Location | Devonport, Tasmania |
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Coordinates | 41°10′1″S 146°21′32″E / 41.16694°S 146.35889°E |
Owner | Devonport City Council |
Operator | Devonport City Council |
Capacity | 10,000[1] |
Surface | Grass |
Opened | c. 1937 |
Tenants | |
Devonport Football Club (TSL & NWFL) Devonport Cricket Club Tasmania Devils (VFL) (2001-2005) Hawthorn Football Club (AFL) (2022) | |
Ground information | |
End names | |
Bass Strait End Southern End | |
International information | |
Only ODI | 3 February 1987: England v West Indies |
As of 8 January 2016 Source: Cricinfo |
Devonport Oval is an Australian rules football, cricket and athletics stadium in Devonport, Tasmania. It is the home stadium for the Devonport Football Club in the Tasmanian State League (TSL) and for the Devonport Cricket Club in the NWTCA competition. The oval also hosts the Devonport Athletics & Cycling Carnival each year and regularly attracts interstate competitors. The stadium has a capacity of 13,000 people, and has recently undergone upgrades for increased lighting to be used for night football matches in the TSL in 2009. There has been recent talk of selling the Devonport Oval, along with the East Devonport Oval and two other local recreation facilities, to fund a new sporting precinct in Devonport.[2]