North Hobart Oval

North Hobart Oval
North Hobart Oval during an A-League match, September 2014
North Hobart Oval is located in Hobart
North Hobart Oval
North Hobart Oval
Location in Hobart
LocationArgyle Street, North Hobart, Tasmania
Coordinates42°52′4″S 147°18′57″E / 42.86778°S 147.31583°E / -42.86778; 147.31583
OwnerCity of Hobart
OperatorCity of Hobart
Capacity10,000[1]
Field size150 m × 105 m (492 ft × 344 ft)[2]
SurfaceGrass
Construction
Broke ground1921
Opened1922
Tenants

North Hobart Oval is a sports venue in North Hobart, Tasmania. Formerly used primarily for Australian rules football widely regarded as the traditional home of Australian football in Tasmania. However since the 1950s it has also become one of the main soccer, rugby league and rugby union venues in Tasmania.

The ground holds the record crowd for Australian rules football in Tasmania, also the highest for any football code in the state: 24,968 for the 1979 TANFL grand final.

  1. ^ "North Hobart Oval". Austadiums. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  2. ^ Atkinson, Cody; Lawson, Sean (15 June 2022). "From the SCG to Kardinia Park — do ground sizes contribute to the end result in AFL games?". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 19 February 2024.