Pratten Park

Nice oval with beautiful grandstand and benches. 🏏⚽ Used for cricket and soccer. 🚻 Sparse toilets. The ones on the far side of the field were locked (and looked disused) on a recent visit. Has a small playground with bubbler and picnic area. 🚘 Parking lot as well as neighbourhood street parking.

Really nice pitch, the facilities are also complete. Several car parking space down there.

Just had to go and visit the old club i was a member of in the 90s Great spot for families to have something to eat on the outside area Food smells great and the drinks are cold

Nice Old Park cricket oval ground , old grandstand would be better if they had a canteen on game days ..

A fabulous place to watch Sydney Grade cricket. Not for no reason has the ground been awarded for the last two years the Best Ground of the Year by the Sydney Cricket Association. Surprisingly close to Ashfield Mall; which is handy if you want to watch a day's cricket but not miss weekend shopping. The outfield is always in excellent condition, the wickets fair and well-prepared and the scoreboard is large, clear and with detailed information. Try to catch the Western Suburbs First Grade team playing at home here. Consistently an excellent team, playing a candidate game for the best of the year against ultimate Premiers Mosman in Round 14 on 19/2/22, and both players and officials are friendly and approachable. The restored heritage grandstand does not have seats. However, usually plastic chairs are around to take into the grandstand; but be prepared and bring a light camping chair and watch cricket from a seat more comfortable than in any grandstand - heritage or otherwise. A canteen is open on first grade cricket days with simple tasty cooked food and snacks, solid portions and very reasonably priced. In the immediate vicinity of the Oval are the Pratten Park Community, Sports & Bowling Club (incorporating the Polish Pop-Up Club) and the Western Suburbs Lawn Tennis Association (6) courts. Update 2/11/23. The ground was runner-up in the Best Ground of the Year competition for the 22/23 season, but I was told that Pratten Park was handicapped by a wash-out in a round when games were played at, and points awarded to, rival grounds. There has been investment by the Inner West Council in further improvement of the playing surface - which was so very good anyway. The Polish Pop Up Club has moved away, but it has been replaced by other entertainments. I have heard of plans of installation of heritage-informed bench seats in the grandstand, and sympathetic improvements to, and development of, other park buildings and the landscape around the oval, but nothing yet.