Bendigo_Football_Netball_League

Bendigo Football Netball League

Bendigo Football Netball League

Australian rules football and netball competition


The Bendigo Football Netball League (previously known as the Sandhurst Football Association, Bendigo and District Football Association, Bendigo Football Association and Bendigo Football League) is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria.

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Formed on 10 June 1881 by the city's three clubs as the Sandhurst Football Association,[1] it is one of the oldest football leagues in Australia, and among its members are some of the oldest football clubs in Australia, including the Castlemaine Football Club, acknowledged as the second oldest football club in Australia and one of the oldest in the world.

A full grandstand at the Queen Elizabeth Oval for the 2007 Grand Final of the Bendigo Football League

Clubs Location

Current BFL clubs (Outer Region)

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Senior Football Premierships

Football: Best & Fairest Award / Goalkicking

Seniors

In 1929, the Bendigo Football League (BFL) decided to perpetuate the memory of the late BFL President, Mr. Fred A. Wood, with a gold medal for the best and fairest player from 1930 to 1939.[9][10]

In 1946, the BFL best and fairest award was named the Arthur E. Cook Medal, in memory of the late Bendigo MLA, who died suddenly at the Victorian Parliament House in April, 1945,.[11] For many years, Cook was associated with the administration of the BFL.[12]

Between 1947 and 1951 the award was known as the Thomas Rees Davies Medal, after a former Bendigo Councillor, Eaglehawk Mayor and BFL President from 1935 to 1939.[13] Davies was a former Eaglehawk footballer and club Secretary[14] and also Secretary of the BFL too.[15] He was made a life member of the BFL in 1926.[16]

The Jack Michelsen Medal was first awarded in 1952, after a prominent Bendigo Mayor, long-term Councillor and BFL President from 1923 to 1925,[17] John Andrew Michelsen, OBE.[18] Michelsen was a journalist at the Bendigo Advertiser for many years.[19]

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Season Ladders

2000 Ladder

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2001 Ladder

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2002 Ladder

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2003 Ladder

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2004 Ladder

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2005 Ladder

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2006 Ladder

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2007 Ladder

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2008 Ladder

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2009 Ladder

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2010 Ladder

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2011 Ladder

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2012 Ladder

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2013 Ladder

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2014 Ladder

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2015 Ladder

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2016 Ladder

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2017 Ladder

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2018 Ladder

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2019 Ladder

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2020 Ladder

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2021 Ladder

Home & Away Season was reduced by 6 rounds and Finals series cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria

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2022 Ladder

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2023 Ladder

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References

  1. "FOOTBALL". Bendigo Advertiser. Vol. XXVIII, no. 8, 093. Victoria, Australia. 11 June 1881. p. 1 (Supplement to The Bendigo Advertiser). Retrieved 8 May 2022 via National Library of Australia.
  2. "1925 - Castlemaine's Unlucky Day". Weekly Times. 10 October 1925. p. 88. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. "1926 - Bendigo Premiership". The Australasian (Melbourne, Vic). 9 October 1926. p. 26. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  4. "1927 - Sandhurst Succeed". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic). 8 October 1927. p. 80. Retrieved 5 March 2021.
  5. "1938 - FOOTBALL PREMIERSHIPS Bendigo". The Argus. 3 October 1938. p. 17. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  6. "1949 - Bendigo £7000 up on football season". Sporting Globe. 12 October 1949. p. 19. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  7. "1952 - Castlemaine: Bendigo Flag". Sporting Globe (Melbourne, Vic). 27 September 1952. p. 10. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  8. "1955 - Sandhurst Lost". The Argus. 3 October 1955. p. 17. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  9. "1929 - Wood Medal at Bendigo". The Sporting Globe. 31 August 1929. p. 6. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  10. "1929 - Memorial to late President". The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). 30 August 1929. p. 2. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  11. "1945 - Sudden death of Mr. A E Cook, MLA". The Argus. 11 April 1945. p. 3. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  12. "1928 - Victorian League's Interest in Country Football". The Age. 27 August 1928. p. 6. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  13. "Bendigo FNL - Officer Bearers List" (PDF). Bendigo FNL. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  14. "1937 - Bendigo FL expects a good season". Weekly Times. 1 May 1937. p. 77. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  15. "1946 - Obituary: Cr. T R Davies". The Age. 10 May 1946. p. 2. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  16. "1926 - Bendigo Football". The Herald. 15 April 1926. p. 3. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  17. "Improving Bendigo Football". Weekly Times. 29 September 1923. p. 89. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  18. "1946 - Duke confers award at big Investiture". The Herald. 13 November 1946. p. 7. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  19. "Bendigo Advertiser: About Us". Bendigo Advertiser. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  20. "1930 - A F Wood Medal". Sporting Globe. 23 April 1923. p. 8. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  21. "1933 - Bendigo". The Argus. 18 September 1933. p. 14. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  22. "Bendigo - Best & Fairest". The Argus. 15 September 1930. p. 13. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  23. "1931 - Bendigo League: Best & Fairest". The Age. 18 September 1931. p. 6. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  24. "1932 - Bendigo Medal Winner". Weekly Times (Melbourne, Vic). 8 October 1932. p. 68. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  25. "1932 - Bendigo title to Sandhurst". Weekly Times. 29 October 1932. p. 54. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  26. "1933 - Football: Bendigo League". The Argus. 16 October 1933. p. 10. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  27. "1933 - Crapper's new record". Weekly Times. 23 September 1933. p. 69. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  28. "1933 - Goal-kicking Performance". The Argus. 26 October 1933. p. 3. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  29. "1933 - Country Football Notes". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic). 22 September 1933. p. 41. Retrieved 5 May 2024.
  30. "1934 - In the Country". The Age. 8 October 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  31. "1935 - Bendigo League's best player". The Age. 13 September 1935. p. 9. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  32. "1936 - Best & Fairest". Weekly Times. 24 October 1936. p. 71. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  33. "1936 - Bendigo Football". The Age. 16 October 1936. p. 16. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  34. "1937 - Mumford: Champion of Bendigo League". Record. 18 September 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  35. "1938 - Bendigo League's Best". The Age. 10 September 1938. p. 27. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  36. "1939 - Football". The Argus. 9 October 1939. p. 13. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  37. "1946 - Best & Fairest in Bendigo League". The Argus. 6 September 1946. p. 13. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  38. "1947 - Bendigo". The Age. 30 August 1947. p. 5. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  39. "1949 - H Tonn wins Bendigo League Medal". The Argus. 16 September 1949. p. 18. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  40. "1950 - Best & Fairest". The Age. 15 September 1950. p. 17. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  41. "1951 - Fine Family Record". The Herald. 12 September 1951. p. 13. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  42. "1952 - Curran wins BFL Best & Fairest". The Riverine Herald. 28 August 1952. p. 1. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  43. "1953 - N Evans best & Fairest in Bendigo League". The Riverine Herald. 16 September 1953. p. 1. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  44. "1954 - Eddie Jackson:BFL Best & Fairest". The Riverine Herald. 1 September 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  45. "1954 - Best & Fairest for Bendigo". The Age. 1 September 1954. p. 16. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
  46. "1998 - MFL top player". The Riverine Herald. 16 September 1998. p. 22. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

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