Oakes Oval

Oakes Oval (known prior to 1957 as the Recreation Ground) is a cricket ground in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1934 when Richmond River Colts played New South Wales Colts.[4] The ground held matches in the 1978 and 1979 World Series Cricket.[4] It held its first first-class match in 1979 when New South Wales played Queensland in the Sheffield Shield. The next first-class match to be staged there came in 1991 when New South Wales played the touring Indians. A further first-class match was held there in the 2006 Pura Cup between New South Wales and Victoria.[5] A single List A match has been played there, which came in 1992 when New South Wales played the touring West Indians.[6]

Oakes Oval

OCG
Full name	Oakes Oval
Location	Lismore, New South Wales
Type	Sports venue
Capacity	10,000-12,000[1][2]
Record attendance	8,612 24/02/07: NRL Pre-Season: Parramatta Eels v Gold Coast Titans[3]
Field shape	Oval
Surface	grass
Opened	1934 (first recorded match)
Tenants
New South Wales cricket team (Sheffield Shield) (1979–2006) New South Wales Country Eagles (NRC) (2014-present)
Ground information
International information
Only WODI	13 January 1993:  Australia v  New Zealand
As of 1 September 2020 Source: CricketArchive

A single Women's One Day International was played there in 1993 when Australia Women played New Zealand Women.[7]

Other sports to be played at the ground include both rugby union and rugby league, as well as soccer.[1] Oake Oval is also one of the home grounds for the NSW Country Eagles team that plays in the National Rugby Championship.[8][9]