On This Day - Opening Of The Grandstand

Thursday the 9th of June 2016 marks the 60 year anniversary of the opening of the grandstand at Perth Oval.

The timber grandstand was removed on 7 November 1955, by Bayswater Roads Board, To make way for the re-orientation of the ground to run north and south and the new grandstand The Roads Board paid three hundred pound for the timber grandstand. The grandstand was rebuilt on Bayswater Oval, headquarters of the WA Soccer Football Association. 

The new grandstand was designed by Forbes & Fitzharding and constructed by W. Fairweather & Son. Total cost of the building was one hundred and four thousand, seven hundred and seventy seven pounds, one shilling and sixpence. The grandstand was opened in the Club's Jubilee year by the Lord Mayor H.R. Howard.

Will anyone, who was at the ground, ever forget those last 30 seconds of the game? East Perth was five points behind when Ted Kilmurray playing brilliantly and in possession of the ball, on his wrong foot dropped the ball on his left foot, which sent it high into the air it hovered for seconds and gradually fell over the line to give the club victory. Excitement rang high as the siren sounded and East Perth defeated South Fremantle by one point.  EP 14.13 v SF 14.12.