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Fremantle Oval

 
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Fremantle Oval
Location Fremantle, Western Australia
Coordinates 32°3′22″S 115°45′5″E / 32.05611°S 115.75139°E / -32.05611; 115.75139Coordinates: 32°3′22″S 115°45′5″E / 32.05611°S 115.75139°E / -32.05611; 115.75139
Opened 1904
Surface Grass
Construction cost £3579
Capacity 17,500
Tenants
Fremantle Football Club (AFL) (1995-present) (training + admin)
South Fremantle Bulldogs (WAFL)

Fremantle Oval is a stadium in the centre of Fremantle, Western Australia. It currently has a capacity of 17,500 with terracing and a members area holding 750. Fremantle Oval was originally used for cricket, but in 1895 hosted its first game of Australian rules football [1]. It is located between the Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle Markets and the Fremantle Prison.

Although the Fremantle Dockers play all AFL home games at Subiaco Oval, they are based at Fremantle Oval and use it for training, administrative offices and sometimes for pre-season matches. South Fremantle Football Club, the Bulldogs, train and play their home WAFL matches here and are one of the few sporting organisations in Western Australia to own their club rooms freehold, rather than on a long-term lease.

Cricket has also been played at the ground and in the past it has also been used a venue for conferences, rock concerts (including the Big Day Out) and exhibitions.

Record Crowd

23,109, when the Bulldogs beat East Fremantle on the 4th June, 1979.


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