HURSTVILLE OVAL: A HISTORY OF SPORT AND COMMUNITY 1899-2001

Elizabeth Butel with Tom Thompson
Published 2002

St George, a name associated with sporting excellence for over half a century. League, Cycling, Soccer, Athletics, Hockey, Union, Australian Rules, and of course Cricket. The diversity of talent that emerged from these different areas had one thing in common - Hurstville Oval. The history of Hurstville Oval, encompassing one hundred years, is a record of the fores and personalities who helped create the legend of the red and white.
The oval holds a sporting history studded with Olympians from athletics, hockey, and cycling as well as Australian representatives in cricket, football, and soccer. Their stories can be found within this book, alongside the record of the oval's progress from a patch of land, "not fit to run a billygoat on" to the "Ground of the Year."