Hurstville Oval
Sydney (Hurstville), New South Wales, Australia
Hurstville Oval, Sydney (Hurstville), Australia — opened 1911, 121 rugby league games hosted, home of St George Dragons (1921–1924, 1940–1949); shared home of St George District Cricket Club since 1921.
Sourcing caveat: Capacity is omitted here — the only figure found (approx. 5,000) came from an AI-generated tertiary source (Grokipedia) not corroborated elsewhere, so it has been left out rather than repeated as fact. The 121-games-hosted figure supplied in this project's venue directory was not independently re-derived from RLP's results table (which does not show a running total), so it is not repeated here as a sourced claim.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1911 |
| Home club | St George Dragons (1921–1924, 1940–1949); shared home of St George District Cricket Club since 1921 |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 121 |
| Top recorded crowd | 14,997 |
| Floodlights installed | 1923 (initial lighting funded and installed by the St George District Amateur Athletic Club; separate floodlights added for the ground's velodrome in 1968) |
| Surface | Grass |
| First rugby league match | St George v University, reserve grade, 28 May 1921 |
| Years used | 1921–2024 |
| Location | Sydney (Hurstville), New South Wales |
Name history
- Hurstville Oval — 1911–present
Rugby league history
Hurstville Oval was St George's first home ground after the club entered the NSWRFL in 1921, and it returned there for a second spell from 1940 to 1949 after an interlude at Earl Park. On 3 May 1947 Dragons forward Jack Lindwall set club records for most points and most tries in a single match there, against Manly-Warringah. St George moved on to Kogarah Oval as its permanent home from 1950. The ground also carries a velodrome around the playing field from its cycling-club origins, and separately hosted St George Rugby Union (1928–1939, 1950–1988).
Primarily a first-class/List A cricket ground (home of St George District Cricket Club since 1921) — Don Bradman played there for St George between 1926 and 1933, and it has hosted Cricket Australia XI one-day fixtures since 2015.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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