George Street Ground
Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
George Street Ground, Rockhampton, Australia — opened not confirmed, 5 rugby league games hosted, home of no dedicated rugby league club tenant — all five recorded fixtures are a Central Queensland/Rockhampton representative side against touring international teams.
Sourcing caveat: Attendance was not recorded for the 1919 and 1920 matches in any source found. The ground's possible identity with Browne Park (renamed 1958) is circumstantial — matching street address and representative-team usage pattern — rather than confirmed by a source explicitly stating the two names refer to the same ground.
Ground facts
| Opened | not confirmed (No source names "George Street Ground" directly, but its address (George Street, Rockhampton) matches that of Browne Park, home of Central Queensland rugby league since a documented pre-1958 unnamed period (Browne Park was only named as such in 1958, and has hosted rugby football since 1890). This is a plausible but not explicitly confirmed identification, published here as an open question rather than an asserted fact.) |
| Home club | no dedicated rugby league club tenant — all five recorded fixtures are a Central Queensland/Rockhampton representative side against touring international teams |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 5 |
| Top recorded crowd | 10,000 |
| Test matches hosted | 4 |
| First rugby league match | 9 July 1919 — Rockhampton 0-23 New Zealand, 1919 All Blacks (rugby league) tour (attendance not recorded) |
| Years used | 1919–1948 |
| Location | Rockhampton, Queensland |
Name history
- George Street Ground — the name used in Rugby League Project's own records for this venue's rugby league fixtures, 1919-1948 — possibly an earlier, pre-1958 name for the ground later renamed Browne Park
Rugby league history
All five recorded matches are part of major international rugby league touring itineraries — the 1919 All Blacks, 1920 Northern Union (Great Britain), 1924 and 1928 Great Britain Lions, and 1948 Kiwis tours of Australia — with Rockhampton and Central Queensland serving as a regional representative-match stop, a common pattern for touring sides of the era visiting strong country districts outside the state capitals.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 22 June 1920 — Central Queensland 15-26 Northern Union (Great Britain), 1920 tour (attendance not recorded)
- 5 July 1924 — Central Queensland 20-34 England, 1924 Lions tour (attendance 10,000, our recorded top crowd)
- 26 June 1928 — Central Queensland 11-27 England, 1928 Lions tour (6,000)
- 6 June 1948 — Central Queensland 2-12 New Zealand, 1948 Kiwis tour (3,176)
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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