Kyneton Football Club

Kyneton
Names
Full name	Kyneton Football & Netball Club
Nickname(s)	Tigers
2025 season
Home-and-away season	6th
Leading goalkicker	Angus Nolte (57)
Club details
Founded	1868;157 years ago (1868) [note 1]
Colours
Competition	RDFL
Coach	Ethan Foreman
Premierships	1891, 1892, 1893, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908, 1928, 1931, 1945 BFL 1936, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1995, 1997 (17)
Ground(s)	Kyneton Showgrounds (capacity: 5,000)
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official website	kynetonfnc.com

The Kyneton Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Kyneton, Victoria. Kyneton teams currently compete in the Riddell District Football League. The club transferred there after the 2023 season.

History

It has been said that Kyneton was the Victorian town where the first organised regional football match was contested, although other records indicate that a game was played at Castlemaine in June 1859. The first match in Kyneton was held in the early 1860s, with 84 players (42 by side) on the field. The match was played at the Showgrounds Oval.

As a formal competition was established in Kyneton in 1868, with Ballarat's starting in 1869 and Castlemaine's in 1871, being the first competitions in the region until the Victorian Football Association was founded in 1877. ^{[1] [2]}

The club played against the touring British footballers in 1888. ^{[3] [4]}

In 1895 at the annual meeting of the Kyneton United Football Club it was resolved to reform the club and change the name to the Kyneton Football Club. ^[5]

In 1898, Kyneton Junior FC and Kyneton Senior FC merged to form the Kyneton Football Club and adopting the club colours of blue and white. ^[6]

After World War Two, Kyneton participated in the Castlemaine District Football League in 1945 and 1946, prior to re-joining the Bendigo Football League in 1947.

The club went into recess in 2013 citing a player shortage, but returned to the competition in 2014. At the end of 2023 the club decided to transfer from the Bendigo Football League to the Riddell District Football League.

Football Timeline

• 1891 - 1894: Kyneton Football Association ^{[7] [8]}
• 1895 - Woodend District Football Association ^[9]
• 1896 - Kyneton District Football Association
• 1897 - 1898: Club active, but no official competition.
• 1899 - Kyneton Football Association
• 1900 - Club active, but no official competition.
• 1901 - 1911: Kyneton District Football Association
• 1912 - Woodend District Football Association ^[10]
• 1913 - 1915: Castlemaine District Football League
• 1916 - 1918: Club in recess due to World War Two.
• 1919 - 1920: ?
• 1921 - Castlemaine District Football League
• 1922 - Trentham Football Association
• 1923 - 1925: Castlemaine District Football League
• 1926 - 1930: Kyneton Football League
• 1931 - Midland Football League ^[11]
• 1932 - 1940: Bendigo Football League
• 1941 - 1944: Club in recess due to World War Two.
• 1945 - 1946: Castlemaine District Football League
• 1947 - 2012: Bendigo Football League
• 2013 - Club in recess
• 2014 - 2019: Bendigo Football League
• 2020 - Club in recess due to COVID 19 lockdown
• 2021 - 2023: Bendigo Football League
• 2024 - 2025: Riddell District Football League

Premierships

Senior Football

• Kyneton District Football Association
  • 1891 - 1st: Kyneton ^[12] ,
  • 1892 - 1st: Kyneton, 2nd: Woodend ^{[13] [14]} ,
  • 1893 - 1st: Kyneton ^{[15] [16]}
  • 1902 - Kyneton: 4.4 - 28 d East Trentham: 2.6 - 18 ^[17]
  • 1903 - 1st: Kyneton, 2nd: Kyneton Collegians ^[18]
  • 1904 - Kyneton: 5.5 - 35 d Malmsbury: 1.4 - 10 ^[19]
  • 1906 - 1st: Kyneton, 2nd: Kyneton Collegians
  • 1908 - Kyneton: ? d Trentham: ? ^[20]

• Kyneton Football League
  • 1928 - Kyneton: 4.9 - 33 d Kyneton Collegians: 4.3 - 27 ^[21]

• Midland Football League
  • 1931 - Kyneton: 9.7 - 61 d Castlemaine Foundry: 5.11 - 41 ^[22]

• Bendigo Football League (6):
  • 1936 - Kyneton: 12.9 - 81 d Sandhurst: 10.8 - 68 ^{[23] [24] [25]}
  • 1960 - Kyneton: 9.8 - 62 d Rochester: 8.11 - 59
  • 1961 - Kyneton: 12.13 - 85 d Rochester: 9.6 - 80
  • 1966 - Kyneton:15.6 - 96 d Golden Square: 12.12 - 84 ^[26]
  • 1995 - Kyneton: 18.13 - 121 d South Bendigo: 11.10 - 76
  • 1997 - Kyneton: 18.15 - 123 d Golden Square: 7.14 - 56

• Castlemaine District Football League (1945 & 1946)
  • 1945

Reserves

• Bendigo Football League
  • 1975 - Kyneton: 9.14 - 68 drew with Sandhurst: 10.8 - 68 (Drawn Grand Final) ^[27]
  • 1975 - Kyneton: ? d Sandhurst: ? (Grand Final Replay)

Thirds

• Bendigo Football League
  • 1997 - Kyneton: 10.4 - 64 d Eaglehawk: 4.13 - 37

Runners Up

Seniors

• Bendigo Football League
  • 1957, 1959, 1963, 1976, 1996,

VFL / AFL Players

The following footballers played with Kyneton prior to playing senior VFL / AFL football, with the year indicating their VFL debut.

Alexander Fraser

Nathan Thompson

Debut	Player's Name	VFL / AFL Club	Notes / References
1903	John McCashney	South Melbourne
1907	Harry Rigby	Melbourne
1914	Alexander Fraser	Melbourne	Federal & State Politician
1925	Jack Armstrong	St Kilda
1935	Frank Halloran	Melbourne & Footscray
1937	Ted Buckley	Melbourne
1939	Hughie McPherson	Footscray & Melbourne
1939	Clarrie Riordan	St Kilda
1953	John Thomas McCashney	Hawthorn
1957	Frank Hanrahan	St Kilda
1958	Bill Arch	Carlton
1958	Brian Bowe	St Kilda
1959	Peter Barker	Footscray
1959	Cliff Deacon	South Melbourne
1959	Norm McKenzie	South Melbourne
1967	Ian Thompson	North Melbourne
1975	Danny Halloran	Carlton
1976	Jim Buckley	Carlton	1979, 81 & 82 VFL Premierships
1983	Tony Kelly	Collingwood
1998	Nathan Thompson	Hawthorn
1999	Peter Welsh	Melbourne
2009	Rhys Magin	Essendon
2012	Jack Redpath	Footscray

The following footballers played senior VFL / AFL football, prior to playing / coaching with Kyneton, with the year indicating their first season at Kyneton.

• 1928 - Gerry Beare - Richmond
• 1933 - Leo Wescott - Collingwood
• 1934 - Horrie Mason - St Kilda
• 1936 - Eric Little - Carlton
• 1936 - Bill Spurling - Footscray
• 1936 - Colin Strang - St Kilda
• 1936 - Doug Strang - Richmond
• 1947 - Albert Collier - Collingwood & Fitzroy
• 1951 - Wally Culpitt - Hawthorn
• 1953 - Harry Equid - Essendon
• 1954 - Brian Gilmore - Essendon & St Kilda
• 1954 - Bill Nolan - Collingwood
• 1954 - Fred Payne - Essendon
• 1957 - Clive Philp - Hawthorn
• 1959 - Ian Burt - Essendon
• 1959 - Bob Suter - Essendon
• 1960 - Kevin Parks - Essendon
• 1961 - Ken Peucker - Essendon
• 1962 - Greg Sewell - Essendon
• 1965 - Barry Matthews - Essendon
• 1966 - Les Kaine - Hawthorn
• 2003 - Phil Carman - Collingwood
• 2005 - Brett Cook - Fitzroy & St Kilda
• 2009 - Lance Picioane - Hawthorn

Kyneton District Football Association

• 1891 to 1911 - Kyneton District Football Association
• 1912 to 1925 - KDFA in recess
• 1926 to 1930 - Kyneton District Football League

Premiers

• 1891 - Kyneton ^[28]
• 1892 - 1st: Kyneton ^{[29] [30]}
• 1893 - Kyneton ^{[31] [32]}
• 1894 - 1st: Malmsbury, 2nd: Carlsruhe ^[33]
• 1895 - KDFA in recess?
• 1896 ^[34] - Woodend ^[35]
• 1896 - 1898: KDFA in recess?
• 1899 -
• 1900 - KDFA in recess?
• 1901 - East Trentham, Lauriston or Kyneton? ^[36]
• 1902 - Kyneton
• 1903 - 1st: Kyneton
• 1904 - Kyneton ^[37]
• 1905 - Malmsbury ^{[38] [39]}
• 1906 - 1st: Kyneton ^{[40] [41]}
• 1907 - Trentham*: 7.10 - 52 d Kyneton Collegians: 3.6 - 24 ^[42]
• 1908 - Kyneton: ? d Trentham: ? ^[43]
• 1909 - ?. Semi Final: Kyneton d Macedon ^[44]
• 1910 - Trentham: 5.8 - 38 d Macedon: 4.10 - 34 ^{[45] [46]}
• 1911 - Daylesford: 1.17 - 23 d Trentham: 2.9 - 21 ^[47]
• 1912 - 1925: KDFA in recess. ^[48]
• 1926 - Kyneton Collegians: 10.8 - 68 d Daylesford: 5.9 - 39
• 1927 - Daylesford 4.8 - 32 d Kyneton Collegians: 4.4 - 28
• 1928 - Kyneton 4.9 - 33 d Kyneton Collegians: 4.4 28
• 1929 - Kyneton Collegians 8.11 - 59 d Kyneton 5.14 - 44
• 1930 - Trentham: 5.9 - 39 d Malmsbury: 5.5 - 35

Bibliography

• History of Football in the Bendigo District - John Stoward - ISBN   978-0-9805929-1-7

Notes

1. Date according to club's website. ^[1]

References

1. History of the club on Kyneton website
2. "Kyneton Football Club". The Kyneton Observer. 6 October 1887. p. 2. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
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10. "1911 - Woodend Football Association". Victoria: The Woodend Star. 11 May 1911. p. 3. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
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External links

• Official website
• 1919 - Kyneton DFA Premiers: Kyneton Collegians FC team photo
• 1928 - Kyneton FL Premiers: Kyneton FC team photo
• 1931 - Kyneton FC & Castlemaine FC team photos
• 1932 - Kyneton FC & Echuca FC team photos
• 1933 - Kyneton FC & Castlemaine FC team photos
• 1934 - Kyneton FC & South Bendigo FC team photos
• 1937 - Kyneton FC & Eaglehawk FC team photos
• 1937 - Kyneton FC & South Bendigo FC team photos
• 1938 - Kyneton FC & Sandhurst FC team photos
• 1949 - Kyneton FC team photo