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sell its ground at
Waverley in favour of the Docklands stadium in central Melbourne. "Waverley is an incredible oval in the middle of suburbia that now has this radiating pattern of houses," ... "People couldn't really access it that easily,". Mr Boyd Barber said Lavington Oval contained the same elements as Waverley, in that it had simply become nonviable to have a huge stadium in such a residential location. "You've got an oval on the outer fringe of an urban area that is slowly being encroached on by development,".
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Lavington and Wodonga Bulldogs), as well as representative Australian Rules football and cricket matches. It was also the venue for the rugby league tour game in 1951 where a team of virtual unknowns representing Riverina upset France, who at the time were possibly the best test nation in the
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published an article titled "Lavington Oval 'in the wrong spot' for major events" in which Andrew Boyd Barber (a
University of Melbourne post-graduate urban design student) said: "Albury Council should start planning for an upgraded sportsground precinct." He went on to cite the AFL's decision to
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In May 2020, the Albury Sports Ground hosted the
Melbourne Storm for a pre-season training capacity in preparation for recommencing the delayed 2020 NRL Season. The Storm were originally slated to train at Albury community Rugby League venue Greenfields Park, however a decision by the Albury City
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In previous summers the venue was used for cricket, with a turf wicket, and in this capacity serves as the home of the Albury Tigers side in the
Cricket Albury-Wodonga Provincial competition. The turf wicket was removed in the early 2000's and the cricket club was relocated.
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world. Riverina won 20–10, thank mostly to the boot of their fullback Koch, who kicked 7 goals. It has also hosted cultural events such as rock concerts and carols by candlelight, as well as hosting a stage of the Royal Tour by
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Lavington Sports Ground in the 1970s, it has in the past hosted the O&MFL grand final (
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1910: The Murray River broke its banks and flooded the park.
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417:"Albury Sports Ground 1910s in flood. Old Photo"
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16:Not to be confused with
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667:Lavington Sports Ground
242:. The oval is near the
18:Lavington Sports Ground
1079:Mineral Resources Park
445:"Concept makes splash"
264:Albury Botanic Gardens
1109:Sydney Cricket Ground
1054:Austworld Centre Oval
882:Brunswick Street Oval
785:Sydney Cricket Ground
1084:Mission Whitten Oval
1059:Brighton Homes Arena
780:People First Stadium
662:Albury Sports Ground
314:On 9 March 2016 the
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232:Albury Sports Ground
187:Albury Tigers C.C. (
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26:Albury Sports Ground
637:Wangaratta West End
433:. 28 February 2014.
343:18.10 (118) defeat
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794:Secondary grounds:
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256:Albury Swim Centre
202:Ground information
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857:Albury Oval
826:TIO Stadium
816:Manuka Oval
643:West Albury
640:Weir United
625:Springhurst
596:East Albury
572:Barnawartha
316:Border Mail
308:Border Mail
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73:Coordinates
47:Albury Oval
1139:Categories
1089:NEC Hangar
1002:Windy Hill
936:Motordrome
901:Euroa Oval
892:Corio Oval
618:Rutherglen
576:Beechworth
554:Yarrawonga
534:Wangaratta
524:Myrtleford
392:References
216:"West End"
1104:RSEA Park
1074:Ikon Park
1039:AAMI Park
926:Lake Oval
755:The Gabba
634:Wahgunyah
608:Hume Weir
602:Excelsior
519:Lavington
240:Australia
208:End names
160:Renovated
66:Australia
681:See also
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599:Eldorado
588:Chiltern
569:Balldale
361:Victoria
357:COVID-19
122:Capacity
54:Location
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605:Howlong
581:Benalla
544:Wodonga
502:Current
289:History
273:in the
252:netball
173:Tenants
139:Surface
655:Venues
592:Corowa
563:Former
509:Albury
363:, the
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152:Opened
58:Albury
32:A.S.G.
495:Clubs
375:Other
183:OMFNL
163:2016
155:1890s
111:Owner
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