Ararat Football Club

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Ararat Football / Netball Club
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Names
Full nameArarat Football Netball Club
NicknameRats
2025 season
After finals1st
Home-and-away season1st
Pre-season1st
Leading goalkickerTom Williamson (71)
Olver Memorial Medal Tom Williamson
Club details
Founded1871;155 years ago (1871)
Colours  
Competition Wimmera Football League
PresidentDavid Hosking
CoachTom Williamson
Premierships(22): 1903, 1904, 1905, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1920, 1949, 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1971, 1975, 1986, 1999, 2001, 2023, 2024, 2025
GroundAlexandra Oval, Ararat (capacity: 8,000)
Uniforms
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Other information
Official website https://araratfootballnetball.com.au/

The Ararat Football Club, nicknamed the Rats, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the city of Ararat, Victoria. The football team currently competes in the Wimmera Football League (WFL). [1]

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History

Formed in 1871, Ararat won eight premierships in the Wimmera and District Football Association during the early 20th century.

When Ararat won the 1912 premiership, the winning team was presented with 20 combination sets of a jam spoon, bread fork and a butter knife. [2]

From 1924 to 1928, they played in the Ballarat Football League. They did not return to the Wimmera District Football League until 1930, as they were forced to sit out of the competition for a year as punishment for their earlier defection. From 1934 to 1936 they took part in Ballarat-Wimmera FL.

The Wimmera Football League was reformed in 1937 and Ararat have participated since the beginning. They are the second most successful club in the league in terms of premierships, behind Horsham.

Their greatest era came in the 1950s when they won four consecutive premierships, under former Essendon player Percy Bushby at the helm. [3]

Football Premierships

Seniors
Reserves
Thirds

Netball Premierships

A. Grade
B. Grade
C. Grade
C. Reserve
17 & Under

League Best & Fairest

Senior Football
Reserves
Thirds

League Goalkicking

Wimmera Football League

Seniors

VFL/AFL players

The following footballers played with Ararat FNC, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, and / or drafted, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut.

The following footballers played senior VFL / AFL football prior to playing and / or coaching with Ararat with the year indicating their first season at AFNC.


Killed in action during World War One.

References

  1. ↑ "Official Club Website". Sportingpulse.
  2. ↑ "1912 - Wimmera Football Premiership". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 13 September 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  3. ↑ "Ararat". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 16 May 2008. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  4. ↑ "1903 - Ararat Champions". The Ararat Advertiser and Chronicle for the Stawell and Wimmera Districts (Vic. : 1885 - 1918). 28 August 1903. p. 2. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  5. ↑ "1904 - Country Football: Ararat". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 9 September 1904. p. 8. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  6. ↑ "1905 - Ararat wins the Wimmera Premiership". The Ararat Advertiser and Chronicle for the Stawell and Wimmera Districts (Vic. : 1885 - 1918). 8 September 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  7. ↑ "1905 - Ararat Football Club". The Ararat Advertiser and Chronicle for the Stawell and Wimmera Districts (Vic. : 1885 - 1918). 22 September 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  8. ↑ "1908 - COUNTRY FOOTBALL". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 17 September 1908. p. 8. Retrieved 12 February 2026.
  9. ↑ "1911 - Ararat Football Club". The Ararat Advertiser and Chronicle for the Stawell and Wimmera Districts (Vic. : 1885 - 1918). 24 October 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  10. ↑ "1912 - WIMMERA FOOTBALL: ARARAT PREMIERS". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 12 September 1912. p. 6. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  11. ↑ "1912 - ARARAT FOOTBALLERS ENTERTAINED". The Ararat Advertiser and Chronicle for the Stawell and Wimmera Districts (Vic. : 1885 - 1918). 15 October 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  12. ↑ "1914 - Wimmera Premiership: Won by Ararat". Dimboola Banner and Wimmera and Mallee Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918). 4 September 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 14 February 2026.
  13. ↑ "1920 - Won by Ararat". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 14 September 1920. p. 4. Retrieved 6 February 2026.
  14. ↑ "1934 - Ballarat Semi-Final Dates & Medal Winner". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic). 20 August 1934. p. 30. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  15. ↑ "1946 - Leading Goal-kickers". The Horsham Times (Vic. : 1882 - 1954). 6 September 1946. p. 4. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  16. ↑ "1950 - RECORDS GO AS STAWELL BEATS ARARAT FOR WIMMERA PENNANT". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 20 September 1950. p. 75. Retrieved 10 February 2026.
  17. ↑ "1954 - Ararat FC loses valuable points". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 4 August 1954. p. 90. Retrieved 21 February 2026.
  18. ↑ "1955 - Top of the Wimmera". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 20 June 1955. p. 13. Retrieved 13 February 2026.


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