Creswick Football Netball Club

Creswick
Names
Full name	Creswick Football Netball Club
Club song	"Oh we're from Creswick town"
2018 season
After finals	DNQ
Home-and-away season	13th
Club details
Founded	1869;152 years ago (1869)
Colours	black   white   red
Competition	Central Highlands FL
Coach	Ryan Knowles
Premierships	(11): 1914, 1915, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1940, 1950, 1961, 1974, 1987
Ground(s)	Doug Lindsay Reserve, Creswick (2012-present)
Former ground(s)	Hammon Park (1869-2011)
Uniforms
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The Creswick Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club that plays in the Central Highlands Football League and is based in the town of Creswick, Victoria.

History

The Creswick Football Club was founded in 1869 and its first recorded game was July 24 that same year against Kingston, with the result being a 0-0 draw. The club played in 1876 against Clunes and Daylesford, winning both games 1 goal to 0. Between 1869 and 1914, the name of the league where the Wickers played changed almost yearly but the league was often known as the 'Challenge Cup'. There was no football between 1870 and 1875 due to floods.^{[ citation needed ]}

The Creswick District Football Association was founded in 1914, with Creswick joined by clubs from Dean, Smeaton, Newlyn and Allendale & Broomfield. ^[1] Creswick won the premiership from Newlyn, ^[2] and repeated the dose in 1915. ^[3] There was a suspension of football in the league due to World War I which lasted from 1916 to 1918, with the league ultimately ceasing existence in early 1935. ^[4] Creswick joined the Ballarat First Rate Association in 1929 ^[5] and stayed until 1931 before they joined the Clunes Football Association from 1932 to 1940 while fielding a seconds team in the Creswick Association. Creswick's ground hosted what turned out to be the last CDFA grand final between Springmount and Allendale. ^[6] In 1941, Creswick left the Clunes association and went back to the BFA where World War II was the cause of no football from 1941 to 1944. Creswick shifted back to the Clunes competition in 1950 where they stayed until 1978 before joining the newly-formed Central Highlands Football League as a founding member. They are currently affiliated with the CHFL and continue to field junior and senior football and netball teams. Creswick relocated its home ground of 143 years at Hammon Park to a new venue at Doug Lindsay Reserve in 2012. ^{[7] [8]}

A-Grade Premierships

Creswick District Football Association: 1914, 1915, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1926

Clunes Football Association: 1940

Clunes Football League: 1950, 1961, 1974

Central Highlands Football League premierships

A-Grade: 1987

B-Grade: 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988

U18: 1979, 1990, 1995, 2006

U15: 1985, 1986, 1992,1993, 1995, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2015

VFL/AFL players

• Dinny Heagney - Geelong
• Jack Wunhym - Footscray
• John McDonald - Hawthorn
• Jimmy Stephenson - St Kilda
• Brian Hepper - Fitzroy
• Greg Dowd - Footscray
• Eric Clarke - St Kilda
• Peter Huntley - St Kilda
• Ron Gladman - St Kilda
• Matthew Capuano - North Melbourne, St Kilda. ^[9]

References

1. "Position of Clubs". Creswick Advertiser. 18 August 1914. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
2. "Creswick Premiers". Creswick Advertiser. 6 October 1914. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
3. "Premiership won by Creswick". Creswick Advertiser. 27 July 1915. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
4. "Allendale in Clunes League - Creswick Association seems defunct". Creswick Advertiser. 29 March 1935.
5. "Creswick footballers join Ballarat". Creswick Advertiser. 29 March 1929.
6. "Springmount and Allendale in Last Reckoning". Creswick Advertiser. 14 September 1934.
7. O'Connor, Tim (19 April 2012). "Hammon Park-Doug Lindsay Reserve relocation". The Courier.
8. McGrath, Gav (3 August 2011). "Farewell Hammon Park". The Courier.
9. "Creswick FC club history (1869-present)".

External links

• Creswick FNC on Facebook