Oakes Oval
Cricket pitch in Lismore
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Oakes Oval (known prior to 1957 as the Recreation Ground) is a cricket ground in Lismore, New South Wales, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1934 when the Richmond River Colts played the New South Wales Colts.[4] The ground held matches in the 1978 and 1979 World Series Cricket.[4] It held its first first-class match in 1979 when New South Wales played Queensland in the Sheffield Shield. The next first-class match to be staged there came in 1991 when New South Wales played the touring Indians. A further first-class match was held there in the 2006 Pura Cup between New South Wales and Victoria.[5] A single List A match was played there in 1992 when New South Wales played the touring West Indians.[6]
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| Full name | Oakes Oval |
|---|---|
| Location | Lismore, New South Wales |
| Capacity | 10,000–12,000[1][2] |
| Type | Sports venue |
| Surface | grass |
| Record attendance | 8,612 24/02/07: NRL Pre-Season: Parramatta Eels v Gold Coast Titans[3] |
| Field shape | Oval |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1934 (first recorded match) |
| Tenants | |
| New South Wales cricket team (Sheffield Shield) (1979–2006) New South Wales Country Eagles (NRC) (2014–present) | |
| Ground information | |
| Website | Ground profile |
| International information | |
| Only WODI | 13 January 1993: Australia v  New Zealand |
| As of 1 September 2020 Source: CricketArchive | |
A single Women's One Day International was played there in 1993 when the Australia Women's Cricket Team played the New Zealand Women's Cricket Team in a day/night match.[7]
Other sports to be played at the ground include both rugby union and rugby league, as well as soccer.[1] Oakes Oval is also one of the home grounds for the NSW Country Eagles team that plays in the National Rugby Championship.[8][9]