Wentworth Park
Sydney (Glebe), New South Wales, Australia
Wentworth Park, Sydney (Glebe), Australia — opened 1908, 467 rugby league games hosted, home of Glebe Dirty Reds (1908-1929, a foundation NSWRFL club that folded from the competition).
Sourcing caveat: No NSWRFL Grand Final at this ground was identified in sources found, and the database's total games-hosted figure and 'used 1908-2026' continuous-activity line are not fully corroborated by the sources checked — rugby league only returned there occasionally from 2018 onward.
Ground facts
| Opened | 1908 |
| Home club | Glebe Dirty Reds (1908-1929, a foundation NSWRFL club that folded from the competition) |
| Closed | 1929 (as Glebe's NSWRFL home — the club was expelled from the competition by a 13-12 committee vote at the end of that season); Balmain also played occasional home games there afterward, with the last top-flight rugby league match recorded as Round 2, 1931, Balmain 29-14 University |
| Site today | A greyhound racing venue since around 1932-1939 (sources disagree on the exact start year) and long the NSW headquarters of greyhound racing — though racing there was announced to end permanently on 16 October 2026 by the NSW Government; rugby league has occasionally returned since 2018, including a full-time Glebe return from 2023 |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 467 |
| Top recorded crowd | 50,000 (20,000 (Glebe v Balmain, 1915) — the database's 50,000 top-crowd figure was not corroborated in sources found and should be treated with caution; a separate 1910 Australasia v Great Britain Lions international at the ground is cited at around 15,000) |
| Years used | 1908–2026 |
| Location | Sydney (Glebe), New South Wales |
Name history
- Wentworth Park — 1908–present
Rugby league history
Wentworth Park was the home ground of the Glebe Dirty Reds, one of the NSWRFL's nine foundation clubs in 1908, for almost the whole of their 22-season top-flight history before the club was voted out of the competition at the end of 1929. Balmain played some home fixtures there in the years immediately after, with the last recorded top-flight match in 1931, before the ground's long conversion to a greyhound racing venue — itself now scheduled to end in 2026.
Notable games played here
| Date | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 8 Sep 1928 | 1928 NRL Finals — Semi-Final | Eastern Suburbs Roosters 26-13 North Sydney Bears |
| 14 Aug 1909 | 1909 NRL Finals — Semi-Final | Balmain Tigers 15-8 Eastern Suburbs Roosters |
| 15 Aug 1908 | 1908 NRL Finals — Semi-Final | South Sydney Rabbitohs 16-3 Glebe |
Only matches we have full, sourced records for are listed here — other historic games mentioned above may not have a dedicated match page built yet (World Cup coverage in particular is still expanding tournament by tournament).
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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