Brooklyn Park locals and popular SA harness racing pioneers Malcolm Allan[4][5] and his wife Mary McGowan[6] were weekly winners, riding horses such as Woodnuts Choice, Huon Wood, Western Queen, Seaweed and Silent Ways.

Thebarton Oval was also the home ground for the West Torrens District Cricket Club and home oval for Ron Hamence (member of Bradman's 1948 Invincibles),[8] Bruce Dooland, Phil Ridings[8] and much loved local boy and World Series Cricket hero David Hookes.

The record crowd at Thebarton was set on 26 May 1962 when 20,832 fans turned up to see West Torrens take on SANFL rivals Norwood.

West Torrens played their last game at the ground in on 2 September 1989 ending a run of 68 seasons at Thebarton Oval.

After the Eagles left, the ground subsequently deteriorated through lack of maintenance, though other sports would regularly use the oval including cricket, rugby league, baseball, gridiron and soccer.

Due to Woodville Oval's use by Grade Cricket in the summer months, Woodville-West Torrens used Thebarton as their pre-season base until 2016, as well as having played two games there (2009 and 2012).

The Magpies spoiled the Eagles' first game under lights at the former West Torrens home ground with a 55-point win 18.13 (121) to 10.6 (66) in front of 4,566 fans.

With Woodville-West Torrens looking to play selected SANFL night games at the venue after Friday night games at other suburban grounds that had lights installed had proved popular, the SAAFL made efforts to upgrade the six light towers at the oval.

The original six light towers that had been in place for almost 60 years, despite no longer being in use by the SANFL (though they were used by the SAAFL and other sports until 2011), were finally torn down in mid-2012.