Lathlain Park

Lathlain Park is an Australian rules football ground, located in Lathlain, an inner-eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Since its opening in 1959, it has been the home ground for the Perth Football Club, who play in the West Australian Football League .NamingIt was known as Lathlain Park, until 2003 when the naming rights were sold to Eftel, an internet company, for a period of five years.In 2011 EFtel decided not to renew their contract, which gave WA dairy company Brownes the naming rights of Lathlain Oval, and so for the past three years its sponsored name has been Brownes Stadium.UsesThe oval is primarily used for Australian rules football and has been the home ground of in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) since 1959 (with the exception of 1987 and 1988 when they played home matches at the WACA Ground). It was used by the Sunday Football League for Australian Football as the headquarters for their league and as a home ground for South Perth Raiders in the S.F.L..The ground has also been used for rugby league. On 17 February 1977, the ground hosted an Amco Cup game between Western Australia and the Northern Territory, the locals winning 23-18. The next time the ground was used for any rugby league was 10 years later when two matches of the 1987 National Panasonic Cup were held there. WA defeated South Australia 18-16 on 5 April, before following that a week later with a 28-10 win against Victoria.. In 1999, the ground hosted its only premiership match, with Melbourne defeating Wests 64-6