Pratten Park was named after Herbert Pratten, an alderman and then mayor of Ashfield. The first ever rugby league match at Pratten Park was Western Suburbs vs Annandale on 24 August 1912, with a crowd of 500 people. Annandale won the match 15–6.[citation needed]
The park is best known as the original home of the Western Suburbs Magpiesrugby league team, who played there from 1912 to 1966 and then sporadically from 1971 to 1973 and in 1977 and 1985. The final first grade rugby league match played at the park was on 18 August 1985, where Wests played Penrith, who won the match 42–16. In total, 353 first grade games were played at Pratten Park. [2]
Pratten Park has also hosted National Soccer League matches and was the home ground of Sydney Olympic FC for a brief period in the 1980s.[citation needed] The ground has also been used for lower league NSW Soccer matches.
Pratten Park has very basic facilities. There is a small grandstand in the north-western corner with the rest of the ground surrounded by grass hills. Over a number of years the grandstand fell into disrepair and was eventually closed, but restoration work saw it re-opened in late 2007.[citation needed]
pratten, park, sporting, complex, sydney, suburb, ashfield, officially, opened, september, 1912, governor, south, wales, frederic, thesiger, michael, clarke, batting, 2012locationashfield, south, wales, australiaoperatorinner, west, councilsurfacegrassconstruc. Pratten Park is a sporting complex in the Sydney suburb of Ashfield It was officially opened on 12 September 1912 by the Governor of New South Wales Frederic Thesiger Pratten ParkMichael Clarke batting at Pratten Park 2012LocationAshfield New South Wales AustraliaOperatorInner West CouncilSurfaceGrassConstructionOpened12 September 1912Renovated1920 1933 1946 1953 2007 1 TenantsWestern Suburbs Magpies NSWRL 1912 1914 1920 1941 1943 1967 1971 1973 1977 1985 Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Sydney Grade Cricket Pratten Park was named after Herbert Pratten an alderman and then mayor of Ashfield The first ever rugby league match at Pratten Park was Western Suburbs vs Annandale on 24 August 1912 with a crowd of 500 people Annandale won the match 15 6 citation needed The park is best known as the original home of the Western Suburbs Magpies rugby league team who played there from 1912 to 1966 and then sporadically from 1971 to 1973 and in 1977 and 1985 The final first grade rugby league match played at the park was on 18 August 1985 where Wests played Penrith who won the match 42 16 In total 353 first grade games were played at Pratten Park 2 Pratten Park has also hosted National Soccer League matches and was the home ground of Sydney Olympic FC for a brief period in the 1980s citation needed The ground has also been used for lower league NSW Soccer matches Its highest attendance for a rugby league match was 12 407 in a 1964 New South Wales Rugby Football League season game between Western Suburbs and St George and 13 556 for a soccer game in 1984 between Sydney Olympic and APIA Leichhardt FC citation needed The ground is still home to the Western Suburbs District Cricket Club Over the years the club has had Michael Clarke and Bob Simpson among its playing ranks Facilities editPratten Park has very basic facilities There is a small grandstand in the north western corner with the rest of the ground surrounded by grass hills Over a number of years the grandstand fell into disrepair and was eventually closed but restoration work saw it re opened in late 2007 citation needed Sources editPratten Park at Austadiums www westsmagpies com auReferences edit History of Pratten Park Pratten Park Results Rugby League Project 33 53 35 S 151 7 23 E 33 89306 S 151 12306 E 33 89306 151 12306 nbsp This article about a sports venue in Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article about a building or structure in New South Wales is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pratten Park amp oldid 1163757970, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
