Maldon Football and Netball Club

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 Maldon Recreation Reserve, Maldon. The club's nickname is known as the Bombers.

History

The club was established in 1873. The club played in the Castlemaine District Football Association from 1894 to 1951. The club won its first premiership in 1894 and then dominated the competition. It lost only one match between 1898 and 1902. Between 1927 and 1933 the club was known as Tarrengower. Between 1965 and 1979 the club 15 seasons in the Golden City Football League. It made the finals on four occasions bet lost every finals match it played.

Premierships in the Castlemaine District Football Association

• 1894, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1923

Premierships in the Castlemaine District Football League

• 1927, 1929, 1931, 1949, 1950, 1951

Premierships in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League

• 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2010

League Best and Fairest^[1]

• 1981 Glen Roy
• 1983 Ken Patton

Leading Goalkickers ^[2]

• 1982 Russell Emmens 90
• 1984 Russell Emmens 90
• 1987 Darren Rice 100
• 1988 Darren Rice 121
• 1988 Darren Rice 138
• 1991 Darren Rice 109
• 1999 Michael Howell 83
• 2011 Christian Kelly 121

Books

History of Football in the Bendigo District - John Stoward - ISBN 978-0-9805929-1-7

References