The Showgrounds | |
Full name | Norm Minns Oval |
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Former names | Wangaratta Showgrounds |
Location | Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia |
Coordinates | 36°20′47.12″S 146°18′53.98″E / 36.3464222°S 146.3149944°E |
Owner | Rural City of Wangaratta |
Capacity | 15,000 approx.[1] |
Record attendance | 11,000 (2 March 2013: AFL Pre-Season: Essendon vs. Richmond) |
Surface | Santa Ana couch grass/turf cricket wicket(Oval) |
Scoreboard | Digital |
Construction | |
Opened | 1855 |
Renovated | 1991 (oval) |
Tenants | |
Wangaratta Magpies F.N.C. (OMFNL) Wangaratta Magpies C.C. (WDCA) | |
Ground information | |
Owner | Rural City of Wangaratta |
End names | |
"Northern End" "Southern End" / "City End" | |
International information | |
Source: Ground profile |
The Wangaratta Showgrounds is situated on the banks of the Ovens River, close to central Wangaratta and provides a large venue for a host of local sports and community clubs.
It has hosted the Wangaratta Agricultural Show since 1860 and the annual Wangaratta Athletic Carnival since 1917.
The sports oval is a major North Eastern cricket and football venue in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia and is known as the Norm Minns Oval.