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Castlemaine Football Club

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Castlemaine
Names
Full nameCastlemaine Football Netball Club[1]
Nickname(s)Magpies
2016 season
Home-and-away season7th
Club details
Founded1859; 165 years ago (1859)
Colours    Black and White
CompetitionBendigo Football League (BFL)
PremiershipsBFL: 5 (1926, 1952, 1966, 1992, 2000)
Ground(s)Camp Reserve, Castlemaine
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websitecastlemainefnc.com.au

The Castlemaine Football Netball Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia and is currently a member of the Bendigo Football League.

The club is notable for several reasons. Formed in 1859, it is the second oldest documented football club in Australia after the Melbourne Football Club and it has produced many notable Australian rules footballers.

History

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Foundation

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The "Castlemaine Football Club" was formed on 15 June 1859 at the Supreme Court Hotel and chaired by T Butterworth.[2] Castlemaine played its first match on 22 June 1859 on the Cricket Ground Barkers Creek.[3]

Records for the foundation date was discovered in 2007 which rewrote history; as many had previously believed that the Geelong Football Club had been formed earlier.[4]

Competition

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The club was formed in an era before codified rules organised competition, but according to some sources, including Graeme Atkinson, "football" was popular in the goldfields region; and, without a league to participate in, the club was an irregular competitor during its first decade.

Uniform

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The original uniform was a white cap with royal-blue Maltese cross.

1925

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In 1925, Castlemaine joined the Bendigo Football League, Coached by the West Australian champion Phil Matson, Castlemaine made the 1925 Grand Final, but lost to South Bendigo by 14 Points: 7.12 (54) to 6.4 (40).[5][6][7][8]

Alumni

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Castlemaine players in the VFL/AFL

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Player VFL/AFL Clubs VFL/AFL Career Notes/References
Percy Bentley Richmond 1925–40
Harry Crapper Melbourne 1930–31
Jack Showell St Kilda 1936–38
Jack Titus Richmond 1926–43
Ron Barassi, Sr. Melbourne 1936–40
Ron McCann Collingwood 1936 1936 Stawell Gift winner
Graeme Miniham St Kilda 1953–59
Bud Annand St Kilda 1956–62
Brian McMillan Richmond 1962–64
Kevin Delmenico Footscray 1966–70
Robert Thompson Essendon 1968–71
Peter Hall Carlton 1971
Peter Fyffe Carlton 1970–73
Mark Cross Footscray 1974
Warren Jones Carlton, St Kilda 1978–85
Lazar Vidovic St Kilda 1989–97
Steven Oliver Carlton 1992–94
Paul Starbuck Sydney, Carlton 1990
Rod Keogh Melbourne, St Kilda 1990–98
Tom Kavanagh Melbourne, Fitzroy 1993–94
Heath Culpitt Carlton 1999–2001
Dustin Martin Richmond 2010–
Kane Farrell Port Adelaide 2018-

References

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  1. ^ "Current details for ABN 89 082 492 568". abr.business.gov.au. Australian Government. November 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Castlemaine Football Club starts 150th celebrations". 15 June 2009.
  3. ^ Mt Alexander Mail, June 1859
  4. ^ Real Footy [dead link]
  5. ^ Country Matches: Bendigo Grand Final: South Bendigo Win Premiership, The Age, (Monday, 5 October 1925), p.7.
  6. ^ Bendigo Matches: South Bendigo Premiers, The Argus, (Monday, 5 October 1925), p.17.
  7. ^ 'Half-Forward', "In the Presence of 12,000 Spectators, South Bendigo Win Premiership of Bendigo League", The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 10 October 1925), p.88.
  8. ^ Bendigo League Premiership Won by South Bendigo, The Australasian, (Saturday, 10 October 1925), p.37.
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