| Maldon | |
|---|---|
| Names | |
| Full name | Maldon Football and Netball Club |
| Nickname(s) | Bombers |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Colours | Black Red |
| Competition | Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League |
| Premierships | (30) 1894, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2010 |
| Ground(s) | Bill Woodfull Oval, Maldon |
| Other information | |
| Official website | Maldon FNC website |
The Maldon Football and Netball Club is an Australian rules football club that plays in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League and is situated in the township of Maldon, Victoria, in the central Victorian goldfields. The clubs plays its home games at Bill Woodfull Oval, Maldon, Victoria. The club's nickname is known as the Bombers.
The club was established in 1873 at a meeting at Ellis' Exchange Hotel on Monday 12th May 1873. [1]
The club played in the Castlemaine District Football Association from 1890 [2] to 1913, then in the Castlemaine District Football League from 1914 to 1951. The Castlemaine DFA changed its name to the Castlemaine DF League at its annual meeting April, 1914. [3]
In 1900, Maldon, premiers of the Castlemaine District Football Association defeated Timor, the premiers of the Maryborough District Football League. [4]
Maldon won the 1891 Castlemaine Junior Football Association premiership.
The club won its first premiership in 1894 and then dominated the competition, finishing either first or second on the premiership ladder, every year between 1894 and 1909 (16 consecutive years) and also winning 15 premierships between 1894 and 1923.
It lost only one match between 1898 and 1902. Syd Titus, father of famous Richmond player, Jack Titus, captained Maldon for nine years, including seven premierships in the late 1890's, early 1900's. [5]
Between 1927 and 1933 the club was known as Tarrengower Football Club.
In 1950, Maldon played Carlton in a practice match at Princes Park. [6]
Between 1965 and 1979 the club played 15 seasons in the Golden City Football League. [7] It made the finals on four occasions but lost every finals match it played.
Castlemaine District Junior Football Association
Castlemaine District Football League - Albert Harvey Medal
Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League
The following footballers played with Maldon FC, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, and / or were drafted, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut.
| Player | VFL/AFL Clubs | VFL/AFL Career | Notes/References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Baxter | Collingwood | 1907-09 | |
| Tom Baxter | Collingwood | 1907-12 | 1910 VFL Premiership |
| Len Bowe | Essendon | 1907-20 | 1911 & 1912 VFL Premierships |
| Jim Bonella | Melbourne | 1908 | |
| George Oliver | Melbourne | 1909 | |
| Sid O'Neill | Fitzroy | 1909 | Killed in WW1 |
| Rupe Benstead | Essendon | 1911 | |
| Billy Robinson | Carlton | 1915-18 | 1914 Stawell Gift winner, 1915 VFL Premiership |
| Les Murray | Footscray | 1951 | Kicked 100 plus goals for Maldon in 1950 |
| Jeff Patterson | South Melbourne, Richmond, Fitzroy | 1951-54 | |
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