Creswick Football Club
| Creswick | |
|---|---|
| Names | |
| Full name | Creswick Football Club |
| Club song | "Oh we're from Creswick town" |
| 2018 season | |
| After finals | DNQ |
| Home-and-away season | 13th |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1869 |
| Colours | Red white black |
| Competition | Central Highlands Football League |
| President | Mick Alsop |
| Coach | Ryan Knowles |
| Premierships | (10): 1914, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1940, 1950, 1961, 1974, 1987 |
| Ground(s) | Doug Lindsay Reserve, Creswick (2012-present) |
| Former ground(s) | Hammon Park (1869-2011) |
The Creswick Football Club is an Australian rules football club that plays in the Central Highlands Football League and is based in the town of Creswick, Victoria.
History
The Creswick Football Club was founded in 1869 and its first recorded game was July 24 that same year against Kingston, with the result being a 0-0 draw. The club played in 1876 against Clunes and Daylesford, winning both games 1 goal to 0. Between 1869 and 1914, the name of the league where the Wickers played changed almost yearly but the league was often known as the 'Challenge Cup'. There was no football between 1870 and 1875 due to floods.
The Creswick District Football Association was founded in 1914, with Creswick joined by clubs from Dean, Smeaton, Newlyn and Allendale & Broomfield.[1] Creswick won the premiership from Newlyn.[2] There was a suspension of football in the league due to World War I which lasted from 1916 to 1918, with the league ultimately ceasing existence in approximately 1934. Creswick spent 1929 to 1931 in the Ballarat Football Association before returning to the CDFA and they joined the Clunes Football Association from 1935 to 1940. In 1941, Creswick left the Clunes association and went back to the BFA where World War II was the cause of no football from 1941 to 1944. Creswick shifted back to the Clunes competition in 1950 where they stayed until 1978 before joining the newly-formed Central Highlands Football League as a founding member. They are currently affiliated with the CHFL and continue to field junior and senior football and netball teams. Creswick relocated its home ground of 143 years at Hammon Park to a new venue at Doug Lindsay Reserve in 2012.[3][4]
The Creswick Football Club has spawned a large number of players that have played in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League including William Sparrow (Carlton), Dinny Heagney (Geelong), Jack Wunhym (Footscray), John McDonald (Hawthorn), Jimmy Stephenson (St Kilda), Brian Hepper (Fitzroy), Greg Dowd (Footscray), Eric Clarke (St Kilda), Peter Huntley (St Kilda), Rod Gladman (St Kilda) and Matthew Capuano (North Melbourne, St Kilda).
The club will celebrate its 150th anniversary in 2019.[5]
A-Grade Premierships
Creswick District Football Association: 1914, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1926
Clunes Football Association: 1940
Clunes Football League: 1950, 1961, 1974
Central Highlands Football League premierships
A-Grade: 1987
B-Grade: 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988
U18: 1979, 1990, 1995, 2006
U15: 1985, 1986, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2015
References
- ↑ "Position of Clubs". Creswick Advertiser. August 18, 1914. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ↑ "Creswick Premiers". Creswick Advertiser. October 6, 1914. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
- ↑ O'Connor, Tim (April 19, 2012). "Hammon Park-Doug Lindsay Reserve relocation". The Courier.
- ↑ McGrath, Gav (August 3, 2011). "Farewell Hammon Park". The Courier.
- ↑ "Creswick FC club history (1869-present)".
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