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 Bill Woodfull Oval, Maldon. The club's nickname is known as the Bombers.

Maldon
Names
Full name	Maldon Football and Netball Club
Nickname(s)	Bombers
Club details
Founded	1873
Colours	Black   Red
Competition	Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League
Premierships	(31) 1894, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1914, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2010
Ground(s)	Bill Woodfull Oval, Maldon

History

The club was established in 1873. The club played in the Castlemaine District Football Association from 1894 to 1913, then in the Castlemaine District Football League from 1914 to 1951. The Castlemaine DFA changed its name to the Castlemaine DF League at its annual meeting April, 1914.^[1]

Maldon won the 1891 Castlemaine Junior Football Association premiership.

The club won its first premiership in 1894 and then dominated the competition, winning 15 premierships in the next 30 years.

It lost only one match between 1898 and 1902. Syd Titus, father of famous Richmond player, Jack Titus, captained Maldon for nine years, including seven premierships in the late 1890's, early 1900's.^[2]

Between 1927 and 1933 the club was known as Tarrengower Football Club.

In 1950, Maldon played Carlton in a practice match at Princes Park.^[3]

Between 1965 and 1979 the club played 15 seasons in the Golden City Football League. It made the finals on four occasions but lost every finals match it played.

Football Premierships

Seniors

Castlemaine District Football Association (1894 to 1913)

• 1894,^[4][5] 1896,^[6][7][8] 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901,^[9] 1902,^[10] 1904,^[11] 1905,^[12][13] 1906,^[14] 1908,^[15] 1909^[16] (12)

Castlemaine District Football League (1914 to 1951)

• 1914, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1929, 1931, 1933,^[17] 1949, 1950, 1951 (10)
• (1927, 1929, 1931, 1933 - won by the Tarrengower FC)

Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League (1952 to 1964)

• 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957 (4)

Golden City Football League (1965 to 1979)

• No premierships

Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League (1980 to 2025)

• 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2010 (5)

Reserves

• ?

Thirds

• ?

Juniors

Castlemaine District Junior Football Association

• 1891^[18]

League Best and Fairest

Castlemaine District Football League - Albert Harvey Medal

• 1932 - D Rice: Tarrangower^[19]
• 1933 - H Tatt: Tarrangower^[20]

Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League

• 1981 - Glen Roy
• 1983 - Ken Patton
• 2015 - Hayden Kelly
• 2021 - Tommy Horne^[21]

Leading Goalkickers

Seniors

• Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League
• 1982 - 90: Russell Emmens
• 1984 - 90: Russell Emmens
• 1987 - 100: Darren Rice
• 1988 - 121: Darren Rice
• 1988 - 138: Darren Rice
• 1991 - 109: Darren Rice
• 1999 - 83: Michael Howell
• 2011 - 121: Christian Kelly^[22]

Books

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