sentences:  It was proposed to restore the ground as a Federation style village ground, and unemployed "work for the dole" labour was used with a combined grant with the Federal Government and the Hobart City Council to repair it.The stands were re-painted with typical period colours, and modern ad-boards were removed.With a small population and player base, the TCA and Tasmanian representative teams have often had to deal with small crowds and inferior quality teams, and for much of the 20th century, struggled to gain acceptance into the Sheffield Shield.