Manuka Football Club

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Full name Manuka Football Club
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Founded 1928 [1]
Dissolved 1991;27 years ago (1991) (merged with Eastlake)
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Competition AFL Canberra (1928–1991)
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Manuka Football Club is a defunct Australian rules football club that played in the AFL Canberra from 1928–1991. The club played at Manuka Oval in the inner-south suburbs of Canberra. It merged with Eastlake Football Club in 1991. [2]

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Honours

Although Manuka merged with Eastlake in 1991, the team enjoyed premiership success 16 times before becoming Southern Districts in 1991.

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References

  1. ↑ Manuka on AustralianFootball website
  2. ↑ "Manuka". AustralianFootball.com.
  3. 1 2 "AFL Canberra Hall of Fame Inductees".
  4. ↑ "AFL Canberra Hall of Fame Inductees 2009".
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