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West Australian
18 hours ago
- Sport
- West Australian
Hands Oval: Everything you need to know about AFL's newest venue ahead of West Coast Eagles' Bunbury clash
Hands Oval is in South Bunbury, a five-minute drive from Bunbury's city centre, and a two-hour drive south from the Perth CBD. The home of South West Football League powerhouse South Bunbury FC, it's about a half-hour drive north of Busselton Margaret River Airport, which is where North Melbourne will fly into on Friday ahead of Sunday afternoon's clash. Hands Oval's recently-completed upgrades were planned to increase capacity for the game to 15,000 people, though Sunday's crowd may be slightly lower. Around half the crowd will have access to seating, with six temporary grandstands in place alongside the newly-completed 750-seat grandstand building. No. The first batch of general admission tickets were released in March and sold out inside half an hour, with some later smaller releases going just as quickly. Yes. There's been a total of 784 AFL/VFL games in WA, spread across three venues: 545 at Subiaco Oval, 167 at Optus Stadium, and 72 at the WACA Ground. This will be the first regional match for premiership points. Hands Oval is named after former Bunbury mayor J E Hands, who had two stints in charge of the city between 1928-1933 and 1937-1938. Hands Oval has hosted six AFL pre-season games — four involving Fremantle and two featuring West Coast — as well as six WAFL games, an International Rules practice game and a Perth Glory pre-season fixure in 2009. When the cricket pitch was in place, it staged three domestic One Day Cup games between 2009 and 2011, the first of which saw Mitch Marsh become the State's youngest ever player. The typical south-west wind favours the north-east or city end of the ground, which will be left-of-screen when watching Sunday's broadcast. That end produced 15 of the game's 20 goals - and 29 of 40 scoring shots - in the pre-season match between West Coast and North Melbourne in March. Hands Oval will be the 52nd venue to stage an AFL/VFL game, and the 36th in the AFL era (since 1990). Bunbury will replace Subiaco Oval as the western-most location for a game, with China's Jiangwan Stadium the northern-most, New Zealand's Wellington Regional Stadium the eastern-most, and Hobart's Ninja Stadium the furthest south.
Perth Now
18 hours ago
- Sport
- Perth Now
Hands Oval: What you need to know about AFL's newest venue
Hands Oval is in South Bunbury, a five-minute drive from Bunbury's city centre, and a two-hour drive south from the Perth CBD. The home of South West Football League powerhouse South Bunbury FC, it's about a half-hour drive north of Busselton Margaret River Airport, which is where North Melbourne will fly into on Friday ahead of Sunday afternoon's clash. Hands Oval's recently-completed upgrades were planned to increase capacity for the game to 15,000 people, though Sunday's crowd may be slightly lower. Around half the crowd will have access to seating, with six temporary grandstands in place alongside the newly-completed 750-seat grandstand building. Liam Baker in action in March's pre-season game at Hands Oval. Credit: James Worsfold / Getty Images No. The first batch of general admission tickets were released in March and sold out inside half an hour, with some later smaller releases going just as quickly. Yes. There's been a total of 784 AFL/VFL games in WA, spread across three venues: 545 at Subiaco Oval, 167 at Optus Stadium, and 72 at the WACA Ground. This will be the first regional match for premiership points. Federal member for Forrest Nola Marino, City of Bunbury mayor Jaysen Miguel, SWFL president Barry Tate, Member for Bunbury Don Punch and SWFL general manager Jason Crowe take in the Hands Oval refurbishment earlier this year. Credit: Amber Lilley/South Western Times / South Western Times Hands Oval is named after former Bunbury mayor J E Hands, who had two stints in charge of the city between 1928-1933 and 1937-1938. Hands Oval is ready for its moment in the national spotlight. Credit: Amber Lilley/South Western Times / RegionalHUB Hands Oval has hosted six AFL pre-season games — four involving Fremantle and two featuring West Coast — as well as six WAFL games, an International Rules practice game and a Perth Glory pre-season fixure in 2009. When the cricket pitch was in place, it staged three domestic One Day Cup games between 2009 and 2011, the first of which saw Mitch Marsh become the State's youngest ever player. Matthew Pavlich and Chris Judd matched up on each other in a pre-season game between Fremantle and Carlton in 2009. Credit: Mal Fairclough / WA News The typical south-west wind favours the north-east or city end of the ground, which will be left-of-screen when watching Sunday's broadcast. That end produced 15 of the game's 20 goals - and 29 of 40 scoring shots - in the pre-season match between West Coast and North Melbourne in March. The Hands Memorial Oval redevelopment features new dug-outs. Credit: Amber Lilley/South Western Times / RegionalHUB Hands Oval will be the 52nd venue to stage an AFL/VFL game, and the 36th in the AFL era (since 1990). Bunbury will replace Subiaco Oval as the western-most location for a game, with China's Jiangwan Stadium the northern-most, New Zealand's Wellington Regional Stadium the eastern-most, and Hobart's Ninja Stadium the furthest south.
BBC News
20-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Elwiss steers Blaze to win despite injury
All-rounder Georgia Elwiss defied the pain from an injured hand with a match-winning unbeaten 75 as The Blaze beat Somerset by four wickets with an over to spare in the women's One-Day skipper Sophie Luff struck 72 from 76 balls, backed up by a half-century from opener Rebecca Odgers and a swashbuckling 25-ball 48 from Australian all-rounder Amanda-Jade Wellington as Somerset set their opponents a tough challenge by posting 304-7 in their 50 Zealand batter Maddy Green hit 12 boundaries in a 90-ball 97 as The Blaze responded, sharing a 125-run second-wicket stand with Kathryn Bryce (59) before they slipped to 33-year-old England all-rounder Elwiss brought all her experience into play as she and skipper Kirstie Gordon (25) shared an unbroken 67-run partnership to clinch victory at the Haslegrave Ground in who hit eight fours and faced 68 balls, batted despite suffering an injury fielding off her own bowling and spent the last 19 overs of the Somerset innings off the field receiving treatment. Odgers and opening partner Emma Corney earlier put on 88 for the first wicket as Somerset's innings got off to a flying start. They were not parted until the the 17th over, when Odgers was unlucky to be run out after Corney changed her mind over a was the 22-year-old Cornish-born batter's second fifty in two innings in Somerset colours, making a good impression again after her 60 against Durham earlier in the Josie Groves was expensive but picked up an important wicket when Corney was stumped and Elwiss was rewarded for an excellent spell by having Fran Wilson (28) caught at mid-off from a slower ball prior to suffering her Ballinger castled Katie Jones for eight but skipper Luff was the fulcrum for Somerset, the 69 added with Alex Griffiths (28) in 11 overs for the fifth wicket giving Somerset a platform to was bowled when she missed a slog-sweep and Luff was caught at short fine leg, having hit seven fours and a six. But then came a flurry of hitting by Wellington, seven of whose nine boundaries before she was run out off the final ball came in Ballinger's last three overs, which cost 37 Blaze struggled for early momentum in response, with Georgie Boyce running herself out looking for a single that Green understandably once Green and Kathryn Bryce found their range in the last three overs of the powerplay, turning 19-1 from seven into 50-1 from 10, Somerset suffered until Olivia Barnes, the former Kent left-arm spinner, claimed her maiden wicket for her new county as Bryce was bowled attempting to partnership had added 125 in 18.4 overs, Bryce's fourth half-century of the competition having come off 47 balls with eight fours, Green's first for The Blaze also containing eight fours off the momentum shifted back to Somerset. A tidy spell from seamer Alex Griffiths was rewarded when Sarah Bryce, whom she had dropped on two in her follow-through, was bowled behind her though Green and Elwiss, at times in obvious pain from her injury, added another 47 for the fourth wicket, Somerset achieved the breakthrough they had been looking for when the former - in touching distance of a fifth List A hundred in this calendar year - was bowled by the returning Ellie loss in the next over of Ella Claridge, whose top-edged sweep gave 18-year-old Barnes a second wicket, left The Blaze 203-5 in the 36th, still 102 short of their target, Wellington striking a further blow when the leg-spinner removed Michaela Kirk leg despite her discomfort, Elwiss took the responsibility for seeing her side over the line, a superbly judged innings giving her a third half-century for the Blaze as she and Gordon completed the Reporters' Network supported by Rothesay
BBC News
19-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Top two Hants & Lancs win again in One-Day Cup
Charli Knott and Georgia Adams shared a stand of 114 as One-Day Cup group leaders Hampshire edged home by three wickets against Warwickshire at made 82 off 88 balls and Adams 68, but they had to rely on the lower order to see them home on 246-7 with four balls Lamb took her run total in the competition to 577 by making 82 for second-placed Lancashire as they beat Durham by 35 runs, with Sophie Morris claiming of the table Essex came up just short against Surrey at Chelmsford, losing by 14 runs despite a brilliant 73 not out from just 46 balls by Jo Gardner as they chased a target of games were the final ones for all six teams until the tier one competition resumes on 24 July. Once again, Lamb was the star performer with the bat for Lancashire as she passed 50 for the fourth game in a row before being bowled by spinner Katie Levick in the 30th over at Turner and Mady Villiers took three wickets each as the Red Rose were bowled out for 239 and despite losing Emma Marlow to the fourth ball of their reply, Suzi Bates and captain Hollie Armitage laid a solid base for their put on 74 before Armitage was caught off Grace Potts for 47, but Bess Heath (45) helped Bates add 65 before the innings went into was caught off Mahika Gaur and Morris bowled Bates for 63 with one that kept a little low to leave Durham on 170-6 and she and Kate Cross worked their way through the tail as the visitors were all out for 204 at the start of the 45th briefly looked like the win might take them to the top as Hampshire's chase against Warwickshire lost momentum following the loss of Knott and score of 243-7 was built on a stand of 97 between Abi Freeborn and Charis Pavely, who came together with the score on scored 55 before being stumped off Adams' off-spin, but Freeborn stayed to the end, hitting 12 fours in her 94 not lost both openers with 43 on the board but Australian Knott struck 12 boundaries, supported by the patient Adams, before she was caught off Georgia Davis, top edging a followed, bowled by Hannah Baker, and they needed 41 from the final seven more wickets fell but Mary Taylor's unbeaten 21 off 18 balls got them over the line - and both Hampshire and Lancashire now have six wins from eight games. Essex - with only one win from their previous seven games - had Surrey in trouble on 117-6 but England's Ryana MacDonald-Gay and Kalea Moore pushed the visitors towards a score of 259-9 with both reaching their first 50s of the did so from 60 balls before she was caught by Gardner off Eva Gray - who took 5-52 - for 66 and MacDonald-Gay followed two overs later for chances suffered a major setback when skipper Grace Scrivens was run out by Emma Jones' direct hit for 15 but Ariana Dowse (44) and Sophia Smale (42) made good contributions to keep them in the was Gardner, though, who provided the batting highlight, hitting six sixes and two fours - despite Dani Gregory claiming she ran out of partners as MacDonald-Gay produced a crucial three-wicket burst, including those of Kate Coppack and Abtaha Maqsood at the start of the 47th over to end the match. Tuesday fixture Loughborough: The Blaze v Somerset (10:30 BST start)
BBC News
15-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Jeanes guides Glamorgan to cup win over Derbyshire
An unbeaten century from Daisy Jeanes steered Glamorgan to a comfortable nine-wicket win over Derbyshire in the Women's One Day Cup at Glamorgan chasing 214 to win, Jeanes hit 115 not out and captain Lauren Parfitt made 71 in an opening partnership of and Bethan Gammon (22 not out) took Glamorgan home with 13 overs to were restricted to 213-7 despite an innings of 80 from opener Ella home side were 151-2 at one point, but lost wickets steadily with two victims apiece for Eve Jackson, Gemma Porter and Sara next face Lancashire Thunder in the third round of the T20 Cup at Brecon on Saturday, 17 May.
