WACA
Location:	Perth, Western Australia
Established:	1890
Seating Capacity:	20,000
Owner(s)	W.A. Cricket Ass'n
Operator	W.A. Cricket Ass'n
First Test	Aus v Eng, December 11- December 16, 1970
Last Test	Aus v Eng, December 14- December 18, 2006
First ODI	Ind v NZ, December 9, 1980
Last ODI	Eng v NZ, January 30, 2007
Stands	Lillee-Marsh, Prindiville, Inverarity
Tenants	Western Warriors Western Reds (ARL/SL) (1995 - 1997) West Coast Eagles (AFL) (1987-2000) Fremantle Dockers (AFL) (1995-2000)

The WACA (pronounced wakka) is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. WACA are the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2207x1646, 478 KB) Summary Edited version of Image:Lille Marsh ZOOMED OUT 2. ... The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ... A Test match between South Africa and England in January 2005. ... The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... December 11 is the 345th day of the year (346th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 350th day of the year (351st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of the Commonwealth of Australia. ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A One-day International (ODI) cricket match is a one-day cricket match played between two international teams each representing a particular country. ... The Indian cricket team is an international cricket team representing India. ... is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ... is the 30th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Western Warriors (referred to as Retravison Warriors for sponsorship reasons) are an Australian first class cricket team based in Perth, Western Australia. ... The Western Reds were a Perth-based rugby league team, who played in the 1995 and 1996 Australian Rugby League competition, and, as the Perth Reds, in the 1997 Super League // Before the Reds Although touring Great Britain and French Rugby League teams had played tour matches in Perth, it... The Australian Rugby League (ARL) is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in Australia. ... The 1997 Australian Super League premiership (known as the Telstra Cup for sponsorship purposes) was contested by ten clubs. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. ... This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Fremantle FC logo The Fremantle Football Club, colloquially known as The Dockers, are one of 16 teams in the Australian Football League. ... This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular rugby football field to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football games This article is about the building type. ... The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the metropolitan area of Perth, Western Australia. ...

The WACA ground has been the 'home' of cricket in Western Australia since the early 1890s. The first Test match was played at the ground in 1970.[1] The WACA has also been the home ground of the state of Western Australia's domestic cricket team, currently known as the Western Warriors. The women's cricket team known as the Western Fury plays in the Women's National Cricket League. Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no... A Test match between South Africa and England in January 2005. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Western Warriors (referred to as Retravison Warriors for sponsorship reasons) are an Australian first class cricket team based in Perth, Western Australia. ... The 2nd Womens Test match between Australia and England in Sydney in 1935. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The Womens National Cricket League (WNCL) is the national competition for womens cricket in Australia. ...

The pitch at the WACA has historically been regarded as one of the quickest and bounciest in the world. These characteristics, in combination with the afternoon sea-breezes which regularly pass the ground (the Fremantle Doctor), have historically made the ground an attractive place for pace and swing bowlers. Much more recently however, it has been more of a spinner's pitch, as it has flattened out and suited batsmen more. Cricket pitch (not to scale) A wicket consists of three stumps that are placed into the ground, and topped with two bails. ... The Fremantle doctor is a cooling sea breeze which occours in Western Australia. ... In the sport of cricket there are two broad categories of bowlers: pace bowlers and spin bowlers. ... Swing bowling is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ... Spin bowling, sometimes known as slow bowling, is a technique used for bowling in the sport of cricket. ...

Throughout its history, the ground has also been used for a range of activities other than cricket, including Australian rules football, Soccer, Rugby League, International Rules, athletic carnivals and music concerts. However, recent years have seen many of these activities relocate to other venues, and today the ground is rarely used for sports other than cricket. Membership currently sits at around 7,000. High marking is a key skill and spectacular attribute of Australian rules football Precise field and goal kicking using the oval shaped ball is the key skill in Australian rules football Australian rules football, also known as Australian football, Aussie rules, or simply football or footy is a code of... A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ... Wally Lewis passing the ball in Rugby League State of Origin. ... International rules is a rhetoric sentence used by the governments of United States and Great Britain when pointing at countries that they regard as rogue states because of their political inclinations or because they do not voluntarily align to Washington or Londons international policies. ... A classical music concert in the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 2005 Kasia Kowalska concert in Warsaw A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. ...

Early History

An early coloured image of the Association ground in about 1910, with a large crowd watching a game in progress. Note the the original 1890's stand is evidently packed.

The Western Australian Cricket Association was officially established on November 25, 1885 under the Presidency of JCH James. In 1893, the WACA ground was officially opened, occupying a site of old swamp land to the east of the city. The Association has freehold title to the ground. Originally the title was for 29 acres (117,000 m²). However, part was sold to the Trotting Association in the early 1920s. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 329th day of the year (330th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... J.C.H. James John Charles Horsey James (born 30 January 1841 in Rome, Italy - died 3 February 1899 in Perth, Western Australia) was a magistrate in Western Australia and the inaugural president of the Western Australian Cricket Association from 1885. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Freehold is a term used in real estate or real property law, land held in fee simple, as opposed to leasehold, which is land which is leased. ...

The first match played on the turf wickets took place in February 1894. However, difficulties encountered in transporting teams to Western Australia meant that the ground was not part of Australia's main cricket community for many years. Even with the building of a trans-continental railway, the trip from the eastern states still took several days. It took the introduction of scheduled flights to Western Australia to make the WACA readily accessible to interstate or overseas teams. 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

Ground developments

WACA Scoreboard

In 1895 the first grandstand was built at the WACA Ground, seating 500 people and incorporating dressing rooms, a dining room, bathrooms, members’ rooms and bars. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 1. ... Year 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

In 1931 the Farley Stand was opened, named after WJ Farley (Association President 1915-1916 to 1916-17 and Secretary 1917-1918 to 1928-1929). Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the 1960s the Players Pavilion was built to provide facilities for the players and the WACA administration. Seating was later added to provide extra seating for the WACA's inaugural Test Match in 1970. The 1960s decade refers to the years from January 1, 1960 to December 31, 1969, inclusive. ... Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1954 the scoreboard was built, a donation from the North West Murchison Cricket Association. Year 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1970 the Inverarity Stand, named after Western Australian, South Australian and Australian player John Inverarity, was opened to celebrate the first Test Match to be played at the WACA. Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Robert John Inverarity (born January 31, 1944, Subiaco, Perth, Western Australia) is a former Test and first-class cricketer. ...

From 1984 to 1988 the WACA underwent major renovations, including a complete resurfacing of the ground and the construction of new terracing and seating in the outer. Also built were the three tiered Prindiville grandstand and two tiered Lillee-Marsh grandstand, which increased the ground's seating capacity. Six large light towers were also installed in 1986 at a cost of $4.2 million, allowing for night time sports such as day-night cricket matches to be played at the ground. An icon of the WACA, the floodlights are 70 metres high and cost $600 per hour to run. This article is about the year. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ... ...

The WACA facing north, showing the Inverarity Stand (left) and the Prindiville Stant (right)

These redevelopments also made the venue an attractive venue for sports other than cricket, and it was during the late 1980s and early 1990s that the ground saw its greatest use as a multi-sports venue. From 1987 to 2000, the ground was used by the West Coast Eagles, and from 1995 by the Fremantle Dockers, both Perth-based AFL teams. 72 AFL matches were held at the ground during this time. From 1995 to 1997 the WACA also served as the home ground for the Western Reds rugby league team. In the late 1990s the ground played host to the Perth Heat in the former Australian Baseball League. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 658 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The WACA. Taken in December 2006 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (2048 × 1536 pixel, file size: 658 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) The WACA. Taken in December 2006 I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... West Coast Eagles Football Club is an Australian rules football club competing in the Australian Football League. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers and known informally as Freo, is one of 16 teams in the Australian Football League. ... This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... The Western Reds were a Perth-based rugby league team, who played in the 1995 and 1996 Australian Rugby League competition, and, as the Perth Reds, in the 1997 Super League // Before the Reds Although touring Great Britain and French Rugby League teams had played tour matches in Perth, it... Wally Lewis passing the ball in Rugby League State of Origin. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... Heats Championships 1989-90 ? 1990-91 1st 1991-92 2nd 1992-93 2nd 1993-94 ? 1994-95 2nd 1995-96 ? 1996-97 1st 1997-98 ? 1998-99 ? The Perth Heat were one of the foundation members of the now defunct Australian Baseball League. ... The Australian Baseball League (ABL) was founded after the 1988 Claxton Shield; in the summer of 1989/90 the new League took to the field, with the Waverley Reds being the dominant team of the season. ...

However, for various reasons these sports moved away from the WACA (in the case of night football, to Subiaco Oval), and as a consequence the WACA was again redeveloped in 2002. This redevelopment resulted in much improved facilities for both players and spectators. The capacity of the ground was reduced to around 20,000 and the dimensions of the playing arena were also decreased by a total of 31 metres at the eastern and western boundaries, meaning Australian rules football can no longer be played at the ground. The use of temporary stands boosts the ground's capacity to 24,500. Subiaco Oval (, ) is the major sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

On 13 April 2007 the Western Australian Cricket Association announced a $250m redevelopment of the WACA. The WACA will have its seating capacity increased to 30,000 and will have two residential towers, two office blocks and a retail and entertainment precinct built. The WACA will be developed in partnership with Ascot Capital Limited.[2] [3] is the 103rd day of the year (104th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... For more coverage of cricket, go to the Cricket portal. ... ISO 4217 Code AUD User(s) Australia, Kiribati, Nauru, Tuvalu, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, and Norfolk Island Inflation 2. ...

Memorable events at the WACA

• Sir Donald Bradman playing at the ground for the first time and attracting a crowd in excess of 20,000 in 1932.
• South Australia's Barry Richards compiling 356 against Western Australia in 1970/1971, the 6th highest score in Sheffield Shield history.
• Australia's Greg Chappell scoring 108 on Test debut versus England, batting at 7, on December 13, 1970. Brian Luckhurst, Ian Redpath and John Edrich also got centuries in the draw (Scorecard).
• In February 1973 the Rolling Stones play a daytime concert at the WACA.
• Doug Walters hitting a century in a session against England in 1974, where he hit Bob Willis for six from the last ball of the day (Scorecard).
• The "miracle match" in 1976/1977 (semi final of the Gillette Cup domestic one day competition), in which Western Australia were bowled out by Queensland for 77, only to then restrict Queensland to 62. WA then narrowly won the final against Victoria.
• Australian Andrew Hilditch being dismissed handled the ball against Pakistan in March 1979. Pakistani batsman Sikander Bakht had been Mankaded by Alan Hurst earlier in the same day to end the Pakistan second innings. Whilst at the non-striker's end, Hilditch interrupted a throw from mid-on and passed the ball to the bowler Sarfraz Nawaz, who appealed. Strictly speaking, Hilditch had broken the law and the umpire was correct to rule him out. But the appeal was against the spirit of cricket and viewed as gamesmanship. It is the only handled the ball dismissal to occur at the non-striker's end (Scorecard).
• England's only Test win at the ground came during the World Series Cricket split in 1978/1979, when David Gower scored 102. Rodney Hogg took ten wickets for Australia (Scorecard).
• In December 1979 an incident known as "Heavy Metal" occurred at the ground. On the second day of the Test Match between Australia and England, Dennis Lillee emerged onto the field carrying not the traditional willow bat, but a cricket bat made from aluminium. After four deliveries and three runs, England captain Mike Brearley complained it was damaging the ball. Play was held up for ten minutes as the umpires persuaded Lillee to change to a piece of willow (Video). In the same match, Ian Botham took 11 for 176, including 6 for 78 and 5 for 98, which were his best figures against Australia (Scorecard).
• On 9 December 1980 the first one-day international match was played at the ground, between India and New Zealand, which India won by 5 runs (Scorecard).
• Described as "one of the most undignified incidents in Test history", the clash between Lillee and Pakistani batsman Javed Miandad in 1981, in which Miandad collided with Lillee, the bowler turned to confront Miandad, and Miandad lifted his bat above his head as if to strike him. The umpire Tony Crafter stepped in to hold back Lillee (Scorecard).
• Australian bowler Terry Alderman suffering a serious shoulder injury in 1982/1983 while tackling an English ground invader. Greg Chappell led his team off the ground for 14 minutes and 26 arrests were made (Scorecard).
• In 1984 the record one day cricket match crowd at WACA Ground. Australia vs West Indies (27,057) (Scorecard).
• The Benson & Hedges Perth Challenge, a one-off one-day international tournament held in late December 1986 and early January 1987 to help celebrate Australia's defence of the America's Cup yachting competition. Australia, England, Pakistan and the West Indies were the competitors, with England winning the tournament (Scorecards).
• Merv Hughes taking a hat trick in the Test against the West Indies in 1988/1989, and going on to take 8-87 in the innings. He ended up with 13-217 for the match, the most wickets taken at the ground in a Test match. In the same Test, Australian tail-end batsman Geoff Lawson had his jaw broken by a Curtly Ambrose bouncer (Scorecard).
• New Zealander Mark Greatbatch scored 146 not out off 485 balls against Australia in November 1989. The match was drawn. Greatbatch was at the crease for 14 hours (3 days) to save New Zealand from defeat. He received a standing ovation at the end of the game. Greatbatch’s masterful defensive innings is still considered by many pundits to be one of the greatest cricket centuries ever, under the circumstances (Scorecard).
• Geoff Marsh scoring 355* for Western Australia v South Australia in December 1989. This is the highest ever individual score at the ground by a West Australian. It is also the 28th highest score in first class history, and the 10th highest by an Australian. During this innings Marsh shared a 1st wicket partnership of 431 with Mike Veletta, the highest ever first wicket partnership for Western Australia in interstate cricket.
• Steve Waugh and Mark Waugh put on a record Australian first class partnership of 464*, Western Australia v New South Wales, 1990.
• In 1990/1991, Craig McDermott recorded career-best figures of 8 for 97 against England, and collected 11 victims for the match (Scorecard).
• On 30 January 1993, Curtly Ambrose had a stunning spell of 7-1 (eventually 7/25) as Australia crashed from 3-85 to 119 all out (Scorecard).
• The largest crowd at the WACA of 34,317 attended to see the AFL Preliminary Final between the West Coast Eagles and the Melbourne Football Club, 24th September 1994.
• Australia's Mark Waugh lofting a delivery from New Zealand spinner Daniel Vettori onto the roof of the Lillee-Marsh stand at the southern end of the ground in 1997/1998 (Scorecard).
• In 1999 the Perth Glory play in National Soccer League finals at the WACA.
• The Western Warriors defeating the Queensland Bulls in the final of the 1999/2000 Australian one day domestic competition. WA batted first and made 301. Queensland then raced to 1/202 in the 30th over, only to collapse to be all out for 256 in the 46th over.
• On December 1, 2000, Australia's Glenn McGrath took a Test hat-trick, dismissing the West Indian batsmen Sherwin Campbell, Brian Lara, and then-captain Jimmy Adams, taking his 300th Test wicket in the process (Lara), after publicly announcing that it he would like Lara to be his 300th scalp (Scorecard).
• The Western Warriors defeating KwaZulu-Natal in the Champions Cup one-day tournament in 2000/2001.
• Shane Warne scored his highest Test score of 99 against New Zealand, 2 December 2001 (Scorecard).
• Australia's Matthew Hayden scoring a then Test-record 380 against Zimbabwe in 2003. During the second session of the second day, he and Adam Gilchrist both scored a century in a session. Australia ended declaring its innings at 735-6, the highest ever compiled at the ground in tests (Scorecard).
• In 2004, at the age of 34, Glenn McGrath took eight wickets for 24 runs against Pakistan, his best Test bowling figures, the second-best ever by an Australian, and the best ever Test bowling figures at the WACA (Scorecard).
• On January 12, 2005, the WACA hosted Australia's first Twenty20 match, played between the Western Warriors and the Victorian Bushrangers. It drew a sellout crowd of 20,700 - the largest seen at the ground for many years.
• Chris Rogers and Marcus North putting on a record domestic third wicket partnership of 459, Western Australia v Victoria, October 2006. Rogers' score of 279 was the second highest ever by a West Australian, behind the 355* that Geoff Marsh scored at the same ground in December 1989.
• Monty Panesar became the first English spin bowler to take five wickets in an innings in a Test match at the ground when taking 5 for 92 in Australia's first innings in the 3rd Ashes Test match December 2006.
• Australian wicket keeper Adam Gilchrist hitting the second fastest hundred in Test Match history, off 57 balls, in the 3rd Ashes Test match, December 2006. This was just one more ball than the record set by Viv Richards in 1985/1986. It eclipsed the previous Australian record of a hundred off 67 balls set by Jack Gregory at Johannesburg in 1921-1922. Gilchrist did not score a run from seven of his first nine deliveries.
• Australia regained the Ashes with a 206-run defeat over England on the 18th December 2006 after England held them for just 436 days (Scorecard).

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Current WACA Board

• Chairman - D J Williams
• President - D K Lillee
• Vice Presidents - W J Edwards, C A C Fear, G M Wood & J B Gannon
• Honorary Treasurer - A D Rule
• Members Representatives - D H Foster, W D Hill, R M McLean, K J Penter, J Shepherd & D J Williams
• Club Cricket Council Representatives - P L Murphy, I Waite, M A Weinman, J A Worland

The Association

WACA logo

The current President of the WACA is former Australian Test Cricketer, Dennis Lillee. Image File history File links Wacalogo. ... Image File history File links Wacalogo. ... Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ... Dennis Keith Lillee (born July 18, 1949 in Subiaco, Western Australia) was an Australian cricketer. ...

The current Chief Executive Officer is another former Australian Test Cricketer Graeme Wood. Graeme Malcolm Wood (born November 6, 1956, East Fremantle, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 59 Tests and 83 ODIs from 1978 to 1989. ...

The Association also hosts a popular annual cricket festival at Lilac Hill in Guildford between a Chairman's XI and the visiting International XI team. The first match in 1990 drew a crowd of 12,000 to watch the hosts play the England XI. Lilac Hill is a picturesque cricket ground in Western Australia in the Perth suburb of Guildford, where the Swan River wraps itself around its southern and eastern sides. ... Guildford, Western Australia Guildford was established in 1829 on the Swan River, being sited near a permiment fresh water supply. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... The logo of the England Cricket Team which shows the three Lions of England below a five-pointed crown The England cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales, operating under the auspices of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). ...

Pura Cup Competition

Main article: Western Warriors

The Western Warriors (referred to as Retravison Warriors for sponsorship reasons) are an Australian first class cricket team based in Perth, Western Australia. ...

See also

Cricket Portal

• List of Test cricket grounds

Image File history File links Portal. ... The first Test cricket match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) situated in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Australia, in 1877. ...

External links

• WACA official Website
• Ground profile at Cricinfo

Coordinates: 31°57′35.47″S, 115°52′46.59″E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... AAMI Stadium, formerly known as Football Park, is an AFL stadium located in West Lakes, Adelaide, South Australia. ... The Brisbane Cricket Ground is a major sports stadium in the Queensland capital of Brisbane. ... “MCG” redirects here. ... Not to be confused with Skilled Park, future home ground of the Gold Coast Titans. ... Subiaco Oval (, ) is the major sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. ... The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) (, ) is a cricket stadium in Sydney. ... This page is for Telstra Dome, Melbourne. ... This page is for Telstra Stadium, Sydney. ... York Park (now known as Aurora Stadium) is the major Australian rules football ground located in Inveresk, an inner city suburb of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. ... Carrara Stadium or Carrara Sports Complex is a sporting venue on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Carrara. ... Manuka Oval hosts AFL matches in winter and cricket in summer. ... TIO Stadium (also known as Football Park and originally as Marrara Oval) is a sports ground in Darwin, Australia. ... Arden St. ... Fitzroy Memorial Rotunda, erected in 1925 Edinburgh Gardens is a large park located in North Fitzroy. ... Corio Oval was an Australian Football ground, located in Geelong, Victoria and used by the Geelong Football Club in the VFL from 1897-1941. ... The East Melbourne Cricket Ground (EMCG) was a sports venue vocated in East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed The Hawks, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). ... The Junction Oval is a sports ground in Melbourne, Australia. ... The Lake Oval is a football stadium that was used primarily for Australian rules football. ... Moorabbin Oval is an Australian Rules Football oval based in Linton Street, Moorabbin, Victoria, Australia. ... With an all-seated capacity of 35,000, MC Labour Park (or Princes Park Football Ground) has been the home ground of the Carlton Football Club since the formation of the VFL/AFL in 1897, and is the single longest serving ground in the competition. ... Punt Road Oval is a football ground located in Richmond, Australia. ... Since Collingwoods departure the famous ground has moved upmarket with its conversion to a Council tip. ... Waverley Park (formerly VFL Park and then AFL Park) was an often controversial Australian rules football stadium in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Whitten Oval is a stadium in the western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. ... Windy Hill (officially known as Essendon Recreation Reserve) is an Australian rules football ground located in Essendon, Victoria, a suburb in the northwest of the Melbourne metropolitan area. ...

Sources

Anthony J. Barker, The WACA: An Australian Cricket Success Story, Allen & Unwin, 1998.