Woodville Oval is primarily an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 oval found on Oval Avenue in Woodville, South Australia

Woodville, South Australia

Woodville is a suburb of Adelaide, situated about 8 kilometres northwest of the Central Business District of Adelaide. It lies within the City of Charles Sturt. The postcode of Woodville is 5011...

. It is the home of South Australian National Football League

South Australian National Football League

The South Australian National Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia....

 (SANFL) club Woodville-West Torrens

Woodville-West Torrens Football Club

Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League . It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991...

 and the former home of the Woodville Football Club

Woodville Football Club

Woodville Football Club was an Australian rules football club that competed in the South Australian National Football League from 1964 to 1990, when it merged with the West Torrens Football Club to form the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles....

 as well as being the home of the Woodville Cricket Club who play in the South Australian Grade Cricket League

South Australian Grade Cricket League

South Australian Grade Cricket is the semi-professional State league based in metropolitan Adelaide, South Australia. It is currently the highest level of cricket played in South Australia outside first class cricket...

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The oval has a capacity of 15,000 people, with seating for up to 2,000 in two covered stands. The playing surface of the oval is 175m x 115m making it the second longest currently in use in the SANFL behind Elizabeth Oval

Elizabeth Oval

Elizabeth Oval, , is an Australian rules football stadium located in Elizabeth, a northern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia....

 (178m). The ground record attendance was set on 9 August 1986 when 11,026 saw Woodville Warriors defeat their hated western suburbs 'big brother' Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide Magpies

The Port Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the South Australian National Football League...

14.11 (95) to 13.11 (89) in their Round 18 match.

Adjoining the Oval is the Woodville Lawn Bowling Club, the Woodville Croquet Club and the Woodville Glengarry Tennis Club, with both lawn and hardcourts it is one of the largest multi surface tennis clubs in the western suburbs of Adelaide.