Earl Park
Sydney (Arncliffe), New South Wales, Australia
Earl Park, Sydney (Arncliffe), Australia — opened 1925, 250 rugby league games hosted, home of None (defunct as a sporting venue; last rugby league tenant was St George, 1925-1939).
Ground facts
| Opened | 1925 |
| Home club | None (defunct as a sporting venue; last rugby league tenant was St George, 1925-1939) |
| Closed | 1939 |
| Site today | Sold in 1940 and redeveloped as a Cook's Caramels factory; nothing of the original ground survives |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 250 |
| Top recorded crowd | 14,758 |
| Capacity | Approximately 10,000, including a grandstand seating 1,100 |
| First rugby league match | 16 May 1925 — a testimonial match between St George and Western Suburbs, played to mark the ground's opening |
| Last rugby league match | St George's tenancy ended in 1939 after benefactor Lancelot Earl's 1938 death left neither the club nor the league able to afford the £5,000 purchase price; the club moved to Hurstville Oval for the 1940 season |
| Years used | 1925–1939 |
| Location | Sydney (Arncliffe), New South Wales |
Name history
- Earl Park — 1925-1939 (named for Lancelot Earl, the local benefactor who developed and owned the ground)
Rugby league history
Earl Park was St George's first home ground, opened in 1925 and named for Lancelot Earl, the local benefactor whose family land it occupied. The Dragons played their NSWRFL premiership and reserve-grade home fixtures there for fourteen seasons, including the record-setting 91-6 rout of Canterbury-Bankstown on 11 May 1935 — at the time the highest score, largest winning margin and most individual points (by Les Griffin) in the competition's history — and the notorious 'Earl Park Riot' during a match against Balmain on 11 August 1928. When Lancelot Earl died in 1938, neither St George nor the NSWRFL could raise the £5,000 needed to buy the freehold, and the club relocated to Hurstville Oval from 1940. The Arncliffe site was sold and built over soon after; no trace of the ground remains today.
Notable games played here
| Date | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Sep 1930 | 1930 NRL Finals — Semi-Final | St. George 11-10 Eastern Suburbs Roosters |
| 7 Sep 1929 | 1929 NRL Finals — Semi-Final | Newtown 8-7 St. George |
| 8 Sep 1928 | 1928 NRL Finals — Semi-Final | South Sydney Rabbitohs 13-5 St. George |
| 10 Sep 1927 | 1927 NRL Finals — Semi-Final | St. George 26-11 Eastern Suburbs Roosters |
Only matches we have full, sourced records for are listed here — other historic games mentioned above may not have a dedicated match page built yet (World Cup coverage in particular is still expanding tournament by tournament).
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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