009 season, the no 1 Sports ground is also hosting Football (Soccer), as home ground to the inner city's top football club, Cooks Hill United who compete in the ID2 regional competition.


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