List of grounds in
Hobart football
These grounds are taken verbatim from news articles at the
time so as to capture the changing usage of names and ownership. The post 1898
grounds are soccer grounds.
Year
|
Name
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information
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1866
|
Domain
|
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Government Domain
|
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Southern Tasmanian Cricket Club Ground
|
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187? - 78
|
Butler’s paddock
|
The Mercury Monday 29 September 1879 page 3
Mr. Leitch stated that lt was the
establishment of the Australian code, which was then known as the Victorian
rules, that first led to the inauguration of North and South matches. Prior
to the Australian code being adopted in Hobart there were two forms of Rugby
played, the principal ground being Butler's paddock, at the corner at what is
known as Hampden Road and Montpelier Road.
|
1878
|
Butler’s Ground
|
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1879
|
The Domain
|
|
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New Town
|
|
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The Association Ground
|
Cricket
|
|
The Battery Ground
|
Queen’s Domain
|
|
Lower cricket ground
|
|
|
Mr McFarlane’s Paddock
|
|
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Marsh’s Ground
|
Newtown
|
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Canvey’s Hotel
|
Richmond
|
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“the slope near the battery”
|
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Jerusalem
|
|
|
Lower Cricket Ground
|
“The scene of the encounter was the lower cricket ground – the narrow
strip at the eastern side which has been used by the City Club throughout the
season under the government grant.”
|
1898
|
New Town Showground
|
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1902
|
Victoria Sports Ground
|
New Town
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1908
|
New Norfolk
|
“The green at New Norfolk”
|
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North Hobart Recreation Ground
|
|
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Arthur Square Reserve
|
New Norfolk
|
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Suburban Sports Ground
|
New Town
|
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Elwick Junction
|
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South Hobart Recreation Ground
|
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1909
|
Elwick
|
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The Clare St Ground
|
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1910
|
The association’s ground
|
South Hobart
|
1912
|
South Hobart Ground
|
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Lindisfarne
|
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Cornelian Bay
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