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Thebarton Oval
Thebarton Oval is an Australian rules football venue located in the Adelaide suburb of Torrensville. It is expected to become the training facility and headquarters of the Adelaide Football Club from late 2026, following the completion of redevelopment works that began in 2025.
The venue was the home of the West Torrens Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1922 until the end of 1989, when it moved to Football Park shortly before merging with Woodville.
Thebarton Oval has a rich sporting and cultural history; being home over the years to a number of other sports including harness racing, cricket, speedway, soccer, gridiron, baseball, cycling, and rugby league.
In the 1920s and early 1930s Thebarton Oval hosted weekly harness racing meetings. Brooklyn Park locals and popular SA harness racing pioneers Malcolm Allan and his wife Mary McGowan were weekly winners, riding horses such as Woodnuts Choice, Huon Wood, Western Queen, Seaweed and Silent Ways. (see Brooklyn Park for information about Allan and McGowan).
Thebarton Oval was also the home ground for the West Torrens District Cricket Club and home oval for Ron Hamence (member of Bradman's 1948 Invincibles), Bruce Dooland, Phil Ridings and World Series Cricket hero David Hookes.
The record crowd at Thebarton was set on 26 May 1962 when 20,832 fans turned up to see West Torrens take on SANFL rivals Norwood.
After first playing their home games at Jubilee Oval (1887-1904) and Hindmarsh Oval (1905-1921), West Torrens moved from Hindmarsh to the nearby Thebarton Oval in 1922. Thebarton would remain the home of West Torrens until 1989. During these years players such as Bob Hank, Lindsay Head MBE, Fred Bills, Matt Rendell, Bruce Lindsay and Michael Long called Thebarton Oval home.
The Eagles moved to Football Park for 1990 before their perilous financial situation forced them into a merger with the Woodville Football Club from 1991. The new club would be known as the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles and would use the Warriors ground Woodville Oval as their home base.
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Thebarton Oval
Thebarton Oval is an Australian rules football venue located in the Adelaide suburb of Torrensville. It is expected to become the training facility and headquarters of the Adelaide Football Club from late 2026, following the completion of redevelopment works that began in 2025.
The venue was the home of the West Torrens Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) from 1922 until the end of 1989, when it moved to Football Park shortly before merging with Woodville.
Thebarton Oval has a rich sporting and cultural history; being home over the years to a number of other sports including harness racing, cricket, speedway, soccer, gridiron, baseball, cycling, and rugby league.
In the 1920s and early 1930s Thebarton Oval hosted weekly harness racing meetings. Brooklyn Park locals and popular SA harness racing pioneers Malcolm Allan and his wife Mary McGowan were weekly winners, riding horses such as Woodnuts Choice, Huon Wood, Western Queen, Seaweed and Silent Ways. (see Brooklyn Park for information about Allan and McGowan).
Thebarton Oval was also the home ground for the West Torrens District Cricket Club and home oval for Ron Hamence (member of Bradman's 1948 Invincibles), Bruce Dooland, Phil Ridings and World Series Cricket hero David Hookes.
The record crowd at Thebarton was set on 26 May 1962 when 20,832 fans turned up to see West Torrens take on SANFL rivals Norwood.
After first playing their home games at Jubilee Oval (1887-1904) and Hindmarsh Oval (1905-1921), West Torrens moved from Hindmarsh to the nearby Thebarton Oval in 1922. Thebarton would remain the home of West Torrens until 1989. During these years players such as Bob Hank, Lindsay Head MBE, Fred Bills, Matt Rendell, Bruce Lindsay and Michael Long called Thebarton Oval home.
The Eagles moved to Football Park for 1990 before their perilous financial situation forced them into a merger with the Woodville Football Club from 1991. The new club would be known as the Woodville-West Torrens Eagles and would use the Warriors ground Woodville Oval as their home base.