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The Adelaide Oval is a stadium in Adelaide in the state of South Australia. It is located in the parklands . The venue is predominantly used for cricket and Australian rules football , but has also played host to rugby league , rugby union , soccer , and tennis , as well as regularly being used to hold concerts .
The Adelaide Oval Stadium Management Authority (AOSMA) is a company whose directors and members are appointed equally by the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA). AOSMA is not a public authority. It was created in December 2009 as a non-profit public company limited by guarantee.
The first major international act to perform at the Oval was Fleetwood Mac, in 1977. Many big names have performed there since, including David Bowie , Linda Ronstadt , KISS , Simon and Garfunkel , Paul McCartney and Wings , Madonna , Michael Jackson , Elton John , Billy Joel , Neil Diamond , Pearl Jam , AC/DC , and the Foo Fighters .
The records included in this article cover senior Australian rules football at Adelaide Oval, located in Adelaide, South Australia, for both men and women.The records include the South Australian league football (first known as the South Australian Football Association, then South Australian Football League, and later South Australian National Football League) from 1877, when the first ...
Joanne Ratcliffe (born 1962) and Kirste Jane Gordon (born 1968) were two Australian girls who went missing while attending an Australian rules football match at the Adelaide Oval on 25 August 1973. Their disappearance, and presumed abduction and murder, became one of South Australia 's most infamous crimes.
In Australia, most major stadiums that can hold over 50,000, such as the Melbourne Cricket Ground and Adelaide Oval, are circular or oval-shaped venues which – while suitable for cricket and Australian rules football – pose the same sight-line problems for football, rugby league, and rugby union as an athletics venue would. Playing sports ...
Australian rules football grounds, even at the highest level of the game, have no fixed dimensions. For senior football, the playing field is an oval between 135–185 metres (148–202 yd) long goal-to-goal and 110–155 metres (120–170 yd) wide wing-to-wing.
In 1929 a Women's Australian rules football match played at Adelaide Oval attracted a record 41,000 spectators. In 1929, as part of an annual charity day, a 30-minute match was played on Adelaide Oval between workers of the Charles Moore & Co. factory and the Mirror Shirt and Pyjama Factory. Although the match was not a standalone event ...