Research Outcome By James Mifsud
I have focused my Research on: How has the Redevelopment of the Adelaide Oval affected its use as a world class cricket ground? I chose this topic because my passion is sport, especially cricket, but also AFL (Australian Football League), and the subjects I enjoy the most are Maths and Accounting which will help me find out whether the benefits received from the Redevelopment outway the costs incurred.
I feel very lucky to have been given this opportunity to research a topic that I am so passionate about. The Adelaide Oval redevelopment is one of the most significant events to happen here in Adelaide and I have had the
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During the Kerry Packer World Series Cricket era in the late 1970’s, David Hookes was the third best Australian batsman behind Greg and Ian Chappell. He made 770 runs at an average of 38.5 which was achieved in 12 Supertests during the 1977-78 and 1978-79 seasons.
On the 7-8 of March 1987 Hookes and Wayne Phillips made an undefeated fourth wicket partnership of 462 for South Australia against Tasmania, with Hookes making his personal best score of 306 runs not out at Adelaide Oval (with Phillips making 213 not out).
Some of the many other key historical events that have happened during the Oval’s early history include:-
The first Test Match held there between England and Australia. This match was played in 1884 after Lord’s (in England) had hosted its first ever Test Match. The result of this game was England beating Australia by 8 wickets.
The Old Scoreboard on the northern side of the ground was designed by Kenneth Milne in 1911 and this was the same year it was first used.
Clem Hill’s history at the Adelaide Oval was important because of all the things he achieved at this ground. For
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Tasmania needed just four runs in the final over with a few wickets in hand, but the game ended in a draw and the trophy went to the host side (SA) because they finished in top position on the ladder.
In 2013 six more greats of South Australian Cricket and Football were honoured in bronze at Adelaide Oval. The cricket greats are George Giffen and Clem Hill, who joined the existing bronze statues of Jason Gillespie and Darren Lehmann. Whilst for footy Malcolm Blight, Russell Ebert, Ken Farmer and Barrie Robran were honoured with their own bronze statues.
Australia has many cricket grounds used for cricket such as the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Adelaide Oval, The Gabba (Brisbane) and the WACA (Perth). I learnt through my Research that the MCG was first used on the 15th of March 1877, the SCG was first used on the 17th of February 1882, the Adelaide Oval was first used on the 12th of December 1884, the WACA in Perth was first used on the 11th of December 1970 and the Gabba in Brisbane was first used on the 27th of November
...clusion the “Sports Construction Era” ballparks are a radical change in the way we experience a major league baseball game. The radical changes benefit both the baseball club and the fans. Finally the new style of construction employed by these three “pioneer” cities has been such a success that they have become the standard for the future of major league ballpark construction throughout the country.
Cricket is a game now played all over the world. Back in the 1920s there were two main teams, Australia and England. The Ashes are a series of cricket test matches between Australia and England. The first Ashes test ever played was on March 15th 1877 in Australia. Since then Ashes tests between Australia and England have flourished numbering a series approximately every three years. The overall Ashes results are in favor of Australia, while since 1989 the Ashes series have all been won by Australia. The 1920’s Ashes saw a more even event with England winning two series, Australia three. Although Australia won 13 tests to England’s six with six draws all in England.
The newly appointed Director of Marketing for Irwin Sports, Mr. Greg Anger has been assigned to create the 1996 1997 communications strategy for the company's two newest products, Ice and Inline Cover Ups for goalies. It is June 6th 1996, and the annual budget meeting is scheduled for June 27th 1996. (Three weeks away)
outfield and the storied 27 by 75 foot high manual scoreboard was built behind the
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it about 2000 BC. People who perfected the game of polo must have known "hockey on the ground" before "hockey on
he hit an unprecedented 70 home runs that season. Of course nobody hits 70 homers without doing
The fields had no boundaries, and goals were usually between 500 yards to a half-mile apart, though sometimes they were several miles apart (Source A). The goals were usually marked by a single tree or a large rock, and points were scored by hitting it with the ball.
There is a nationwide trend in which taxpayers are asked to pay for new stadiums these stadiums benefit a single corporation. A sport construction boom has started, these new stadiums cost a minimum of $200 million to build, but usually cost much more. New stadiums have been built, or are underway, in New York, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Baltimore, Cincinnati, Seattle, Tampa, Washington DC, St. Louis, Jacksonville, and Oakland. This competitive trend replaces old stadiums with high tech flashy stadiums used exclusively for one sport. These stadiums are unnecessary, and not cost efficient. Most of the time new stadiums are not used for multi-purposes, they bring in money exclusively for the professional league and not ...
Americans began playing baseball on informal teams, using local rules, in the early 1800s. By the 1860s, the sport, unrivaled in popularity, was being described as America's "national pastime." Alexander Joy Cartwright of New York invented the modern baseball field in 1845. Alexander Cartwright and the members of his New York Knickerbocker Base Ball Club devised the first rules and regulations for the modern game of baseball.
In our AP Human Geography classes this year, we discussed the idea of gendered space, so I decided to apply it to The Griswold Stadium in Portland, Oregon. I had several questions about why the stadium and bleachers were laid out the way they are. Some if the were, Are there specific sections in the bleachers that are gendered male, and which are gendered female? Is there a reason why they are gendered that way? Are there certain social factors that make them gendered the way they are?
Impact: Alexander Cartwright’s changes made the game faster-paced and more challenging while setting it apart from games like cricket and rounders. In 1846, the Knickerbockers (Cartwright’s team) played the first official game of baseball against a team of cricket players, beginning a new, uniquely American tradition. In a matter of years, baseball became a professional
Film Response 3 The film “Trobiand Cricket” discussed in-depth how the people of the Trobiand islands reinvented the game of cricket to make it their own. They were introduced to the game because of british colonialism, as the game originated in England in the 1800s. Christian ministries introduced cricket to the people of Papua New Guinea.
Desbordes, Michel. "Measuring Fair Play And Planning Long Term." International Journal Of Sports Marketing & Sponsorship 15.2 (2014): 77. SPORTDiscus with Full Text. Web. 17 Feb. 2014.
Don Bradman was born in 1908 in a backwater village, near to the city of Sydney in Australia. He found that his school didn't apportion him much importance to sport, much to his disappointment. Coupled with lack of school friends living near by, he was forced to find ways to amuse himself. He invented a game where he slung a golf ball against a water tank, and, grabbing a cricket stump with both hands, tried to zip the ball back as it came back at some speed and odd angle towards him. He admitted later in life that, in his own modest reserved way, than more often than not he was successful in hitting his target. Also he revealed that many a cricket fantasy was lived playing the same game.