Learmonth Park
Newcastle (Hamilton), New South Wales, Australia
Learmonth Park, Newcastle (Hamilton), Australia — opened Not confirmed, 10 rugby league games hosted, home of Newcastle representative team, for interprovincial and touring fixtures, 1910-1912.
Sourcing caveat: Opening date, capacity, floodlight status, playing surface, and the venue's precise identity relative to other early Newcastle grounds could not be confirmed.
Ground facts
| Opened | Not confirmed (Its precise identity relative to other early Newcastle grounds referenced in local rugby league history (such as "Hamilton League Ground") could not be confirmed — reported as an unresolved gap rather than assumed to be the same site.) |
| Home club | Newcastle representative team, for interprovincial and touring fixtures, 1910-1912 |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 10 |
| Top recorded crowd | 3,000 |
| Capacity | Not confirmed |
| Test matches hosted | 2 |
| Surface | Not confirmed |
| First rugby league match | 18 June 1910 — Newcastle 8-24 Great Britain/Australasia (Lions tour) |
| Years used | 1910–1912 |
| Location | Newcastle (Hamilton), New South Wales |
Name history
- Learmonth Park — used throughout, per this site's venue data
Rugby league history
An early-era Newcastle representative ground, hosting a Great Britain Lions touring-team match (1910) and two further matches against touring New Zealand sides (1911, 1912), alongside interprovincial fixtures against Balmain, South Sydney, Queensland and NSW representative sides — a notable venue for the Hunter region in rugby league's formative years in Australia.
Historic Test matches, Cup & Grand Finals hosted
- 28 Jun 1911 — Newcastle 20-21 New Zealand (touring side)
- 10 Jul 1912 — Newcastle 4-20 New Zealand (touring side)
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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