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6 unusual facts about Eden Park


Andwélé Slory

Coolen, who dropped Slory for the Round 7 match against Wellington Phoenix at Eden Park was said to have done so because of the row.

Eden Park Kangaroo Cull

During October 2010 the Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE (NMIT) applied for and received a 12-month permit from the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment for the Eden Park Kangaroo Cull - to cull 300 Eastern Grey Kangaroos on its 320 hectare Eden Park Vineyard and farm and Northern Lodge equine stud.

Geoffrey Legge

The team was scheduled to play three Test matches in New Zealand; in the event, the third match, at Eden Park, Auckland, was restricted by rain to a single day, so a fourth game, also at Auckland, was played.

Kiwitea Street

Following consultations with the Auckland City Council and the New Zealand Turf Culture Institute, a bold plan was implemented to develop an all-weather, sand carpeted pitch at Central – similar to those at Eden Park and the MCG – over a three-year period.

Peter Lever

Both were in evidence when he poleaxed New Zealander Ewen Chatfield, whose life was saved by mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and heart massage at Eden Park, Auckland.

William Trevor Martin

He and Tony Mackintosh both stood in their last Test as umpire in the 3rd Test between New Zealand and Pakistan at Eden Park in Auckland in February 1973.


Adolph Strauch

Strauch also laid out many parks in Cincinnati, Ohio, including Eden Park, Burnet Woods and Lincoln Park.

Baron Auckland

Several Auckland landmarks, including the hill and suburb Mount Eden and the sports ground Eden Park are named directly or indirectly after the family.

Elsinore Arch

Since the Cincinnati Art Museum officially opened in 1886, a flight of Cincinnati steps were placed behind the Elsinore Tower as a short cut to the museum in Eden Park.

Thomas Cobcroft

The first two days of the 3rd Test at Eden Park in Auckland were washed out, so the 4th Test was arranged a week later.


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Bismarck du Plessis

During the 4th round of the 2013 Rugby Championship at Eden Park, Auckland, referee Romain Poite yellow-carded Du Plessis for what he deemed was an illegal tackle on New Zealand fly-half, Dan Carter.

Eden Park Kangaroo Cull

The cull has met with opposition from local residents, Whittlesea Council and members of the Australian Society for Kangaroos with protests and 24 hour vigils outside the Eden Park property.