The oval was named for Fred "Firpo" Neumann, Valley's club captain (and later president) and Queensland and Australian representative footballer.

[5] The venue hosted Australian domestic and List A matches in the early-2000s, including the 1999/00 Pura Cup Final[6] but, in later years, was restricted to tour matches between Queensland and international teams, with the Gabba becoming the primary home of the Queensland Bulls.

In 2009, Pakistan A won in a three-match one-day series against Australia A[7] but, lost the subsequent Twenty20 match.

[13] On 23 June 2014 it was announced that the field would jointly play host to the initial rounds of the newly sponsored Matador BBQs One-Day Cup in October.

[17] However, in the last match, Queenslander Joe Burns made 115 against South Australia in a 94-run victory, passing Wells' score and becoming the fifth batsman to make a century in List A cricket at the ground.

[20] On 23–27 March 2018 the Sheffield Shield final was played at the ground between Queensland Bulls and Tasmania Tigers the match was won by Queensland by 9 wickets it was Queensland's 8th title and first since 2011–12 Sheffield Shield season On 26–30 September 2020 Allan Border Field hosted Women's Twenty20 International matches between the Australia women's national cricket team and the New Zealand women's national cricket team.

[22] On 15–18 April 2021 Allan Border Field hosted the Sheffield Shield final match between the Queensland and New South Wales men's cricket teams.

[27] The street that the Allan Border Field is on was also renamed in honour of former Australian captain Greg Chappell.