Clunes Football Netball Club

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Clunes
Names
Full name	Clunes Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)	Magpies
Motto	Committed, United, Proud
Club details
Founded	1886
Colours	black white
Competition	Central Highlands Football League
Premierships	(10) 1934, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1978, 1979, 1993, 1997
Ground(s)	Bull Milgate Oval, Clunes
Uniforms
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Last updated December 10, 2021

The Clunes Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football and Netball club that are based in the former goldrush town of Clunes, Victoria. The footballers play in the Central Highlands Football League and the netballers play in the Central Highlands Netball League, while both leagues are separate entities they are synchronise with each other for the fixtures and finals.

History

The club was formed in 1886 and played in various local games up until 1917. Games were often played midweek in the early days with many players being employed in the mines. Football in the town were often formed from the labour of mining companies and commercial merchants. Teams were formed and a local identity would donate a cup or trophy for competition.

Surprisingly for a club of its age it never was in a structured association until after World War 1. In 1919 Creswick District Football Association was formed with Clunes being one of the founding clubs. Clunes was unsettled as it twice left the local competition to play in the Maryborough Association. When the Maryborough competition failed to operate in 1931 Clunes had to come up with a solution.

In 1931 the Clunes Football Association was formed and Clunes was a founding club. Three other clubs were Smeaton, Newstead and Campbelltown. Runners up in the inaugural year it took a few more years before Clunes won its first Premiership in 1934.^[1]

Just after the war, a local lad by the name of Bob Davis caught a train and attended preseason training with South Melbourne, but was told he wasn't wanted. As the lad was boarding and attended at Ballarat College. He played locally with Golden Point where he was spotted by Geelong recruiters and he was invited to try out with Geelong.^[2]

Clunes was a dominating force during the fifties and sixties, as they made the Grand Final in thirteen of eighteen seasons but for only five wins. Their main competitor was Bungaree who meet them in seven Grand Finals during the sixties. Clunes would remain in the Clunes league until it merged with the Ballarat and Bacchus Marsh Football League to form the Central Highlands Football League, with Clunes among the new competition's fifteen founder members.

In Clunes Football Association last season in 1978, it was one of the most climatic in its history as Clunes and Newlyn played out the competition's only ever grand final draw with Clunes 9.15.69 to Newlyn 10.9.69. Clunes won the replay 20.5.125 to Newlyn 7.11.53.

Success again the following year in the new competition with Clunes defeating Ballan 11.13.79 to 11.10.76.

Their two other premierships were in 1993 when they again defeated Ballan 14.14.98 to 12.12.84 and in 1997 when they defeated Dunnstown 13.17.95 to 12.16.88. Current AFL player Nick Hind grew up in Clunes and played 49 Senior games for the Clunes Football Netball Club and winning the 2014 Club Best and Fairest. Nick is currently with the Essendon Bombers where he was drafted in 2021 after playing 21 games for the St Kilda Saints in 2019–2020. Nick Hind

Club jumper

In 1919, the club adopted the Collingwood colours of black and white vertical stripes.
In 1931, the stripe was changed to black with a white stripe down the middle.
In 1933, this was reversed back to white with a black stripe down the middle.
1945 saw the club sporting a black jumper with white collar and cuffs with a CFC monogram.
In 1973, the club reverted to the Collingwood stripes.
In 1979, the club switched to white with a black stripe down the middle.
In 1982, the club switched to black with a white V yolk.
In 1987, the club again switched back to the Collingwood stripes.

Senior premierships

Clunes Football League
- 1934, 1951, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1963, 1978,
Central Highlands Football League
- 1979, 1993 and 1997

AFL/VFL players

Book

History of Football in the Ballarat District by John Stoward - ISBN 978-0-9805929-0-0

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References

↑ "BALLARAT-WIMMERA LEAGUE". September 10, 1934. p. 14 – via Trove.
↑ "'A sad day for football and Victoria'". www.heraldsun.com.au. May 17, 2011.
↑ "Clunes Magpies".

External links

Club profile on Clunes website
Clunes FNC on Facebook

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[1] "BALLARAT-WIMMERA LEAGUE". September 10, 1934. p. 14 – via Trove.

[2] "'A sad day for football and Victoria'". www.heraldsun.com.au. May 17, 2011.

[3] "Clunes Magpies".

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