WHEN IT COMES TO SPORT ADELAIDE PUNCHES ABOVE ITS WEIGHT.

The Adelaide Grand Prix drew much larger crowds than does that of Melbourne which stole it. Adelaide Test cricket crowds sometimes surpass Sydney’s numbers and trounce those of Brisbane and Perth. Oakbank is the biggest picnic horse race meeting in the nation.

Adelaide Sporting Sites is a story of venues past and present. Of Adelaide Oval, Football Park, Memorial Drive, the City Baths, Morphetville and Victoria Park racecourses, Norwood Oval and Norwood Velodrome, Wayville and Globe Derby trots, Rowley Park and Mallala speedways. Of events and associations: Crows/Power derbys, Magpies/Redlegs rivalry, Australian Tennis and Golf Opens, the Bay Sheffield, of Phar Lap racing at Morphetville, Tulloch at Cheltenham, and Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and Nicki Lauda on the East Parklands circuit.

Sports fans often love the places where the action occurs more than their favourite teams or players because they represent continuity in their lives. This richly illustrated book will prompt memories of familiar venues as well as enabling you to discover a glorious history of Adelaide sport.