A ground by the river
The oval stands in the Adelaide Park Lands, on the northern side of the River Torrens. The ground was leased in 1872, and the first cricket match was played there on 13 December 1873.
Test cricket and a hand-worked scoreboard
Australia and England played the first Test at the oval in December 1884. The scoreboard, designed by F. Kenneth Milne, was first used in 1911, was listed on the South Australian Heritage Register in 1986 and is still operated by hand.
A new stadium
Redevelopment began in April 2012, and the new Eastern Stand was finished in time for the 2014 football season. The Riverbank Footbridge now links the oval with Adelaide Railway Station, and in 2015 the oval staged the first day/night Test match.


