It primarily hosts cricket, Australian rules football and rugby league matches.

A grass embankment runs around three-quarters of the oval with a 350-seat grandstand and social club on western side of the ground.

[4] NOTE: The playing surface is currently too small to host top-class cricket and AFL matches, something the redevelopment will address.

[6] The city will also host under-14 State Challenge matches in 2016 and 2017 and there will be funding set aside to help develop cricket at a grassroots level too.

(AC Bannerman), 3-21 (Horan), 4-42 (Bailey), 5-98 (Gregory), 6-202 (Garrett), 7-253 (Blackham), 8-260 (Murdoch), 9-260 (Allan, 162.3 ov) [7]