Pratten Park
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Pratten Park is a sporting venue in the suburb of Ashfield in Sydney, Australia. It was officially opened on 12 September 1912 by the Governor of New South Wales, Frederic Thesiger.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Pratten Park was named after Herbert Pratten, an alderman and then mayor of Ashfield.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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. [1]
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
The ground is still home to the Western Suburbs District Cricket Club.
Facilities
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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Sources
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- www.westsmagpies.com.au
References
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