Hepburn Football Club Explained

Color1:
  1. 000066
Color2:
  1. FFFFFF
Color3:solid red
Clubname:Hepburn FNC Inc.
Nickname:Burras
Fullname:Hepburn Football Netball Club
Colours: blue red
Founded:1919
League:Central Highlands FL
Premierships:(14) 1930, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1985, 1986, 1989, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017
Ground:Hepburn Recreation Reserve
Pattern B1:_navystripes
Pattern Sh1:_redsides
Pattern So1:_hoops red
Body1:ff0000
Shorts1:000066
Socks1:000066

The Hepburn Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Burras, is an Australian rules football and netball club that plays in the town of Hepburn Springs, Victoria and plays in the Central Highlands Football League. The colours of the club are red and blue.

Club history

Football in the Victorian town of Hepburn Springs dates back to the 1860s and a team was fielded in 1864 but it wasn't until approximately 1919, after World War I, that the Hepburn Football Club was officially founded and represented the town in an organised competition.

Hepburn FC had a golden era during the 1930's playing in ten grand finals in the Daylesford District Football Association between 1930 and 1939, in which the Burras compiled a successful history, claiming premierships in 1930, 1934, 1937, 1938 and 1939.

After World War II, Hepburn moved to the Clunes Football Association and were runners up in 1949 grand final, Newlyn by 31 points.[1]

In 1979, the Clunes Football League and the Bacchus Marsh Ballarat District Football League amalgamated to form the Central Highlands Football League and Hepburn were one of the founding members of the new competition.

After first contesting the finals in 1985, the Burras improved and went on to win a CHFL record-breaking nine senior premierships, the most recent being in 2017 at Mars Stadium when they beat minor premiers Beaufort 15.15.105 to 13.9.87.

The club celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2014.[2] [3]

Football Premierships

Seniors
Reserves

Book

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hepburn FC details.
  2. Web site: Hepburn FC 150th anniversary.
  3. Web site: HFC confident it has covered player departures. 24 February 2014.
  4. Web site: 1934 - Daylesford . The Age (Melbourne, Vic) . 16 June 2024 . 4 . 11 October 1934.
  5. Web site: 1934 - Football Finals Played . The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956) . 16 June 2024 . 27 . 24 September 1934.
  6. Web site: 1934 - Daylesford Premiership . The Argus . 16 June 2024 . 16 . 25 October 1934.
  7. Web site: 1937 - Country Football Finals . The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic) . 16 June 2024 . 37 . 11 October 1937.
  8. Web site: 1938 - Football . The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic) . 16 June 2024 . 42 . 19 September 1938.
  9. Web site: 1939 - Country Results: Daylesford . The Argus . 16 June 2024 . 13 . 11 September 1939.