Alberton Oval

Alberton Oval
Construction
The Fos Williams Family Stand (Left) and Robert B. Quinn MM Grandstand (Right) seen from the Allan Scott Power Headquarters.
Former names	Queen and Albert Oval
Location	cnr Brougham Place and Queen St, Alberton, South Australia
Coordinates	34°51′52″S 138°31′10″E / 34.86444°S 138.51944°E / -34.86444; 138.51944Coordinates: 34°51′52″S 138°31′10″E / 34.86444°S 138.51944°E / -34.86444; 138.51944
Public transit	Cheltenham Station Alberton Station
Owner	City of Port Adelaide Enfield
Operator	Port Adelaide Football Club
Capacity	15,000^[1]
Record attendance	22,738 (Port Adelaide vs Norwood, 11 June 1977)
Field size	170 by 130 metres (185.9 yd × 142.2 yd)
Surface	Grass
Broke ground	1877
Opened	8 November 1877 (139 years ago)
Construction cost	Property: Donated by John Formby. Construction: ₤500 ^[2]
Tenants
Port Adelaide Football Club (1880-present) Port Adelaide Cricket Club (1896-1996)

Alberton Oval is located in Alberton, a north-western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. The ground is a public park and exclusively leased to the Port Adelaide Football Club for Australian rules football.

History

With the nearby Queenstown Oval built upon in 1876, the Alberton and Queenstown Council opted to construct a cricketing ground on the land adjacent Brougham Place in 1876.^[3] The land was donated by the former Mayor of Port Adelaide, John Formby.^[4] The Queen and Albert Oval was officially opened on 8 November 1877 for a game between the touring Tasmanian cricket team and a selected eleven of the Queen and Albert Cricket Association.^[5]

Port Adelaide Football Club

While several teams played at the Alberton Oval in the ground's early days, it is most famous for being the training and administration base for the Port Adelaide Football Club since it played its first game on 15 May 1880 and defeated the original, now-defunct Kensington Football Club 1-nil.

Port Adelaide still plays its SANFL games at the ground, although AFL games are played at Adelaide Oval and, between 1997 and 2013, at AAMI Stadium.

All of the club's teams, including its AFL team and its SANFL League and Academy teams, conduct their principal trainings at the ground.

The Allan Scott Power Headquarters stands adjacent to the oval. So too does The Port Club, a social venue for the club's supporters and players, which was opened on 14 November 1954.

Alberton is regarded as the "spiritual home" of Port Adelaide^[6] due to the club (in the SANFL) playing almost all of their homes games there since commencing its tenancy. The club's AFL team usually plays one or two trial games at the ground during the pre-season.

Many notable Port Adelaide players have played matches on the ground, including four time SANFL Magarey Medal winner and club games record holder (392) Russell Ebert, nine time premiership coach Fos Williams, local junior and future Carlton player Craig Bradley, 1992 Best and Fairest winner Nathan Buckley, 1993 Brownlow Medallist Gavin Wanganeen and Port Adelaide's first ever AFL coach, John Cahill who also coached the club to 10 SANFL premierships.^[7]

Cricket

Alberton Oval was used as a cricket ground during summer between 1877 and 1996.

Following the opening game between Tasmania and the Queen and Albert Cricket Association in 1877, the ground became the home of the new Port Adelaide Cricket Club in 1897 and remained so until the end of 1996.

Cricket and football shared the use of the oval for a century, until the Port Adelaide Football Club was elevated into the AFL in 1997 and required the full-year use of the ground.^[8]

The cricket club now plays games at the Port Reserve in Port Adelaide.

Structure

The Fos Williams Family Stand is visible in the background during the 1996 SANFL Grand Final celebrations at Alberton Oval.

The grounds main stands and features are:

Fos Williams Family Stand. Opened in 1903. The oldest remaining structure at Alberton Oval, the Fos Williams stand houses the SANFL change rooms, coaching and media boxes. It also is the location of plaques commemorating members of the Williams family.
Robert B. Quinn MM Grandstand. Opened in 1964, the grandstand houses the Port Club bistro, Bob McLean sportsbar, Port Store and upstairs function room.
Allan Scott Power Headquarters. Built with donations provided by businessman Allan Scott, the Headquarters house the administration of the Port Adelaide Football Club along with the AFL training facilities. The Headquarters also have a balcony that overlooks the ground.
N.L. Williams Scoreboard. Named after Port Adelaide and South Australian cricketer Norman Williams, the scoreboard is located on the South East pocket.

Ground records

Australian rules football

Highest team score

South Australian League Football (1877–1996)
Score	Club	Opposition	Year
33.24 (222)	Port Adelaide	South Adelaide	1988
34.13 (217)	Port Adelaide	Woodville	1981
33.19 (217)	Port Adelaide	Glenelg	1934
30.20 (200)	Port Adelaide	Woodville	1977

Largest winning margin

South Australian League Football (1877–1996)
Margin	Winner	Opposition	Year
160	Port Adelaide	West Adelaide	1903

Most goals in a single match

South Australian League Football (1877–1996)
Margin	Player	Team	Year
16	Tim Evans	Port Adelaide	1980

Longest winning streak

South Australian League Football (1877–1996)
Games	Club	First Win	Last Win
31	Port Adelaide	1909, Round 9	1915, Round 7

Attendance

Attendance records
Crowd	Date	Participants
22,738	11 June 1977	Port Adelaide def. Norwood

References and notes

↑ "Alberton Oval". Austadiums.com. Austadiums. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
↑ "CRICKET.". South Australian Register. XLII, (9688). South Australia. 1 December 1877. p. 5 (Supplement to the South Australian Register.). Retrieved 4 November 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
↑ Adelaide Observer, Saturday 13 May 1876, Page 6
↑ "Alberton Oval - portadelaidefc.com.au - portadelaidefc.com.au". portadelaidefc.com.au. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
↑ South Australian Register, 23 October 1877, page 1
↑ History, Port Adelaide Football Club.
↑ Alberton Oval, Port Adelaide Football Club.
↑ Port Adelaide Cricket Club

External links

Official website of the Port Adelaide Football Club
Port Adelaide Cricket Club
Alberton Oval at Austadiums

Australian Football League grounds

Main grounds:	Adelaide Oval Domain Stadium Etihad Stadium The Gabba Melbourne Cricket Ground Metricon Stadium Simonds Stadium Spotless Stadium Sydney Cricket Ground

Secondary grounds:	Blundstone Arena Cazaly's Stadium Eureka Stadium Jiangwan Stadium (China) Manuka Oval TIO Stadium TIO Traeger Park University of Tasmania Stadium

Future grounds:	Perth Stadium

Former grounds:	Albury Oval Arden Street Oval Blacktown ISP Oval Brisbane Exhibition Ground Canberra Stadium Brunswick Street Oval Coburg Oval Corio Oval East Melbourne Cricket Ground Euroa Oval Football Park Glenferrie Oval Junction Oval Lake Oval Moorabbin Oval Motordrome North Hobart Oval Princes Park Punt Road Oval Stadium Australia Toorak Park Victoria Park WACA Ground Waverley Park Wellington Regional Stadium (NZ) Whitten Oval Windy Hill Yarraville Oval

Training grounds:	Alberton Oval Arden Street Oval Carrara Stadium Football Park Fremantle Oval The Gabba Kardinia Park Linen House Centre Melbourne Airport Melbourne Rectangular Stadium Olympic Park Princes Park Punt Road Oval Subiaco Oval Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Olympic Park Waverley Park Whitten Oval

South Australian National Football League grounds

Major grounds:	Adelaide Oval Alberton Oval Elizabeth Oval Glenelg Oval Hickinbotham Oval Norwood Oval Prospect Oval Richmond Oval Woodville Oval Unley Oval

Former grounds:	Bice Oval Football Park Hindmarsh Oval Jubilee Oval Kensington Oval Thebarton Oval Wayville Showground Buck's Flat

Port Adelaide Football Club

History Club achievements Players Current squad Captains Coaches Awards John Cahill Medal Leading goalkickers Drafting and trading history Captain: Travis Boak Coach: Ken Hinkley AFL nickname: Power SANFL nickname: Magpies Juniors nickname: Academy

AFL home grounds	Football Park (1997–2013) Adelaide Oval (2011, 2014–)

SANFL home grounds	Glanville Estate (1870–1883) Alberton Oval (1883–1974, 1977–) Adelaide Oval (1975–1976)

AFL premierships (1)	2004

Championships of Australia (4)	1890 1910 1913 1914

SANFL premierships (36)	1884 1890 1897 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1916 1917 1921 1928 1936 1937 1939 1942 1951 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1962 1963 1965 1977 1979 1980 1981 1988 1989 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999

Seasons (138)	1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Related articles	Showdown (AFL) Port Adelaide–Norwood SANFL rivalry List of Port Adelaide Football Club players (before 1997)

Port Adelaide landmarks

Buildings / structures	Port Adelaide Lighthouse Hart's Mill Fishermen's Wharf Market Port Adelaide Workers Memorial

Cultural institutions	National Railway Museum South Australian Aviation Museum South Australian Maritime Museum Torrens Island Concentration Camp

Sport	Alberton Oval / Port Adelaide Football Club

Ships and vessels	City of Adelaide Falie Fearless MV Nelcebee One and All Yelta

Beaches and islands	Port River Semaphore Torrens Island

Pubs/Hotels	Birkenhead Riverview Tavern (1877) The British Hotel (1847) Dockside Tavern (1850) First Commercial Inn (1841) Newmarket Hotel (1879) Port Anchor Hotel (1873) Port Dock Brewery Hotel (1855) Railway Hotel (1856) Royal Arms Hotel (1878) The Lighthouse Hotel (1857) Largs Pier Hotel (1882) Glanville Hotel (1865) Lord Exmouth Hotel (1859)

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