Maldon Football and Netball Club
| Maldon | |
|---|---|
| Names | |
| Full name | Maldon Football and Netball Club |
| Nickname | 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 | 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.
History
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 1934 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.
Football Premierships
- Seniors
Castlemaine_District_Football_Association (1890 to 1913)
- 1894,[8][9] 1896,[10][11][12] 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901,[13] 1902,[14] 1904,[15] 1905,[16][17] 1906,[18] 1908,[19] 1909[20] (12)
Castlemaine District Football League (1914 to 1951)
- 1914, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1931, 1933,[21] 1949, 1950, 1951 (9)
- (1927, 1931, 1933 - won by the Tarrengower FC)
Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League (1952 to 1964)
- 1952: Maldon: 13.14 - 92 d Campbell's Creek: 9.9 - 63
- 1955: Maldon: 14.7 - 91 d Carisbrook: 8.7 - 55
- 1956: Maldon: 15.12 - 102 d Dunolly: 13.8 - 86
- 1957: Maldon: 12.9 - 81 d Dunolly: 10.5 - 65
Golden City Football League (1965 to 1979)
- No premierships
Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League (1980 to 2025)
- 1983 - Maldon: 20.19 - 139 d Primrose: 14.14 - 110
- 1985 - Maldon: 19.15 - 129 d Chewton: 14.11 - 95
- 1987 - Maldon: 14.11 - 95 d Chewton: 10.14 - 74
- 1988 - Maldon: 13.13 - 91 d Talbot: 12.13 - 85
- 2010 - Maldon: 11.12 - 78 d Avoca: 9.10 - 64
- Reserves
- ?
- Thirds
- ?
- Juniors
Castlemaine District Junior Football Association
- 1891[22]
League Best and Fairest
Castlemaine District Football League - Albert Harvey Medal
Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League
- 1981 - Glen Roy
- 1983 - Ken Patton
- 2015 - Hayden Kelly
- 2021 - Tommy Horne[25]
- 2024- Damian Wust
Leading Goalkickers
- Seniors
- Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League
- 1982 - 90: Russell Emmens
- 1984 - 90: Russell Emmens
- 1987 - 100: Darren Rice
- 1988 - 121: Darren Rice
- 1988 - 138: Darren Rice
- 1991 - 109: Darren Rice
- 1999 - 83: Michael Howell
- 2011 - 121: Christian Kelly[26]
VFL / AFL Players
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 | WW1 war veteran |
| 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 | |
- VFL Players born in Maldon
Books
- History of Football in the Bendigo District - John Stoward - ISBN 978-0-9805929-1-7
References
- ^ "1873 - News and Notes". The Tarrangower Times and Maldon and Newstead Advertiser (Vic. : 1862 - 1873). 10 May 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
- ^ "1890 - FOOTBALL IN THE COUNTRY". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). 1 September 1890. p. 10. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "1914 - CASTLEMAINE FOOTBALL LEAGUE". Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917). 18 April 1914. p. 2. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "1900 - Country Football". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 24 September 1900. p. 9. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ "1941 - JACK TITUS, THE PETER PAN OF FOOTBALL". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 5 July 1941. p. 39. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "1950 - MALDON CLUB HAS SCOOP FOR MATCH AT CARLTON". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954). 8 March 1950. p. 67. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "1965 - Golden City Football League History". Footypedia. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ^ "1894 - EMBLY TROPHY COMPETITION". Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917). 8 October 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "1894 - Items of Interest". Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917). 26 May 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ^ "1896 - Country Football". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 9 September 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ "1896 - Sporting Notes". Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917. 26 September 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
- ^ "1896 - Sporting notes". The Tarrangower Times and Maldon Advertiser (Vic). 9 September 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 2 May 2024.
- ^ "1901 - CONCLUSION OF PREMIERSHIP MATCHES". Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917). 9 September 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "1902 - Country Football". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 23 September 1902. p. 8. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "1904 - Country Football: Maldon". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 22 August 1904. p. 8. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "1905 - Football: MALDON WINS THE PREMIERSHIP". Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917). 11 September 1905. p. 3. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "1905 - Maldon again Premiers". The Tarrangower Times and Maldon Advertiser (Vic. : 1894 - 1911). 13 September 1905. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "1906 - Sporting Notes: Football". The Tarrangower Times and Maldon Advertiser (Vic. : 1894 - 1911). 17 October 1906. p. 2. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ "1908 - Sporting News: Football". Mount Alexander Mail (Vic. : 1854 - 1917). 5 September 1908. p. 1. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
- ^ "1909 - Sporting Notes: "SHERIDAN" TROPHY SENIOR COMPETITION". The Tarrangower Times and Maldon Advertiser (Vic. : 1894 - 1911). 18 August 1909. p. 3. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "1933 - Country Football Premierships". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 4 September 1933. p. 26. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "1891 - Football". The Tarrangower Times and Maldon, Newstead, Baringhup, Laancoorie and Muckleford Advertiser (Vic. : 1873 - 1894). 9 September 1891. p. 2. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "1932 - Castlemaine". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 26 October 1932. p. 12. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "1930 - Castlemaine". The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954). 4 October 1930. p. 15. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
- ^ "Berry Powell Medal - Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
- ^ "Senior Football - Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League - SportsTG". SportsTG. Retrieved 2 August 2018.