Wallan Football Club
| Wallan FNC | |
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| Official website | http://www.wallanmagpies.com.au |
The Wallan Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an
Riddell District Football League and wears black and white vertical stripes.[1]
History
The club appears to of played its first game of
Australian Rules football in 1891 against the Kilmore Rose Football Club.[2]
Football Competitions Timeline
- 1891 - 1895: Club active, playing some intermittent football matches against other local sides.
- 1896 - Power Trophy[3]
- 1897 - 1906: Club active, playing some intermittent football matches against other local sides.
- 1907 - 1911: Central Mernda Football Association
- 1912: Club active, but did not play any competition football.[4]
- 1913 - 1915: Midlands District Football Association. Association abandoned in July, 1915 due to war enlistments from footballers.[5]
- 1916 - 1918: Association / Club in recess due to World War One
- 1919 - 1920: Mernda Football Association
- 1923 - 1931: Bourke Evelyn Football League
- 1935 - 1939: Hume Highway Football Association
- 1940 - 1945: Association / Club in recess due to World War Two
- 1945 - 1946: Hume Highway Football Association
- 1947 - 1953: Riddell District Football League
- 1954 - 1964: Panton Hill Football League
- 1965 - 2001: Riddell District Football League
- 2002 - 2006: Diamond Valley Football League
- 2007 - 2007: Northern Football League
- 2008 - 2024: Riddell District Football League
Football Premierships (9)
- Seniors
- Central Mernda Football Association
- Midlands Football Association
- 1914[8]
- Riddell District Football League- Division One
- 1985
- 2021 (minor premiers acknowledged due to the COVID-19 shortened season & no finals series)
- Riddell District Football League- Division Two
- 1977
- 1989
- 1992
Runners Up (4)
- Central Mernda District Football Association
- 1910[9]
- Midlands Football Association
- Riddell District Football League- Division Two
- 1984
- Riddell District Football League- Division One
- 1998, 2000, 2019
Football League Best & Fairest Winners
- Seniors
- Riddell District Football League
- 1952 - Ken Cleve * [12]
- 1971 - Les Benjamin
- 1982 - Ian Benjamin
- 1998 - Gavin Langborne
- 1999 - Dean Fitzpatrick
- 2001 - Brett Spencer
- 2018 - Jesse Davies
- 2021 - Ricky Schraven
- 2022 - Steven Boyall
- 1952: Ken Cleve (Wallan) tied with Ray Russell (Lancefield) on 14 votes, but received the runners up award and has never received a retropective "co-winners" medal from the RDFL.
Leading Goalkickers
- Seniors
- Riddell District Football League
- 1970: Ian Benjamin 44
- 1972: Greg Wood 130
- 1973: Greg Wood 179
- 1976: Pat Delaney 111
- 1977: Pat Delaney 133
- 1984: Bernie Laffin 63
- 1991: David Fowler 78
Highest Score
Wallan 56.25.361 (v North Fawkner 1.2.8) – Riddell DFL – 1997
Most goals in a game
34 – David Fowler – Wallan (v North Fawkner) – Riddell DFL – 1997
References
- ^ "Wallan FNC - History". Wallan FNC. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "1891 - Football: Kilmore Rose v Wallan". Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic). 9 July 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "1896 - Country Football". The Age. 14 September 1896. p. 6. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "1912 - A mixed meeting". The Woodend Star (Vic. : 1888 - 1942). 18 May 1912. p. 2. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "1915 - Country Football: Wallan". The Age. 24 July 1915. p. 12. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "1909 - Country Football: Wallan". The Age. 16 August 1909. p. 11. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "1909 - Country Football". The Argus. 2 August 1909. p. 8. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "1915 - MIDLANDS ASSOCIATION". The Bendigo Independent (Vic. : 1891 - 1918). 28 June 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "1910 - Country Football: Wallan". The Age. 15 August 1915. p. 11. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
- ^ "1913 - Football Premiership". The Broadford Courier and Reedy Creek Times (Broadford, Vic). 5 September 1913. p. 3. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "1913 - CHALLENGED VICTORIES. STRANGE FOOTBALL MUDDLE". The Argus. 18 September 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 8 April 2024.
- ^ "1952 - RIDDELL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: Best & Fairest voting". Kilmore Free Press (Kilmore, Vic. : 1870 - 1954). 31 July 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
Books
- History of Football in the Bendigo District - John Stoward - ISBN 9780980592917
- 100 years of Football in the Riddell District - John Stoward
External links
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