Toowong Memorial Park
Brisbane (Toowong), Queensland, Australia
Toowong Memorial Park, Brisbane (Toowong), Australia — opened 1918 (as Toowong Park), 4 rugby league games hosted, home of For rugby league (1914-1927 only): Rugby League Project's own team page lists Toowong Memorial Park as the Toowong club's home ground during its 1914 season, a Brisbane Rugby League (QRL) club. The ground's dominant, long-term identity is as a rugby union venue -- Western Districts Rugby Football Club ("Wests Bulldogs"), originally founded as Toowong Rugby Club, is described by Wikipedia as "the only remaining sporting club to still use the park." Other historic tenants (non-league) include Toowong Cricket Club (until 1999), Auchenflower Bowls Club (1920-2003) and Toowong Harriers..
Ground facts
| Opened | 1918 (as Toowong Park) (A general park-declaration date, not rugby-league-specific, and in tension with this venue's own recorded rugby league history: Wikipedia states the land was declared a park reserve, named "Toowong Park," on 7 September 1918 -- yet Rugby League Project's own results page (independently re-checked via direct re-fetch) records a rugby league match here on 15 August 1914, four years before that formal declaration. Neither source resolves this; it is disclosed as a genuine, unresolved discrepancy rather than assumed to be an RLP dating error or an informal pre-gazettal use of the site.) |
| Home club | For rugby league (1914-1927 only): Rugby League Project's own team page lists Toowong Memorial Park as the Toowong club's home ground during its 1914 season, a Brisbane Rugby League (QRL) club. The ground's dominant, long-term identity is as a rugby union venue -- Western Districts Rugby Football Club ("Wests Bulldogs"), originally founded as Toowong Rugby Club, is described by Wikipedia as "the only remaining sporting club to still use the park." Other historic tenants (non-league) include Toowong Cricket Club (until 1999), Auchenflower Bowls Club (1920-2003) and Toowong Harriers. |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 4 |
| Top recorded crowd | 0 |
| Capacity | 1,500 total, including 300 seats -- single-sourced (Austadiums), not independently corroborated. |
| Floodlights installed | Yes, per the same single source. |
| Surface | Grass, realigned as part of a 2017 redevelopment. |
| First rugby league match | 15 Aug 1914 -- QRL 1914, Round 8: Toowong 27 def West End 7 (independently re-verified via direct re-fetch of Rugby League Project's results page -- see opened_caveat) |
| Last rugby league match | 20 Aug 1927 -- Brisbane Rugby League 1927, Round 14: Wests 27 def Queensland University 18 |
| Years used | 1914–1927 |
| Location | Brisbane (Toowong), Queensland |
Name history
- Toowong Park — 1918-1922
- Toowong Memorial Park — 1922-present, following the 1922 unveiling of the Toowong Soldiers' Memorial
- Sci-Fleet Stadium / Sedgman Oval — current informal/naming-rights-style labels used by some listings, not independently confirmed
Rugby league history
Rugby league use is confined to a 1914-1927 window, after which the ground transitioned to its enduring identity as a rugby union venue. Multi-sport history includes cricket (until 1999), lawn bowls (1920-2003), athletics, and basketball (hosted Australian Basketball Championships and a 1994 World Masters Games venue). A major 2017 redevelopment added a new Wests Bulldogs clubhouse and realigned the playing field; the ground still hosts Anzac Day ceremonies reflecting its WWI memorial origins, and has more recently hosted Super Rugby trial matches (e.g. Fijian Drua vs Force, February 2023) in its rugby union life.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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