New Lambton Oval
Newcastle (New Lambton), New South Wales, Australia
New Lambton Oval, Newcastle (New Lambton), Australia — opened unknown, 4 rugby league games hosted, home of No club is documented as having this venue as a home ground -- the recorded matches are one-off representative fixtures (Newcastle vs NSW City sides, and State Championships matches involving Souths Newcastle), not club home fixtures..
Ground facts
| Opened | unknown (No opening date found for this venue in any source -- Rugby League Project's summary page carries no history text, and neither Wikipedia's "New Lambton" nor "New Lambton Heights" articles mention the oval at all.) |
| Home club | No club is documented as having this venue as a home ground -- the recorded matches are one-off representative fixtures (Newcastle vs NSW City sides, and State Championships matches involving Souths Newcastle), not club home fixtures. |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 4 |
| Top recorded crowd | 0 |
| Capacity | Not found in any source. |
| Floodlights installed | Not found in any source. |
| Surface | Not confirmed. |
| First rugby league match | 12 Jun 1944 -- Newcastle 16 def by NSW City Seconds 31 |
| Last rugby league match | 7 Jun 1947 -- Newcastle 30 def NSW City III 18 (date independently re-verified via direct re-fetch of Rugby League Project's records page) |
| Years used | 1944–1947 |
| Location | Newcastle (New Lambton), New South Wales |
Name history
Rugby league history
Two of the four recorded matches were tied to the "State Championships 1944" representative competition (Souths Newcastle vs Canterbury, and vs St George); the other two, labelled only "Newcastle vs NSW City," appear to be Country vs City representative fixtures, though Rugby League Project does not name the competition explicitly. No crowd figures recorded for any match; no finals, internationals or other historic matches found.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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