Cazaly's Stadium, Cricket field in Cairns, Australia
Cazaly's Stadium is an oval sports ground in Westcourt, Cairns, with a capacity of about 13,500 and a main grandstand moved from the Brisbane Cricket Ground in the late 1990s. Four light towers stand over the field, and new entrance gates face Till Street. It is the largest oval stadium in Cairns.
In 1957 the Australian National Football Council, through Bruce Andrew, bought land in Cairns for the first dedicated Australian rules field in regional Queensland, named Australian Football Park. The Cairns Australian Football League, led by president Kevin Crathern, cleared the trees and dense bushland to make it playable. The CAFL bought the freehold in 1994 and renamed the ground Cazalys Stadium in 1999 after the adjoining social club.
The ground is named after the adjoining Cazalys social club, itself named for Roy Cazaly, the Australian rules footballer. AFL Cairns is headquartered here, the Manunda Hawks play home matches at the oval, and all AFL Cairns finals are held on it.
The ground sits in Westcourt, a short drive from central Cairns. New entrance gates were built on Till Street in 2008, and four light towers plus later lighting upgrades allow evening matches. AFL Cairns finals and Manunda Hawks home games are played here in winter.
The western grandstand was acquired from the Gabba (Brisbane Cricket Ground) and installed as part of a $2.4 million upgrade between 1997 and 1998, which also added four light towers. The ground was renamed Cazalys Stadium in 1999 after the adjoining social club.
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