South Bunbury Football Club

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South Bunbury Football Club
Names
Full nameSouth Bunbury Football Club
Nickname(s)Tigers
MottoCede Nullis
2022 season
Home-and-away season2
Club details
Founded1897
ColoursRed and white
Competition South West Football League
ChairmanJohn Castrilli
CoachJulian Burgess
Captain(s)Martin Thompson
Premierships45 (16 in SWFL - most recent: 2024)
Ground(s) Hands Oval
Other information
Official website http://www.sbfc.com.au/

South Bunbury Football Club is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in South Bunbury, Western Australia. The club plays in the South West Football League. Since being founded in 1897 the club has won 45 premierships and has been a runner-up 24 times. [1] Since joining the SWFL in 1957 the club has won 16 premierships. [2] [3]

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The club sits equal second nationally in terms of senior premierships won. North (King Island) have won 47 while Ramblers (Carnarvon) and South Bunbury are equal second with 45. It is likely that one of these three clubs will be the first club in Australia to win 50 senior premierships.

History

The South Bunbury club was founded in May 1897 at a meeting at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Bunbury. [1] [4]

South Bunbury picked up the nickname Tigers after the relative inaccessibility and perceived wildness of the South Bunbury area around the turn of the 20th century.

Club records

Notable players

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "History". South Bunbury Football Club. Archived from the original on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  2. "News - SWFL League Premierships". South West Football League. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  3. "South Bunbury". Full Points Footy. Retrieved 15 May 2009.
  4. "Football - Formation of a new senior club". Bunbury Herald. 21 May 1897. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Trophy Cabinet". South Bunbury Football Club. Retrieved 15 May 2009.