Hands Oval
JE Hands Memorial Park, more commonly known as Hands Oval, is a stadium in South Bunbury, Western Australia. The ground is mainly used for Australian rules football matches, but has also hosted cricket and soccer.
Uses
Australian rules football
The oval has been the home ground of South Bunbury Football Club and in the South West Football League since the early 1950s. Hands Oval has also hosted five West Australian Football League matches, with the first being held on 1 April 1984 with East Perth defeating Swan Districts by 14 points. The record attendance for the ground was set during this match, with 6573 spectators attending the game.The ground is home to the South West Football League headquarters and hosts its grand final each year, with 4,075 spectators attending the 2024 grand final.
The ground also hosted two Fremantle Dockers pre-season Australian [Football League pre-season competition#NAB Challenge|NAB Challenge] in 2009 and 2011:
Hands Oval hosted a pre-season match between the West Coast Eagles and North Melbourne Football Club on 1 March 2025, with a crowd of 7,032. On 8 June 2025, the ground hosted its first AFL match for premiership points, with defeating by ten points, in front of a record crowd of 12,715. This was the first game in a three-year deal for North Melbourne to play two home matches in Western Australia, with the other match played at Optus Stadium.
Cricket
Hands Oval has hosted three List A cricket matches with the Western Warriors as the home team:Soccer
Hands Oval hosted an A-League pre-season match between Perth Glory and Gold Coast United at the beginning of the 2009–10 season, with Gold Coast defeating Perth 1–0. A crowd of 2985 people attended the match:The ground hosted the Australia women's national soccer team in a friendly v Panama on July 5, 2025, losing 0-1.