Riverway Stadium


The Riverway Stadium is an international standard AFL and cricket stadium in Thuringowa Central, Townsville, Queensland, Australia. The stadium is a part of the Riverway sporting and cultural complex.

Facilities

The stadium includes the oval, a 1013-seat grandstand and supporting facilities, a practice oval and cricket practice nets. The design was modeled on Brisbane's Gabba cricket ground specifications and has a six turf wicket block. Riverway Stadium has a maximum capacity of 10,000+ This was achieved on New Year's Eve 2007 when 10,024 people attended a Twenty20 cricket match between Queensland and Victoria. The stadium is also home to the Thuringowa Bulldogs AFL club, and the AFL's local regional office. In June 2009, the stadium hosted a 4-day first class match between Pakistan A and the Australia A cricket team. The stadium also hosted some matches of the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup which was held in Australia from 11 August 2012. India emerged as the winner of Under-19 Cricket World Cup after beating Australia in the final at the Riverway Stadium.
In November 2014, the stadium hosted its first international match between debutants Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong. The Stadium became the 10th ODI venue in Australia.
The stadium hosted Townsville's first AFL game for premiership points on 15 June 2019 when the Gold Coast Suns took a home game to Riverway Stadium against St Kilda.

Lighting

In 2008, the inadequacy of the current "temporary" lighting was highlighted when a Queensland v Western Australia AFL representative match was rescheduled from dusk to mid afternoon. Costs to install lighting adequate for televised sport have been estimated at five million dollars.

Attendance records

Top 5 Sports Attendance Records
No.DateTeamsSportCompetitionCrowd
131 December 2007Queensland Bulls v. Victoria BushrangersCricketT2010,024
215 June 2019Gold Coast Suns v. St KildaAustralian Rules FootballAFL7,243
32 March 2013Gold Coast Suns v. North Melbourne KangaroosAustralian Rules FootballAFL 7,216
423 February 2014Gold Coast Suns v. Brisbane LionsAustralian Rules FootballAFL 6,426
51 March 2015Gold Coast Suns v. Geelong CatsAustralian Rules FootballAFL 4,431

Last updated on 15 June 2019

International cricket

One Day Internationals hosted

The stadium has hosted following ODI matches till date.
Team Team WinnerMarginYearNote
By 4 Wickets2014
By 3 Wickets2014

International centuries

There is a single ODI century has been scored at the venue.
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsOpposing teamDateResult
1109Lega Siaka 1149 November 2014Won

Twenty20 Internationals hosted

Team Team WinnerMarginYearNote
By 7 Wickets2016
By 3 runs 2016