Belmont Oval
Perth (Belmont), Western Australia, Australia
Belmont Oval, Perth (Belmont), Australia — opened 15 May 1955, 4 rugby league games hosted, home of built specifically as rugby league's Western Australian headquarters — effectively the home of the Western Australia representative rugby league team through this era rather than a specific club.
Sourcing caveat: Capacity, floodlight status, and formal playing-surface type were not found in any source — one account notes the 1955 opening match "nearly didn't proceed due to complaints about the sandy playing surface," suggesting the ground was considered substandard at the time, but no formal classification was found. A fourth match (Western Australia vs North Sydney) is recorded by Rugby League Project without an established date within this window.
Ground facts
| Opened | 15 May 1955 (Purpose-built as rugby league's Western Australian headquarters; officially opened by Australian Rugby League President Jersey Flegge on the same day as the ground's first match.) |
| Home club | built specifically as rugby league's Western Australian headquarters — effectively the home of the Western Australia representative rugby league team through this era rather than a specific club |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 4 |
| Top recorded crowd | 15,000 |
| Test matches hosted | 3 |
| First rugby league match | 15 May 1955 — Western Australia 6-31 France, opening match, part of the 1955 French "Chanticleers" touring side's Australia/NZ tour (attendance 15,000, our recorded top crowd) |
| Years used | 1955–1962 |
| Location | Perth (Belmont), Western Australia |
Name history
- Belmont Oval — also referred to as Belmont Park, at the junction of Stoneham Street and Great Eastern Highway, Belmont — its only name during the rugby league era
Rugby league history
Belmont Oval was purpose-built in 1955 as rugby league's dedicated home and headquarters in Perth, at a time when the code was trying to establish a foothold in an AFL-dominant state. It was the standard venue for visiting international touring sides (France twice, Great Britain once) to play the WA representative side during the 1955-1962 period, before the ground was later repurposed for baseball (as "Parry Fields" in the 1980s) and eventually demolished in 1997 amid redevelopment of the surrounding area.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 15 May 1955 — Western Australia 6-31 France (15,000)
- 14 May 1960 — Western Australia 8-29 France (4,538)
- 20 May 1962 — Western Australia 12-39 Great Britain (2,842)
Pre-dates the site's structured match-by-match records for these competitions, so listed here as sourced facts rather than linked match pages.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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