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Maryborough Football Club

The Maryborough Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Maryborough, Victoria.

Maryborough Football Club
Names
Full nameMaryborough Football Club[1]
Nickname(s)Magpies
2023 season
After finalsN/A
Home-and-away season10th (last)
Club details
Founded1872; 152 years ago (1872)
Colours     
CompetitionBendigo Football League (BFL)
PresidentKelvin Noonan
Premierships14: MFA, 1892, 1894, 1908, BFL 1924, 1925, 1927, 1931, 1960, 1965, 1968, 1972, 1974 BFL: 1998, 1999
Ground(s)Princes Park
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websitehttps://maryboroughfnc.com.au/

The club teams currently compete in the Bendigo Football Netball League.

History

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An Australian Rules football club was tried to be formed in Maryborough in 1869, but was unsuccessful, then in 1872, the club was formed and three matches were played against Avoca.

In 1891, the Maryborough Albion Junior FC played 15 games, for 14 wins, one draw to be premiers of the Maryborough district.[2]

Maryborough joined the Ballarat Football League in 1924 and were premiers on four occasions between 1924 and 1931 but missed both the 1929 and 1930 seasons as they were without a home ground. The council had decided to allocate Princes Park to the Maryborough District Football Association (MDFA).[3][4]

In August, 1928, Marborough player, Charlie Backway kicked 18 goals against Ballarat Imperial FC.[5]

After returning and winning the 1931 premiership, Maryborough applied to join the Bendigo Football League in 1932 and were suspended by the Ballarat Football League as a result, who refused to clear the club to the Bendigo Football League.[6][7]

To get around the disqualification, a new club was formed, called Maryborough United FC and they participated in the Bendigo Football League, from 1932 to 1940, due to Maryborough FC's disqualification.[8]

The original club reformed in 1945, spent a season in the Maryborough District Football Association (MDFA), before returning to the Ballarat Football League in 1946.[9]

At the end of 1991 the club were successful in transferring to the Bendigo Football League.

Football Timeline
  • 1872 - 1891: Maryborough FC formed in 1872, club active playing matches against local towns, but no competition football.
  • 1892 - 1894: Maryborough District Football Association formed in 1892.[10]
  • 1895 - 1898: Maryborough District Football Association? Club active, but no competition football?
  • 1899 - 1900: Maryborough District Football Association
  • 1901 - 1903: Maryborough District Football Association ?
  • 1904 - 1910: Maryborough District Football Association
  • 1911 - 1915: Maryborough FC appears to be in recess. Maryborough Temperance FC, Maryborough Railways FC and Bristol Hill FC (Maryborough) all active in the Maryborough DFA.
  • 1916 - 1918: Association & club in recess due to World War One
  • 1919 - 1923: Club in recess
  • 1924 - 1928: Ballarat Football League
  • 1929 & 1930: Club in recess. Maryborough FC was forced into recess, after the local council did not provide the club with the lease of their home ground, Princes Park.[11]
  • 1931: Ballarat Football League
  • 1932 - 1940: Bendigo Football League, as Maryborough United FC.
  • 1941 - 1944: League and club in recess, due to World War Two
  • 1945: Maryborough District Football League
  • 1946 - 1991: Ballarat Football League
  • 1992 - 2019: Bendigo Football League
  • 2020: BFNL & club in recess due to COVID-19
  • 2021 - 2024: : Bendigo Football League
  • 2025 - MFNC in recess.[12]

Football Premierships

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Seniors
  • Maryborough Football Association (1892–1915, 1945):
    • 1892 - Maryborough: 4.6 - 30 defeated Bowenvale: 2.8 - 20[13]
    • 1894 - Maryborough:[14][15]
    • 1908 - Maryborough: 7.9 - 51 d Carisbrook: 1.0 - 6[16]
  • Ballarat Football League (1924–1931, 1946–1991):
    • 1924 - Maryborough: 6.13 - 49 d Ballarat: 6.4 - 40[17][18]
    • 1925 - Maryborough: 11.12 - 78 d Ballarat: 10.9 - 69[19][20]
    • 1927 - Maryborough: 6.10 - 40 drew Ballarat: 6.10 - 40[21]
    • 1927 - Maryborough: 8.17 - 65 d Ballarat: 8.12 - 60 (Grand Final Replay)[22]
    • 1931 - Maryborough: 13.24 - 102 d Ballarat Imperial: 11.7 - 73[23]
    • 1960 - Maryborough: 8.12 - 60 d Daylesford: 6.14 - 50[24]
    • 1965 - Maryborough: 13.10 - 88 d Ballarat: 8.8 - 56[25][26]
    • 1968 - Maryborough: 21.18 - 124 d Ballarat: 9.13 - 68[27]
    • 1972 - Maryborough: 18.12 - 120 d North Ballarat: 9.14 - 68[28][29]
    • 1974 - Maryborough: 10.12 - 72 d East Ballarat: 9.16 - 70[30]
  • Bendigo Football League (1932–1940, 1992–present):
    • 1998 - Maryborough: 19.11 - 125 d Sandhurst: 12.6 - 78
    • 1999 - Maryborough: 20.17 - 137 d Castlemaine: 17.4 - 106
Reserves
Thirds

Football Runners Up

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Seniors
Reserves

League Best & Fairest Winners

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Senior Football

League Leading & / or Century Goalkicker

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Football Club Best & Fairest Award

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  • Seniors
    • 1924 - Walter Grose[45]
    G. F. Cuttle Memorial Gold Medal

The club's senior football best and fairest award, was initially called the G F Cuttle Memorial Award, who resurrected the club in 1924 and was Maryborough's first president when they joined the Ballarat Football League[46][47] and was first awarded in 1926.[48][49] Cuttle received a life membership of the Maryborough FC in April, 1926,[50] just prior to his unfortunate death in June, 1926.

Football Coaches

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Seniors

Notable players

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The following footballers played with Maryborough FNC, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, and / or drafted, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut.

The following footballers played senior VFL / AFL football prior to playing and / or coaching with Maryborough FNC with the year indicating their first season at MFNC.

Netball Premierships

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Bendigo Football Netball League
  • B Grade
    • 1996

Netball Runners Up

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Bendigo Football Netball League
  • A Grade
    • 2002
  • B Grade
    • 1999, 2000, 2004
  • C Grade
    • 1997, 1998, 2000
  • Under 17
    • 2010, 2017

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