Heritage Oval

{{Short description|Sports ground in Toowoomba, Queensland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}

{{Infobox cricket ground

| ground_name = Southern Cross Reserve

| nickname =

| country = Australia

| image =

| location = Toowoomba, Australia

| establishment = 1972 (first recorded match)

| seating_capacity = 10,000

| end1 =

| end2 =

| club1 = Queensland

| year1 = 1994 & 2007

| date = 21 October

| year = 2011

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/218.html Ground profile

}}

Southern Cross Reserve, also known as Heritage Oval is a sports ground in Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia located in the suburb of Harlaxton. It is used primarily for cricket and Australian rules football.

The first recorded match on the ground came in 1972 when Toowoomba played Queensland.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/218_misc.html|title=Other matches played on Heritage Oval, Toowoomba|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=20 October 2011}} It held its only first-class match in 1994 when Queensland played an England XI side,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/218_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Heritage Oval, Toowoomba|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 October 2011}} with the match ending in a victory by 37 runs for the England XI.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/59/59803.html|title=Queensland v England XI, 1994/95|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 October 2011}} The ground later held a Twenty20 match in the 2006–07 Big Bash when Queensland played Victoria,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/218_tt.html|title=Twenty20 Matches played on Heritage Oval, Toowoomba|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 October 2011}} with Queensland winning by 38 runs.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/103/103157.html|title=Queensland v Tasmania, 2006/07 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 October 2011}}

A Youth Test match was held there in 1997 when Australia Under-19s played Pakistan Under-19s.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/2/218_ut.html|title=Youth Test Matches played on Heritage Oval, Toowoomba|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=21 October 2011}}

The oval also serves as the home ground of the South Toowoomba Bombers, who play in the AFL Darling Downs competition