Maryborough Showgrounds

Maryborough, Queensland, Australia

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Maryborough Showgrounds, Maryborough, Australia — opened Not confirmed, 5 rugby league games hosted, home of Maryborough / Wide Bay (NSWRFL and QRL Country representative side).

Ground facts

OpenedNot confirmed (No precise founding/opening date found. Now known as Maryborough Showgrounds & Equestrian Park, a 105-hectare multi-purpose reserve covering exhibition halls, stadiums, sale-yards, camping and cross-country/trail-riding precincts -- a general showgrounds and events venue today rather than a dedicated football ground.)
Home clubMaryborough / Wide Bay (NSWRFL and QRL Country representative side)
Games hosted (rugby league, on record)5
Top recorded crowd6,166 (6,166 for Wide Bay's fixture against the touring 1953 American All Stars -- independently confirmed via Wikipedia's United States national rugby league team results, though that source also mislabels the venue's location as Brisbane rather than Maryborough.)
Years used1924–1960
LocationMaryborough, Queensland

Name history

    Rugby league history

    Despite its generic name -- the kind that has previously caused data-contamination problems elsewhere in this directory -- every one of Maryborough Showgrounds' five recorded matches checks out as genuinely consistent with Maryborough, Queensland: all are touring-side fixtures against either "Maryborough" (1924) or "Wide Bay" (the town's regional representative side, used from 1936 onward). The largest crowd, 6,166, came on 19 July 1953 when Wide Bay played a touring American All Stars side -- part of a short-lived mid-century US rugby league venture -- independently corroborated by Wikipedia's United States national rugby league team results with an identical attendance figure (though that Wikipedia page mislabels the venue as being in Brisbane, a geographical error, since Maryborough is a distinct regional city roughly 250km north of Brisbane). Three further Lions/Kiwis/French touring fixtures round out the record: 1924 vs England (2,500), 1936 vs England (4,000), 1954 vs Great Britain (5,912) and 1960 vs France's Chanticleers (3,982).

    Sources

    Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

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