Kyneton | ||
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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[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 | ||
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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.
It has been said that Kyneton was the Victorian town where the first organised regional football match was contested,[ citation needed ] although the first recorded country football match was on the Camp Reserve, Castlemaine was in September 1855 between a team of Army soldiers and a team of goldminers. [2]
The first match in Kyneton was held in the early 1860s, with 84 players (42 by side) on the field.[ citation needed ] The match was played at the Showgrounds Oval.
Kyneton FC is recorded as playing two matches against Redesdale, one in October 1868 [3] and the return match was played in November 1868, [4] but Kyneton did not play in a formal local competition until 1891, even though they were registered with the Victorian Football Association from 1877 to 1885 and played against Hawthorn [5] , Essendon [6] and Carlton [7] a number of times in the late 1870's and early 1880's.
Formal rural football competitions commenced in Ballarat 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]
In 1887, the club played 17 matches, the most since the club was formed, but no formal competition. [8]
The club played against the touring British footballers in 1888. [9] [10]
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. [11]
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. [12]
In 1899, the Kyneton District Football Club was formed and the club colours were red, white and blue. [13]
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.
The following footballers played with Kyneton prior to playing senior VFL / AFL football, with the year indicating their VFL debut.
Debut | Player's Name | VFL / AFL Club | Notes / References |
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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.