WACA Ground, Cricket stadium in East Perth, Australia
WACA Ground is a stadium for cricket and other sports in East Perth that includes several seating areas and function rooms for events. Six light towers of 70 meters each rise above the playing field and enable operation after dark.
The Western Australian Cricket Association was established on 25 November 1885, and the ground opened in 1893 on old swamp land east of the city under a 999-year lease expiring in 2888. The first match on turf wickets was played in February 1894. Test cricket arrived in the 1970–71 season, when Australia met England.
The name comes from the Western Australian Cricket Association, which has run the ground since 1885 and holds a 999-year lease. The on-site WACA Museum displays exhibits on Western Australian cricket. The 1954 scoreboard, donated by the North West Murchison Cricket Association, is still in use.
Yellow and Red Central Area Transit buses stop near the stadium, and parking is available in nearby City of Perth car parks. On match days it helps to arrive early because streets around the site become busy.
The playing surface develops particularly fast and bouncy characteristics that favor bowlers and make the field known worldwide among cricket players. In the afternoon a sea breeze called the Fremantle Doctor often blows across the field and strengthens this effect.
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