Creswick Football Netball Club Explained

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Clubname:	Creswick FNC
Fullname:	Creswick Football Netball Club
Nickname:	Wickers
Clubsong:	"Oh we're from Creswick town"
Season:	2023
Afterfinals:	N/A
Home&Amp;Away:	13th
Colours:	black white red
League:	Central Highlands FL
Coach:	Paul Borchers
Premierships:	(14): 1894, 1907, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1931, 1940, 1950, 1961, 1974, 1987
Ground:	Doug Lindsay Reserve, Creswick (2012-present)
Formerground:	Hammon Park (1869-2011)
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Url:	Creswick FNC website

The Creswick Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball 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, with Mr. J Wighton elected as President.^[1]

Creswick's first recorded game was July 24 that same year against Kingston, with the result being a 0-0 draw.^[2]

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.

In 1878, the Ballarat Caledonia FC played the Creswick Hill Camp FC in Creswick, with Creswick winning four goals to nil.^[3]

In 1880, Creswick FC President was, Mr. Thomas Cooper (MLA).^[4]

The Creswick District Football Association was reformed in 1914, with Creswick joined by clubs from Dean, Smeaton, Newlyn and Allendale & Broomfield.^[5] Creswick won the 1914 premiership from Newlyn,^[6] and repeated the dose in 1915.^[7]

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 early 1935.^[8]

In 1922, Creswick: 12.9 - 81 defeated North Melbourne: 9.15 - 69^[9] and Mr. Herbert Packham was voted the most popular footballer at Creswick.^[10]

Creswick joined the Ballarat First Rate Association in 1929^[11] and lost the first semi final in 1930^[12] and were premiers of the Ballarat & District Football Association in 1931, prior to joining the Clunes Football Association from 1932 to 1940, while fielding a seconds team in the Creswick Association.

Creswick's ground hosted what turned out to be the last CDFA grand final between Springmount and Allendale in 1934.^[13]

In 1941, Creswick went into recess, where World War II was the cause of no football from 1941 to 1945.

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.^{[14] [15]}

Football Club Timeline

• 1890 - 1891: Club active, but no official competition matches.
• 1892 - 1893: Clunes, Allendale & Daylesford Football Association^{[16] [17] [18]}
• 1894 - 1896: Creswick District Football Association^[19]
• 1897 - 1900: Allendale District Football Association^[20]
• 1901 - 1915: Creswick District Football Association
• 1916 - 1918: Club in recess due to World War One
• 1919 - 1921: Creswick District Football Association
• 1922 - Creswick Junior Football Association. ^[21]
• 1922 - Ballarat District Football Association^[22]
• 1923 - 1928: Creswick District Football Association
• 1929 - 1930: Ballarat First Rate Football Association
• 1931 - Ballarat District Football Association
• 1932 - 1940: Clunes District Football Association
• 1941 - 1945: Club in recess due to World War Two
• 1946 - 1949: Ballarat Football League - B. Grade^[23]
• 1950 - 1978: Clunes Football League
• 1979 - 2019: Central Highlands Football League
• 2020 - Club in recess due to COVID-19
• 2021 - 2024: Central Highlands Football League

Football Premierships

Seniors

• Creswick District Football Association:
  • 1894, 1907,^[24] 1914, 1915, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1926
• Ballarat District Football Association
  • 1931^[25]
• Clunes Football Association

• • 1940
• Clunes Football League

• • 1950, 1961, 1974

Reserves

• Creswick District Football League
  • 1933 - Creswick Rovers FC

Juniors

• Creswick District Junior Football Association
  • 1902 - North Creswick^[26]
• Clunes Football League
  • 1964 - Creswick: 7.5 - 47 d Learmonth: 1.3 - 9

Under 18's

• Clunes Football League
  • 1968 - Creswick: 5.12 - 42 d Bungaree: 5.6 - 36

Central Highlands Football League

• Seniors
  • 1987
• Reserves
  • 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2019
• Under 18:
  • 1979, 1990, 1995, 2006
• Under 15:
  • 1985, 1986, 1992,1993, 1995, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2015

League Best & Fairest Winners

Senior Football

• Central Highlands Football League
  • 1981 - Peter Muller: 20 votes
  • 1986 - David Jenkins: 26

League Goalkicking Award Winners

Senior Football

• Central Highlands Football League
  • 1987 - Darren Kubeek: 105 goals
  • 1992 - Jason Yean: 91

VFL / AFL players

Year - Debut season

• 1925 - Dinny Heagney - Geelong
  • 1927 - Jack Wunhym - Footscray 1940 - Jim Mooring -
• 1946 - Des Bell -
  • 1951 - John McDonald - Hawthorn 1956 - Jimmy Stephenson - St Kilda
• 1965 - Brian Hepper - Fitzroy
  • • • 1966 - Greg Dowd - Footscray 1980 - Eric Clarke - St Kilda 1981 - Peter Huntley - St Kilda 1987 - Ron Gladman - St Kilda
• 1994 - Matthew Capuano - North Melbourne, St Kilda.^[27]

Creswick District Football Association

Creswick FC played in the following football competitions between 1892 and 1934, with the competition name changing their title a number of times.

In 1904, there was a four team local football competition between - Allendale, Clementston Creswick and Lawrence.^[28]

In 1906, the Creswick DFA comprised the following eight clubs: Allendale, Lawrence, Long Point, Mount Prospect, Newlyn, North Creswick, Rocky Lead and Springmount.^[29]

When the Creswick DFL folded in 1935,^[30] the remaining clubs joined the following local competitions - Allendale joined the Clunes Football League,^[31] Springmount - Daylesford & DFA.^[32] Unsure what happened to the Creswick Rovers, Eganstown and Kingston Football Clubs in 1935.

	Creswick DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final Scores
Year	Premiers	Score	Runner Up	Score	Venue	Gate / Comments
1892 - 1893: Clunes, Allendale & Daylesford DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final Scores
1892	Allendale					^[33]
1893	Eganstown	1.1 - 7	Clementson	1.0 - 6	Allendale	^[34]
1894 - 1896: Creswick DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final Scores
1894	Creswick	2.7 - 19	Allendale	0.1 - 1	Ballarat	^[35]
1895	Allendale		Clementston		Allendale	Sloan Bros Silver Cup^[36] ^[37] ^[38] ^[39]
1896	?
1897 - 1900: Allendale DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final Scores^[40]
1897	Allendale		Clementston			^[41] ^[42]
1898	Allendale Rovers	3.4 - 16	Clementston Snorters	1.6 - 12		^[43]
1899
1900
Creswick DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final Scores
1901	North Creswick	defeated	Broomfield	by 8 points		^[44]
1902	?
1903	?
1904	North Creswick		?			^[45]
1905	?
1906	?
1907	Creswick	5.5 - 35	Allendale	1.7 - 13	Creswick	^[46] ^[47]
1908	?
1909	Newlyn		Daylesford			^[48]
	Creswick & Allendale DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final Scores
1910	?
1911	?					^[49]
1912	Broomfield/Allendale	2.4 - 16	Newlyn	1.7 - 13	Allendale	7/7^[50]
1913	Newlyn	1.6 - 12	Creswick	1.5 - 11	Allendale	^[51]
	Creswick & DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final Scores
1914	Creswick	2.8 - 20	Newlyn	3.1 - 19	Allendale	£13^[52]
1915	Creswick	5.6 - 36	Newlyn	3.3 - 21	Allendale	£6/7s/8d^[53]
1916-18						In recess > WW1
1919	Creswick					^[54]
1920	Newlyn	4.5 - 29	Creswick	2.7 - 19	Newlyn	£49/1/3^[55]
1921						^[56]
1922						Creswick played in Ballarat DFA in'22
1923	Creswick	4.5 - 29	Dean	2.2 - 14		^[57]
1924	Bungaree	6.9 - 45	Newlyn	2.1 - 13		^[58] ^[59]
1925	Creswick					^[60]
1926	Creswick	3.4 - 16	Clunes	2.5 - 17		^[61] ^[62]
1927	Newlyn
1928	Newlyn
1932	Clunes Juniors	5.10 - 40	Creswick Junors	2.9 - 21		^[63]
1933	Creswick Rovers	5.4 - 34	Clunes Imperial	1.11 - 17	Creswick	^[64]
1934	Springmount	6.6 - 42	Allendale	2.8 - 20	Creswick	^[65]
1935						Creswick DFA went into recess

External links

• • 1947 - Creswick Forestry FC team photo

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1919 - Fifty Years ago . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 20 June 2024 . 7 . 23 August 1919.
2. Web site: 1869 - News and Notes . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 11 June 2024 . 2 . 3 August 1869.
3. Web site: 1878 - Football . The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1869 - 1886; 1914 - 1918) . 3 July 2024 . 4.
4. Web site: 1880 - Football . The Ballarat Courier (Vic. : 1869 - 1886; 1914 - 1918) . 3 July 2024 . 4 . 6 October 1880.
5. News: Position of Clubs. August 18, 1914. Creswick Advertiser. November 16, 2018.
6. News: Creswick Premiers. October 6, 1914. Creswick Advertiser. November 16, 2018.
7. News: Premiership won by Creswick. July 27, 1915. Creswick Advertiser. March 30, 2019.
8. News: Allendale in Clunes League - Creswick Association seems defunct. March 29, 1935. Creswick Advertiser.
9. Web site: 1922 - Creswick . The Ballarat Star . 27 June 2024 . 8 . 16 October 1922.
10. Web site: 1922 - Creswick . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 2 July 2024 . 8 . 7 September 1922.
11. News: Creswick footballers join Ballarat. March 29, 1929. Creswick Advertiser.
12. Web site: 1930 - Keen Struggles In Last Stages Of Football Contests: Ballarat . The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) . 22 June 2024 . 30 . 18 August 1930.
13. News: Springmount and Allendale in Last Reckoning. September 14, 1934. Creswick Advertiser.
14. News: Hammon Park-Doug Lindsay Reserve relocation. O'Connor. Tim. April 19, 2012. The Courier.
15. News: Farewell Hammon Park. McGrath. Gav. August 3, 2011. The Courier.
16. Web site: 1892 - Creswick . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 27 June 2024 . 2 . 16 May 1892.
17. Web site: 1893 - Allendale . The Ballarat Star . 27 June 2024 . 4 . 7 April 1893.
18. Web site: 1893 - Allendale . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 27 June 2024 . 4 . 29 March 1893.
19. Web site: 1895 - Ballarat DFA . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 27 June 2024 . 4 . 3 September 1895.
20. Web site: 1898 - Creswick . The Ballarat Star . 26 June 2024 . 4 . 17 May 1898.
21. Web site: 1922 - Creswick Junior DFA . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 2 July 2024 . 6 . 13 April 1922.
22. Web site: 1922 - Football . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 30 June 2024 . 1 April 1922 . 1 April 1922.
23. Web site: 1946 - Country Sporting: Football . The Argus . 27 June 2024 . 12 . 27 May 1946.
24. Web site: 1907 - Football: Creswick . The Argus . 21 June 2024 . 6 . 14 October 1907.
25. Web site: 1931 - Goal Kicking Records; Fine Day Favors Country Football . The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) . 21 June 2024 . 20 . 7 September 1931.
26. Web site: 1902 - Junior Premiership . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 27 June 2024 . 4 . 18 August 1902.
27. Web site: Creswick FC club history (1869-present).
28. Web site: 1903 - Football . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 28 June 2024 . 6 . 4 June 1903.
29. Web site: 1906 - Creswick District Association . The Ballarat Star . 26 June 2024 . 4 . 2 May 1906.
30. Web site: 1935 - Country Football Prepartations . The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) . 3 July 2024 . 33 . 29 March 1935.
31. Web site: 1935 - Country Football . The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) . 3 July 2024 . 27 . 3 April 1935.
32. Web site: 1935 - RESULTS OF FOOTBALL MATCHES IN COUNTRY . The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) . 3 July 2024 . 28 . 3 June 1935.
33. Web site: 1892 - Allendale . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 27 June 2024 . 4 . 5 October 1892.
34. Web site: 1893 - Clements - Dibdin Trophies . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 27 June 2024 . 4 . 21 August 1893.
35. Web site: 1894 - Notes (Grand Final Review) . Sportsman (Melbourne, Vic. : 1882 - 1904) . 27 June 2024 . 6 . 28 August 1894.
36. Web site: 1895 - Allendale . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 27 June 2024 . 1 . 30 November 1895.
37. Web site: 1895 - The Ballarat Star (Grand Final Review) . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 27 June 2024 . 2 . 15 October 1895.
38. Web site: 1895 - Ballarat Star (Grand final Preview) . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 27 June 2024 . 2 . 11 October 1895.
39. Web site: 1895 - The Ballarat Star (Grand Final Preview) . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 27 June 2024 . 2 . 12 October 1895.
40. Web site: 1897 - Creswick . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 28 June 2024 . 1 . 21 May 1897.
41. Web site: 1897 - Allendale . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 28 June 2024 . 2 . 14 September 1897.
42. Web site: 1897 - Allendale . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 28 June 2024 . 1 . 4 August 1897.
43. Web site: 1898 - Football . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 28 June 2024 . 4 . 9 August 1898.
44. Web site: 1901 - Country Football: Creswick . The Age . 21 June 2024 . 8 . 11 September 1901.
45. Web site: 1904 - Creswick: Football Premiership . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 21 June 2024 . 6 . 4 October 1904.
46. Web site: 1907 - Football: Creswick . The Argus . 21 June 2024 . 6 . 14 October 1907.
47. Web site: 1907 - Country Football . The Age . 21 June 2024 . 8 . 8 October 1907.
48. Web site: 1909 - Football . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 21 June 2024 . 1 . 9 October 1909.
49. Web site: 1911 - Allendale District Association . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 1 July 2024 . 10 . 27 May 1911.
50. Web site: 1910 - Football: Allendale District FA . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 29 June 2024 . 1 . 23 September 1912.
51. Web site: 1913 - Newlyn v Allendale . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 29 June 2024 . 8 . 3 September 1913.
52. Web site: 1914 - Creswick Premiers . Creswick Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) . 21 June 2024 . 2 . 6 October 1914.
53. Web site: 1915 - Premiership won by Creswick . Creswick Advertiser (Vic. : 1914 - 1918) . 21 June 2024 . 2 . 27 July 1915.
54. Web site: 1919 - Creswick: Football . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 21 June 2024 . 6 . 25 September 1919.
55. Web site: 1920 - GRAND FINAL NECESSARY . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 21 June 2024 . 6 . 6 October 1920.
56. Web site: 1921 - Football: Creswick DFA . The Ballarat Star (Vic. : 1865 - 1924) . 30 June 2024 . 6 . 16 September 1921.
57. Web site: 1923 - Creswick Successful . Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic. : 1869 - 1954) . 21 June 2024 . 75 . 25 August 1923.
58. Web site: 1924 - Matches in the Country: Creswick . The Argus . 23 June 2024 . 14 . 1 September 1924.
59. Web site: 1924 - Matches in the country: Creswick . The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957) . 23 June 2024 . 15 . 25 August 1924.
60. Web site: 1925 - Country Matches . The Argus . 22 June 2024 . 17 . 5 October 1925.
61. Web site: 1926 - Football: Country Matches . The Argus . 22 June 2024 . 7 . 13 September 1913.
62. Web site: 1926 - PROTEST DISMISSED . The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) . 22 June 2024 . 8 . 21 September 1926.
63. Web site: 1932 - Exhibition Game . The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) . 21 June 2024 . 27 . 10 October 1932.
64. Web site: 1933 - In the Country: Police. Using batons, quell Creswick fight . The Age . 21 June 2024 . 6 . 9 October 1933.
65. Web site: 1935 - Premierships Decided in Country Football Competitions . The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) . 21 June 2024 . 34 . 17 September 1935.