Windback Wednesday - Kensington Oval

These tickets and pass out cards (circa 1945) are from Kensington Oval. The oval has been home to many things over the years including cricket, athletics and SANFL football. It has been the home of Kensington Football Club, Norwood Football Club and even for a short time West Adelaide Football Club.

The ground was also home to the Kensington District Cricket Club, which means that none other than Sir Donald Bradman also played on this oval. In the 1960s the oval was renamed the Olympic Sports Field and was the premier athletics facility in Adelaide until 1998 when Santos Stadium opened.

These items and many others are on display in the Local History Room at the Burnside Library. Feel free to pop in and check them out some time.

Photographs: Tickets and Passouts (Burnside Local History Collection), The First Bounce – Post War Opening Game 1945 (Burnside Local History Collection) and Boys at Kensington Oval – 1945 (Burnside Local History Collection).