TCA Ground
Interactive map of TCA Ground | |
| Location | Queens Domain, Tasmania |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 42°52′19″S 147°19′41″E / 42.87194°S 147.32806°E |
| Owner | Hobart City Council |
| Operator | Tasmanian Cricket Association (TCA) |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1882 |
| Tenants | |
| North Hobart Cricket Club (cricket) Hobart Football Club (SFL) DOSA Football Club (OSFA) Southern Tasmanian Junior Football League Former: Tasmanian Tigers (Sheffield Shield) | |
| Ground information | |
| International information | |
| Only ODI | 10 January 1985: Sri Lanka v West Indies |
| Source: Cricinfo | |
The TCA Ground, formally the Tasmanian Cricket Association Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football venue located on the Queens Domain in Hobart, Tasmania, less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from the city centre. Owned by the Hobart City Council and operated by the Tasmanian Cricket Association, it is one of Hobart’s two first-class standard cricket grounds, alongside Bellerive Oval.
Cricket has been played on the site since the early 1870s, and the ground officially opened in 1882. It served as Tasmania’s principal venue for first-class and representative cricket until the late 1980s, when major matches increasingly shifted to Bellerive Oval; no first-class cricket has been played at the TCA Ground since 1987. The venue remains in regular use for local summer cricket and winter football, and is home to the North Hobart Cricket Club, Hobart Football Club and DOSA Football Club.
The ground is noted for its heritage-listed grandstands and distinctive “village” character, including a white picket boundary fence, as well as its elevated setting overlooking the River Derwent with views to Mount Wellington. In addition to sport, it has hosted major public events and concerts, most notably an AC/DC performance in 2001 which attracted the largest single-evening crowd for an event in Tasmania at the time.