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As of September 2016, 206 international cricket centuries have been scored at the Adelaide Oval. The Adelaide Oval is a cricket ground in Adelaide, Australia. It is the home ground of the South Australia cricket team and both the men's and women's Adelaide Strikers as well as Australian rules football and soccer teams. The first century at the Adelaide Oval was scored by Australian Percy McDonnell. He made 124 runs during the first Test of the 1884–85 English tour of Australia in the first ever Test match at the Adelaide Oval. The first overseas player to score a century at the ground was Englishman Billy Barnes, who made 134 in the same match in which McDonnell made his century. Australian Don Bradman's 299 not out, against South Africa in early 1932, is the highest individual score by a batsman at the ground. Australia's Michael Clarke has scored the most centuries at the venue with seven. As of September 2016, 176 Test centuries have been scored at the stadium. England's David Gower was the first player to score an One Day International (ODI) century at the ground. He made 109 against New Zealand during the 1982–83 Australian Tri-Series. Graeme Wood became the first Australian to score a ODI century at the Adelaide Oval when he scored 104 not out against the West Indies in January 1985. (Full list...)