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Castlemaine Football Club

Castlemaine Football Club

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The Castlemaine Football Netball Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia and is currently a member of the Bendigo Football League.

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The club is notable for several reasons. Formed in 1859, it is the second oldest documented football club in Australia after the Melbourne Football Club and it has produced many notable Australian rules footballers.

History

Foundation

The "Castlemaine Football Club" was formed on 15 June 1859 at the Supreme Court Hotel and chaired by T Butterworth.[2] Castlemaine played its first match on 22 June 1859 on the Cricket Ground Barkers Creek.[3]

Records for the foundation date was discovered in 2007 which rewrote history; as many had previously believed that the Geelong Football Club had been formed earlier.[4]

Competition

The club was formed in an era before codified rules organised competition, but according to some sources, including Graeme Atkinson, "football" was popular in the goldfields region; and, without a league to participate in, the club was an irregular competitor during its first decade.

Uniform

The original uniform was a white cap with royal-blue Maltese cross.

1925

In 1925, Castlemaine joined the Bendigo Football League, Coached by the West Australian champion Phil Matson, Castlemaine made the 1925 Grand Final, but lost to South Bendigo by 14 Points: 7.12 (54) to 6.4 (40).[5][6][7][8]

Alumni

Castlemaine players in the VFL/AFL

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References

  1. [1]
    "Current details for ABN 89 082 492 568". abr.business.gov.au. Australian Government. November 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Castlemaine Football Club starts 150th celebrations". 15 June 2009.
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    Mt Alexander Mail, June 1859
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    Real Footy [dead link]
  5. [5]
    Country Matches: Bendigo Grand Final: South Bendigo Win Premiership, The Age, (Monday, 5 October 1925), p.7.
  6. [6]
    Bendigo Matches: South Bendigo Premiers, The Argus, (Monday, 5 October 1925), p.17.
  7. [7]
    'Half-Forward', "In the Presence of 12,000 Spectators, South Bendigo Win Premiership of Bendigo League", The Weekly Times, (Saturday, 10 October 1925), p.88.
  8. [8]
    Bendigo League Premiership Won by South Bendigo, The Australasian, (Saturday, 10 October 1925), p.37.
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