Manuka Oval
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| Location | Manuka, Australian Capital Territory |
| Opened | 1929 |
| Closed | N/A |
| Demolished | N/A |
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| Surface | grass |
| Construction cost | Unknown |
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Manuka Oval is a 15,000 capacity stadium (10,000 seated) located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital. The stadium is home to many events throughout the year, including cricket matches in the summer months and Australian rules football matches in the winter months.
Work began on Manuka Oval to erect a fence, along with other improvements made in 1929. The field had previously been used to casually play rugby league and AFL football. The first cricket pitch was played on in April 1930. In 2004, Manuka Oval celebrated the 75th anniversary of it being formally established.
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[edit] Sports Played
[edit] Cricket
The Prime Minister's XI is played at the oval each year, and in 1992 the ground hosted a one-day international between South Africa and Zimbabwe, as part of the 1992 Cricket World Cup. It's also home to the Canberra Comets who played in the Mercantile Mutual Cup from the 1997/98 season to the 1999/2000 season, they now play in the Cricket Australia Cup. Manuka is looking to host a test match in the year 2013 to celebrate Canberra's 100th anniversary, it would likely be against India or New Zealand.
[edit] Australian Rules Football
The stadium was a home venue to the Kangaroos Football Club, a Melbourne based club in the Australian Football League who played three games at the ground each year. However 2006 was the final year with the Kangaroos playing at Manuka after playing games in Canberra since 1998, this is because they have agreed to play games on the Gold Coast instead of Canberra. Brent Harvey is the only player to have played all 18 AFL games played at Manuka.It was announced on the 16th of August 2006 that Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs would play one premiership match each, from 2007-2009. Manuka also hosts games in the AFL Canberra competition including all finals.
[edit] Other
Manuka has also hosted Rugby union and league with the Canberra Raiders playing a home game there, in 2001.
[edit] 2006 Schedule
The following matches are scheduled for 2006 at Manuka Oval.
| Date | Teams | Sport | Competition | Crowd |
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| 25 February | Kangaroos Football Club v. Sydney Swans | Australian rules football | NAB Cup | 5,336 |
| 23 April | Kangaroos Football Club v. West Coast Eagles | Australian rules football | AFL premiership | 9,541 |
| 4 June | Kangaroos Football Club v. Sydney Swans | Australian rules football | AFL premiership | 14,992* |
| 30 July | Kangaroos Football Club v. Geelong Cats | Australian rules football | AFL premiership | 9,561 |
| 10 November | Prime Minister's XI v. England | Cricket | Friendly | 11,000** |
| 10 December | New South Wales Blues v. Victorian Bushrangers | Cricket | Ford Ranger One Day Cup |
*Record crowd
**Reduce capacity for PM’s XI(game sold out)
[edit] Curator's residence
A two-storey curator's residence is attached to the oval. It was built in the 1930s in the style typically used by the Federal Capital Commission.
