In 1898, the local council approved for five acres of land south of the railway station to be made a public park.

Of note was Don Bradman's 201 runs scored at Chatswood Oval in April 1932, including 28 fours and two sixes in 171 minutes.

[3] Also, the local resident Charlie Macartney who hit a cricket ball over the train line, disrupting a game of bowls.

Chatswood Oval has also hosted first grade rugby league matches in the past.

On 2 April 2017, Chatswood Oval hosted its first rugby league match in 81 years as North Sydney Bears moved their home game to the venue to play The Wests Tigers in The NSW Cup.

The Cedric Pike stand (1963), holding 315 spectators was named after a local Rugby figure, who died as a prisoner of war in Malaya in 1943.