The
Labrador Sports Reserve (also known as the
Labrador Sports Ground) was established in the early 1930s, with a tennis court built in 1932 and a cricket pitch constructed shortly after. When the
Gold Coast Australian Football League (GCAFL) was formed in 1961, the first match of the new competition was held at Labrador Sports Reserve between and
Central in front of a crowd of 1,000 people. Two floodlights were installed at the ground later that year. By 1992, the ground had been renamed to
Cooke Murphy Oval. In
2010, the
Gold Coast Football Club entered the
Victorian Football League (VFL) as a senior team, prior to joining the
Australian Football League (AFL) the
following year. One VFL match was played at Cooke Murphy Oval on 24 July 2010, when Gold Coast defeated by 26 points. Another match had been scheduled to be played at the venue against on 1 May 2010, but it was relocated to
Fankhauser Reserve because the condition of the ground was deemed unsuitable for the VFL following heavy rain. Lighting at the ground was upgraded in 2021 at a cost of . ==References==