The Reserve
Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia
The Reserve, Bundaberg, Australia — opened Not documented, 3 rugby league games hosted, home of Wide Bay (Queensland representative side, 1920s touring fixtures only; not among the grounds listed for the modern Bundaberg Rugby League clubs).
Ground facts
| Opened | Not documented (No source gives an opening date; the earliest recorded match (1920) only proves the ground was in use by then. A similarly named Bundaberg venue, Salter Oval, was known before 1945 as the 'West End Recreation Reserve' -- but the date range does not line up cleanly with this venue's 1920-1928 matches, and no source explicitly ties the two together, so any connection between The Reserve and Salter Oval is disclosed as unconfirmed rather than assumed.) |
| Home club | Wide Bay (Queensland representative side, 1920s touring fixtures only; not among the grounds listed for the modern Bundaberg Rugby League clubs) |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 3 |
| Top recorded crowd | 4,000 |
| Years used | 1920–1928 |
| Location | Bundaberg, Queensland |
Name history
Rugby league history
A Bundaberg, Queensland venue used for representative rugby league fixtures against major international touring sides in the 1920s. All three recorded matches are Wide Bay's heavy losses to touring sides: Great Britain/Northern Union (1920, crowd 4,000), New Zealand (1921, crowd 2,000), and Great Britain again (1928, crowd 4,000, independently corroborated by Wikipedia's own 1928 Lions tour article, which matches Rugby League Project's date, score and crowd exactly). These large one-off crowds reflect the novelty of hosting international touring sides rather than the ground's everyday capacity. No capacity, floodlight or playing-surface information was found.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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