Trumper Park Oval
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Trumper Park Oval is a sporting oval in Paddington, New South Wales.
The oval is located at the corner of Glenmore Road & Hampden Street, Paddington and is named in honour of Victor Trumper. The oval caters for cricket
as well as Australian Rules and athletics. A series of walking trails connect surrounding streets.
At the opening of the oval there was a great demonstration of community feeling - the owners of produce stores gave bags of potatoes, butchers in the district gave a sheep each, bakers gave bread and grocers gave jams and tea. A bullock was roasted whole and various games were held, including a fancy dress cricket match in which Trumper played.
The name of park was changed in 1931 to honour one of Paddington's cricketing heroes, Victor Trumper
( 1877-1915).
The oval is located at the corner of Glenmore Road & Hampden Street, Paddington and is named in honour of Victor Trumper. The oval caters for cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
as well as Australian Rules and athletics. A series of walking trails connect surrounding streets.
History
Originally named Hampden Park Oval, the ground was built on a reclaimed swamp (Glenmore Brook runs down and under its middle), an old quarry and a garbage dump. It had to be built up by as much as 13 feet in some places in order to turn it into a cricket oval. It was named in honour of Viscount Hampden, Governor of New South Wales (1895-99) - Hampden Street alongside the park was originally named Ebenezer Street.At the opening of the oval there was a great demonstration of community feeling - the owners of produce stores gave bags of potatoes, butchers in the district gave a sheep each, bakers gave bread and grocers gave jams and tea. A bullock was roasted whole and various games were held, including a fancy dress cricket match in which Trumper played.
The name of park was changed in 1931 to honour one of Paddington's cricketing heroes, Victor Trumper
Victor Trumper
Victor Thomas Trumper was an Australian cricketer known as the most stylish and versatile batsman of the Golden Age of cricket, capable of playing match-winning innings on wet wickets his contemporaries found unplayable. Archie MacLaren said of him, "Compared to Victor I was a cab-horse to a Derby...
( 1877-1915).
Current Sporting Teams
The oval is currently home to the following sporting groups;- UTS Australian Football ClubUTS Australian Football ClubThe UTS Australian Football Club , also known as "The Bats", is an Australian rules football club based in the eastern Sydney suburb of Paddington, which plays its home games at Trumper Park Oval, Paddington. The club is affiliated with the University of Technology, Sydney...
- Eastern Suburbs Juniors
- Eastern Suburbs Junior Athletics
- Eastern Suburbs Cricket Club
Stands
In its present configuration the Frank Dixon grandstand is a single, ground level grandstand. The grandstand was reduced in size in the mid 80's to refelct the current usage.- Frank Dixon Stand - Built 1936 - General public admission.