Bacchus Marsh Football Club

Australian rules football club

Bacchus Marsh FNC

Names
Full name| Bacchus Marsh Football & Netball Club
Nickname(s)| Cobras
2024 season
After finals| N/A
Home-and-away season| 9th: 4 wins, 12 losses
Leading goalkicker| Jake Owen (40)
Best and fairest| Jake Owen & Tyson Shea
Club details
Founded| 1881; 144 years ago (1881)
Colours|
Competition| Ballarat Football League
President| Ian McClure
Coach| Dennis Armfield
Premierships| Bacchus Marsh: 14. Maddingley: 8
Ground(s)| Maddingley Park (The Snake Pit), Cnr Grant & Station Sts, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria (capacity: 7,500)
Uniforms

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Other information
Official website| bmfnc.com.au

Bacchus Marsh Football and Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club, located in Bacchus Marsh in Victoria, Australia. The club's various football and netball teams compete in the Ballarat Football League, which is part of the Victorian Country Football League.

The home ground of Bacchus Marsh is Maddingley Park, located to the south of Bacchus Marsh.

## History

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Bacchus Marsh FC (1881 to 1978)

There was an attempt to form an Australian Rules Football club in Bacchus Marsh in May 1874, but this was delayed until "a greater interest was displayed".[1]

The Bacchus Marsh FC was originally formed April 1881.[2]

In May 1891, Mr. T. Cain was elected as the President.[3]

It appears the club wore red and blue horizontal stripe football jumpers from the early 1900s to the early 1920s.

In 1923, Bacchus Marsh colours were branded as the "Two Blues".[4]

The club initially joined in official competition football in 1911 and then played in the Ballarat Football League in 1929 and 1930.

The Bacchus Marsh "Tigers" initially wore a black guernsey with a yellow strip going diagonally from top left to bottom right from 1929, when they first joined the Ballarat Football League.[5]

* Football Club Timeline
* 1881 - 1910: Club formed in 1881 & played friendly matches against other local clubs up until 1910.
* 1911 - ? Football Association[6]
* 1912 - 1915: Bacchus Marsh District Football Association[7] 1915 BMDFA season abandoned in July.[8]
* 1916 - 1918: Club in recess due to World War One
* 1919 - 1927: Bacchus Marsh District Football Association
* 1928 - Werribee & Bacchus Marsh District Football Association
* 1929 - 1930: Ballarat Football League[9] 1st 18 played in the BFL.
* 1929 - Bacchus Marsh District Football Association. BMFC 2nd 18 played in this competition.
* 1930 & 1931 - Bacchus Marsh & Melton Football Association. BMFC 2nd 18 played in this competition.
* 1931 - 1932: Geelong & District Football League[10][11]
* 1933 - 1941: Bacchus Marsh & Melton Football Association[12]
* 1942 - 1944: Association & Club in recess due to World War Two. Club active but no official competition football.
* 1945 - 1958: Bacchus Marsh & Melton Football Association
* 1959 - 1972: Bacchus Marsh District Football League
* 1973 - 1978: Bacchus Marsh & Ballarat District Football League
* 1979 - 1982: Ballarat Football League. Merged with Maddingley FC to form Maddingley-Bacchus Marsh FC
* 1983 - 2019: Ballarat Football League. The club changed their name to just the Bacchus Marsh FC in 1983.
* 2020 - League & club in recess due to COVID-19
* 2021 - 2024: Ballarat Football League

Maddingley FC (1909 to 1978)

The Maddingley Football Club was formed in April 1909, with Mr. W.J. Lindsay elected as President[13] and played in the Bacchuss Marsh FA from 1912 until 1915, but did not reform after World War One, as a club until 1931.[14]

The Maddingley Spiders who wore a black guernsey with a red strip going diagonally from top left to bottom right.

In 1978 Maddingley left the Ballarat-Bacchus Marsh FL and joined the Ballarat Football League. Bacchus Marsh remained in the B-BMFL in 1978 and struggled because the club was practically insolvent. At the end of the 1978 season, a deal was done and the two clubs merged.

Maddingley-Bacchus Marsh FC (1979 to 1982)

The two clubs officially merged in 1979 to form Maddingley-Bacchus Marsh FC who decided to wear a black guernsey with two "v" shape strips, one red, one yellow starting at the top left and finishing on the top right.

Bacchus Marsh FC (1983 to present day)

The Maddingley-Bacchus Marsh FC changed their name to just the Bacchus Marsh FC in 1983.

There have been a few great footballers to go through the district from both Bacchus Marsh and Maddingley including, Fred Wooller, Sandy Talbot, Frank Pomeroy, Liam Duggan and Bugsy.

Bacchus Marsh FC colours: early 1900's Bacchus Marsh FC Colours: 1929 - 78 Maddingley FC Colours

## Football Premierships

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Seniors
Bacchus Marsh FC

* Bacchus Marsh District Football Association
* 1912 - Bacchus Marsh: 8.12 - 60 defeated Melton: 5.6 - 36[15]
* 1920 - Bacchus Marsh: 6.3 - 39 d Melton: 4.7 - 31[16]
* 1924 - Bacchus Marsh: 10.17 - 77 d Melton: 2.5 - 17[17]
* 1925 - Bacchus Marsh: 4.3 - 27 d Rockbank: 3.5 - 23[18]

* Werribee & Bacchus Marsh District Football Association
* 1928 - Bacchus Marsh: 10.6 - 66 d Werribee: 9.6 - 60[19][20]

* Bacchus Marsh & Melton District Football Association
* 1933 - Bacchus Marsh: 10.23 - 83 d Maddingley: 11.8 - 74[21]
* 1937 - Bacchus Marsh: 9.10 - 64 d Maddingley: 6.22 - 58[22][23]
* 1940 - Bacchus Marsh: 14.9 - 93 d Darley: 10.14 - 74[24]
* 1941 - Bacchus Marsh: 9.10 - 64 d Ballan: 7.14 - 56[25]
* 1945 - Bacchus Marsh: 14.8 - 92 d Darley: 13.12 - 90[26][27]
* 1946 - Bacchus Marsh: 11.7 - 73 d Darley: 8.20 - 68[28]

* Bacchus Marsh District Football League
* 1962 - Bacchus Marsh: 13.11 - 89 d Ballan: 10.8 - 68[29]
* 1974 - Bacchus Marsh: d

* Ballarat Football League
* 2016 - Bacchus Marsh: 13.21 - 99 d Sunbury: 5.14 - 44[30]

Maddingley FC

* Bacchus Marsh & Melton District Football Association
* 1936 - Maddingley: 10.12 - 72 d Rockbank: 7.10 - 52[31]
* 1951 - Maddingley: 14.13 - 97 d Rockbank: 8.12 - 60[32]
* 1954 - Maddingley: 17.11 - 113 d Darley: 12.15 - 85[33]
* 1958 - Maddingley: 13.10 88 d Melton: 12.14 - 86[34]
* Bacchus Marsh District Football League
* 1967 - Maddingley: 19.12 - 126 d Rockbank: 17.15 - 115[35]
* 1968 - Maddingley: 14.4 - 88 d Ballan: 9.9 - 63[36]
* Ballarat-Bacchus Marsh Football League
* 1973 - Maddingley: 20.13 - 133 d Bacchus Marsh: 20.11 - 131[37]
* 1977 - Maddingley: 15.21 - 111 d Sebastopol: 12.15 - 85[38]

Reserves
Bacchus Marsh FC

* Bacchus Marsh District Football League
* 1967 - Bacchus Marsh: 10.6 - Ballan: 7.9 - 51[39]

Maddingley FC

* Bacchus Marsh District Football League
* 1961 - Maddingley:
* 1966 - Maddingley:
* 1969 - Maddingley:

## Football Runner Up

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Seniors
Bacchus Marsh FC

* Bacchus Marsh District Football Association
* 1913 - Melton: 8.16 - 64 d Bacchus Marsh: 3.3 - 21[40]
* 1914 - Melton: 10.14 - 74 d Bacchus Marsh: 6.7 - 43[41]
* 1919 - Melton: 5.7 - 37 d Bacchus Marsh: 3.4 - 22[42][43][44]
* 1921 - Melton: 4.7 - 31 d Bacchus Marsh: 2.9 - 21[45]
* 1923[46]
* 1927[47]
* Geelong & District Football League
* 1931 - Geelong West: 8.13 - 61 d Bacchus Marsh: 6.10 - 46[48]
* Bacchus Marsh District Football League
* 1961, 1964, 1966
* Bacchus Marsh & Ballarat Football League
* 1973
* Ballarat Football League
* 2017

Seniors
Maddingley FC

* Bacchus Marsh & Melton Football Association
* 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1949, 1953, 1955
* Bacchus Marsh District Football League
* 1969

## League Best & Fairest winners

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Senior Football

* Bacchus Marsh & Melton District Football Association
* 1936 - Laurie Shea: Maddingley
* 1937 - Mick Vallence: Maddingley
* 1938 - Walter Wehlan: Maddingley
* 1939 - Ron Durham: Bacchus Marsh[49]
* 1940 - Wally Russell: Bacchus Marsh[50]
* 1941 - Ron Durham: Bacchus Marsh
* 1952 - Jack Cooper: Maddingley
* 1953 - Jack Cooper: Maddingley
* Ballarat Football League \- Henderson Medal
* 1997 - Wayne Cracknell
* 2018 - Daniel Burton

## League Goal Kicking Award Winners

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Senior Football

* Bacchus Marsh & Melton Football Association
* 1945 - T Hine (40)[26]

* Ballarat Football League \- Tony Lockett Medal (awarded from 1988 onwards)
* 1987 - Malcom Scott (69 goals)
* 1990 - Malcom Scott (79)
* 1991 - R.Maguire (82)
* 1998 - Brendan Hehir (74)
* 2000 - Chris Stuldreier (93)
* 2001 - Chris Stuldreier (88)

## VFL / AFL players

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The following footballers played with either Bacchus Marsh FNC or Maddingley FNC, prior to playing senior football in the VFL/AFL, and / or drafted, with the year indicating their VFL/AFL debut.

* 1926 - Harry Vallence \- Carlton
* 1926 - Danny Wheelahan \- South Melbourne
* 1930 - Martin Wheelahan \- South Melbourne
* 1932 - Keith Shea \- Carlton and Hawthorn
* 1934 - David Wilkie \- Essendon
* 1936 - Eddie Shea \- Hawthorn
* 1938 - Les Watkins \- Carlton
* 1939 - Jack Skinner \- Carlton
* 1942 - Ray Bamford \- North Melbourne
* 1942 - Ollie Grieve \- Carlton[51]
* 1942 - Wally Russell \- Richmond
* 1943 - Ron Durham \- Richmond
* 1945 - Jack Shea \- Hawthorn
* 1947 - Les Carr \- Carlton
* 1948 - Alan Bulman \- Footscray
* 1956 - Fred Wooller \- Geelong
* 1964 - Wayne Closter \- Geelong
* 1970 - Sandy Talbot \- Essendon
* 2009 - Nick Suban \- Fremantle
* 2015 - Liam Duggan \- West Coast
* 2025 - Sam Lalor \- Richmond

The following footballers played senior VFL / AFL football prior to playing and / or coaching with Bacchus Marsh FNC with the year indicating their first season at BMFNC.

* 1931 - Don Watson \- North Melbourne
* 1932 - Pat Murphy \- Hawthorn
* 1940 - Monty Brown \- Carlton
* 1949 - Ken Dyer \- Hawthorn
* 1970 - Frank Pomeroy \- Geelong
* 1974 - Graham Middleton \- Essendon
* 1987 - Malcom Scott \- St Kilda
* 2007 - Dion Miles \- North Melbourne
* 2012 - Doug Hawkins \- Footscray
* 2013 - Brendan Fevola \- Carlton
* 2016 - Damian Cupido \- Essendon

## Netball

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As of 2024, the club's netball section fields a number of sides in the Ballarat Football League's netball competitions -

* A. Grade, B. Grade, C. Grade, D. Grade & E. Grade
* 19 & Under
* 17 & Under Seniors & 17 & Under Reserves
* 15 & Under Seniors & 15 & Under Reserves
* 13 & Under Seniors & 13 & Under Reserves
* 11 & Under Seniors & 11 & Under Reserves
* 9 & Under

## Bacchus Marsh Football Association

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The Bacchus Marsh Football Association was formed in 1912 from the following clubs - Bacchus Marsh, Deer Park, Maddingley, Melton and Parwan.[7]

The Bacchus Marsh Football Association initially went into recess in 1928 due to Ballan pulling out, which left only four clubs, then Bacchus Marsh and Rockbank FC's joined the Werribee District Football Association, which then changed its name to the Bacchus Marsh & Werribee District Football Association.[52]

The Bacchus Marsh District Football Association was reformed in April 1929, at their annual meeting.[53]

In 1930, the BMDFA became the Bacchus Marsh & Melton District Football Association.[54]

The BM&MDFA was revived in 1945, after being in recess since 1942 due to World War Two, the competition consisted of five teams, including one new club, the 2nd Australian Army Medical Corps (AAMC) Training Battalion Football Club.[55]

In 1949, a 20 year old Lifeguard FC player received a heavy knock to the head and later died at a local Doctor's surgery.[56]

In 1959, the BMMDFA changed their name to the Bacchus Marsh Football League.

In 1979, the Ballarat & Bacchus Marsh District FL merged with the Clunes FL to form the Central Highlands Football League.

### Football Premiers

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Seniors
| SENIORS - Grand Final Scores

|

Year | Premiers | Score | Runner Up | Score | Venue | Gate / Comments
Bacchus Marsh District FA
|  |  |  |  |  |
1912 | Bacchus Marsh | 8.12 - 60 | Melton | 5.6 - 36 | Maddingley Park | £17/12/13
1913 | Melton | 6.16 - 64 | Bacchus Marsh | 3.3 - 21 | Maddingley Park | Crowd: 800
1914 | Melton | 10.14 - 74 | Bacchus Marsh | 6.7 - 43 | Maddingley Park |
1915 | Melton | 1st | Bacchus Marsh | 2nd |  | Season abandoned in July'15
1916-18 |  |  |  |  |  | BMDFA In recess > WW1
1919 | Melton | 5.7 - 37 | Bacchus Marsh | 3.4 - 22 | Maddingley Park | Crowd: "large"
1920 | Bacchus Marsh | 6.3 - 39 | Melton | 4.7 - 31 | Maddingley Park | £21/14/6
1921 | Melton | 4.7 - 31 | Bacchus Marsh | 2.9 - 21 | Maddingley Park | [57]
1922 | Melton | 5.9 - 39 | Darley | 1.6 - 12 | Darley Reserve | [58]
1923 | Darley | 10.8 - 68 | Bacchus Marsh | 7.10 - 52 | Maddingley Park | Crowd: 1200[59]
1924 | Bacchus Marsh | 10.17 - 77 | Melton | 2.5 - 17 | Maddingley Park | Crowd: 1200
1925 | Bacchus Marsh | 4.3 - 27 | Rockbank | 3.5 - 23 | BM Showgrounds | £69/9/-
1926 | Darley | 7.5 - 47 | Rockbank | 6.8 - 44 | BM Showgrounds | Crowd: "large"[60]
1927 | Rockbank | 6.7 - 43 | Bacchus Marsh | 2.5 - 17 | BM Showgrounds | Crowd: "fair"[61]
Bacchus Marsh & Werribee District FA
1928 | Bacchus Marsh | 10.6 - 66 | Werribee | 9.6 - 60 | Chirnside Park, Werribee |
Bacchus Marsh District FA
1929 | Melton | 9.13 - 68 | Toolern Vale Coimadal | 6.6 - 42 | Maddingley Park | £12[62]
Bacchus Marsh & Melton District FA[63]
1930 | Melton | 6.11 - 47 | Toolern Vale Coimadal | 5.8 - 38 | Maddingley Park | Crowd: "good"[64]
1931 | Melton | 7.11 - 53 | Rockbank | 7.10 - 52 | Melton | £12/2/3[65][66]
1932 | Ballan | 13.6 - 84 | Maddingley | 9.15 - 69 | Maddingley Park | £40/1/[67]
1933 | Bacchus Marsh | 10.23 - 83 | Maddingley | 11.8 - 74 | Maddingley Park | £48
1934 | Darley | 13.15 - 93 | Maddingley | 7.6 - 48 | Maddingley Park | £35[68]
1935 | Melton | 15.13 - 103 | Darley | 14.7 - 91 | Maddingley Park | £46/7/[69]
1936 | Maddingley | 10.12 - 72 | Rockbank | 7.10 - 52 | Maddingley Park | £43[70]
1937 | Bacchus Marsh | 9.10 - 64 | Maddingley | 6.22 - 58 | Maddingley Park | £41
1938 | Darley | 13.16 - 94 | Maddingley | 12.12 - 84 | Maddingley Park | £33
1939 | Darley | 15.7 - 97 | Ballan | 12.10 - 82 | Maddingley Park | £35[71]
1940 | Bacchus Marsh | 14.9 - 93 | Darley | 10.14 - 74 | Maddingley Park | £26
1941 | Bacchus Marsh | 9.10 - 64 | Ballan | 7.14 - 56 | Maddingley Park | £22/13/6
1942-44 |  |  |  |  |  | In recess > WW2
1945 | Bacchus Marsh | 14.8 - 92 | Darley | 13.12 - 90 | Maddingley Park | £35/18/6
1946 | Bacchus Marsh | 11.7 - 73 | Darley | 8.20 - 68 | Maddingley Park | £42
1947 | Darley | 8.16 - 64 | Ballan | 6.11 - 47 | Maddingley Park | £55/8/6[72]
1948 | Ballan | 8.12 - 60 | Darley | 8.9 - 57 | Maddingley Park | [73]
1949 | Darley | 12.15 - 87 | Maddingley | 9.13 - 67 | Maddingley Park | £123[74]
1950 | Darley | 19.12 - 126 | Lifeguard | 14.16 - 100 | Maddingley Park | £98[75]
1951 | Maddingley | 14.13 - 97 | Rockbank | 8.12 - 60 | Maddingley Park | £112
1952 | Darley | 15.12 - 102 | Rockbank | 9.8 - 62 | Maddingley Park | £140 [76]
1953 | Rockbank | 17.6 - 108 | Maddingley | 13.5 - 83 | Maddingley Park | £149/10/-[77]
1954 | Maddingley | 17.11 - 113 | Darley | 12.15 - 87 | Maddingley Park | £135
1955 | Darley | 18.15 - 123 | Maddingley | 16.12 - 108 |  | [78]
1956 | Ballan | 12.13 - 85 | Darley | 11.16 - 82 |  | [79]
1957 | Darley | 13.19 - 97 | Melton | 9.21 - 75 |  | [80]
1958 | Maddingley | 13.10 - 88 | Melton | 12.14 - 86 |  | [81]
Bacchus Marsh District FL
1959 | Darley | 15.10 - 100 | Ballan | 8.19 - 67 |  | [82]
1960 | Rockbank | 12.18 - 90 | Melton | 5.11 - 61 |  | [83]
1961 | Rockbank | 14.17 - 101 | Bacchus March | 8.13 - 61 |  | [84]
1962 | Bacchus Marsh | 13.11 - 89 | Ballan | 10.8 - 68 |  |
1963 | Melton | 11.15 - 81 | Darley | 9.11 - 65 |  |
1964 | Rockbank | 15.19 - 109 | Bacchus Marsh | 6.17 - 53 |  | [85]
1965 | Rockbank | 29.21 - 195 | Melton | 8.8 - 56 |  | [86]
1966 | Rockbank | 11.9 - 75 | Bacchus Marsh | 9.14 - 68 |  | [87]
1967 | Maddingley | 19.12 - 126 | Rockbank | 17.15 - 115 |  |
1968 | Maddingley | 14.4 - 88 | Ballan | 9.9 - 63 |  |
1969 | Darley | 19.17 - 131 | Maddingley | 12.12 - 84 |  | [88]
1970 | Darley | 11.14 - 80 | Melton | 7.18 - 60 |  | [89]
1971 | Darley | 14.13 - 97 | Melton | 11.23 - 89 |  | [90]
1972 | Darley |  |  |  |  |
Bacchus Marsh & Ballarat District FL
1973 | Maddingley | 20.13 - 133 | Bacchus Marsh | 20.11 - 131 |  |
1974 | Bacchus Marsh |  |  |  |  |
1975 | Sebastopol |  |  |  |  |
1976 | Dunnstown |  |  |  |  |
1977 | Maddingley | 15.21 - 111 | Sebastopol | 12.15 - 85 |  |
1978 | Dunnstown |  |  |  |  | [91]
1979 - Bacchus Marsh & Ballarat District FL merged with Clunes FNL to form the Central Highlands FL
Year | Premiers | Score | Runner Up | Score | Venue | Gate / Comments

Reserves
| RESERVES - Grand Final Scores

|

Year | Premiers | Score | Runner Up | Score | Venue | Gate / Comments
Bacchus Marsh & Melton District FA
|  |  |  |  |  |
1947 | Ballan | 5.7 - 37 | Darley | 3.8 - 26 | Darley | £6[92]
1948 |  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |
1961 | Maddingley | 4.0 - 24 | Ballan | 2.8 - 20 |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |
1966 | Maddingley | 7.12 - 54 | Bacchus Marsh | 4.6 - 30 |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |
1969 | Maddingley | 8.2 - 50 | Melton | 6.4 - 40 |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |
1971 | Melton | 12.12 - 84 | Darley | 10.7 - 67 |  |

### League Best & Fairest

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Seniors
| BM&MDFA - Best & Fairest

|

Year | Winner | Club | Votes
B&F Award
|  |  |
1933 | Clive Bodycoat & | Darley | 4
| Stan Mullane | Ballan | 4[93]
1934 | Stan Mullane | Ballan | 6[94]
1935 | Stan Mullane | Ballan | 8[95]
1936 | Jack Richards | Ballan | 3
| Leo Ryan | Melton | 3
| Laurie Shea | Maddingley | 3
| Jack Skinner | Darley | 3[96]
| Jim Whelan | Darley | 3[97]
1937 | Mick Vallance | Maddingley | 4[98]
1938 | Jack Skinner & | Darley | 6
| Walter Whelan | Maddingley | 6[99]
1939 | Ron Durham | Bacchus Marsh | 7
1940 | Wally Russell | Bacchus Marsh | 4[100]
1941 | Ron Durham | Bacchus Marsh | 7[101]
1942-44 | BM&MDFA in | recess > WW2 |
1945 | Fred Robertson | Ballan | 14[102]
1946 | Gordon Butler | Melton | 19[103]
1947 | Leon Jongebloed | Melton | 19[104]
1948 | Frank Lenaghan | Ballan | 25[105]
1949 | Les Carr | Darley | 19[106]
1950 | Kevin Spain | Rockbank | 28[107]
1951 | Kevin Spain | Rockbank | 23[108]
1952 | Jack Cooper | Maddingley | 17[109]
1953 | Jack Cooper | Maddingley | 26[110]
1954 | Les Carr | Darley | 18&1/2[111]
1955 | Les Carr | Darley | 25[112]
1956 |  |  |
1957 |  |  |
1958 |  |  |
1959 |  |  |
1960 |  |  |
1961 |  |  |
1962 |  |  |
1963 |  |  |
1964 |  |  |
1965 |  |  |
1966 |  |  |
1967 |  |  |
1968 |  |  |
1969 |  |  |
1970 |  |  |
1971 |  |  |
1972 |  |  |
1973 |  |  |
1974 |  |  |
1975 |  |  |
1976 |  |  |
1977 |  |  |
1978 |  |  |

### Football Teams

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Seniors
| BMFA - Competition Teams

|

Team | Years in competition | Comments / Fate
|  |
Bacchus Marsh | 1912-15, 1919-28, 1933-41, 1945-78 | Joined Ballarat FL in 1929. Merged with Maddingley FC in 1979.
Bacchus Marsh 2nds | 1929-31 | In recess after 1931
Ballan | 1919-27, 1932-41, 1945-78 | Joined the Central Highlands FL in 1979
Balliang | 1914 | Went into recess, then reformed in 1929 & merged with Rowsley FC.[113]
Balliang - Rowsley | 1929-32, [114][115] 1935-39, 1947-48, | Went into recess after in '33. Went into recess in '40.
Buninyong | 1973-78 | Joined the Central Highlands FL in 1979
Darley | 1919-27, 1929, 1931-41, 1945-78 | Joined the Central Highlands FL in 1979
Deer Park | 1912, 1923-24[116] | Joined the Werribee & Lara FA in 1925.[117]
Dunnstown | 1973-78 | Joined the Central Highlands FL in 1979
Exford Star | 1915 | Went into recess in 1916 due to WW1
Gordon | 1924-25, [118] 1934-35, 1973-78 | Joined the Central Highlands FL in 1979
Irish National Foresters | 1928,[119] | Joined the Werribee Shire District FA in '29[120]
Laverton | 1928 | Joined the Werribee Shire District FA in '29
Lifeguard Milk Factory[121] | 1948-51,[122] | Disbanded in March 1952[123]
Maddingley | 1912-15, 1931-41, 1946-77 | Went into recess after 1915 & 1941\. Joined the Ballarat FL in 1978
Melton | 1912-15, 1919-27, 1929-40, 1945-72 | Went into recess in '41. Joined the Riddell DFL in 1973
Meredith | 1973-75 | Joined the Geelong & DFL in 1976. Folded in 1981.
Metro Farm | 1928 | Joined the Werribee Shire District FA in '29
Parwan | 1912-14 | Went into recess in 1915 due to WW1
Rockbank | 1920-28,[124] 1931-36, 1949-72 | Went into recess after '36. In recess between 1973-91. Joined the Footscray & DFL in '92
2nd AAMC Battalion | 1945 | Folded after one season in the BM&MDFA.
Sebastopol | 1973-77 | Joined Ballarat FL in 1978
Toolern Vale-Coimadal | 1929-30 | Club folded prior to the BMDFA annual meeting in 1931[125]
Werribee | 1928[126] | Joined the Geelong & DFL in '29[127]

## External links

[edit]

* Official BMFNC Site
* Ballarat FNL - Netball Fixtures & Results
* 1901 - Bacchus Marsh FC team photo
* 1912 - Bacchus Marsh DFA Premiers: Bacchus Marsh FC team photo
* 1928 - Bacchus Marsh DFA Premiers: Bacchus Marsh FC team photo
* 1931 - Carlton FC Player, Harry Vallence photo
* 1931 - Bacchus Marsh FC team photo
* 1931 - Bacchus Marsh FC & Queenscliff FC team photos
* 1932 - Bacchus Marsh FC & Werribee FC team photos
* 1935 - A brief history of Maddingley Park, Bacchus Marsh
* 1936 - Brothers, Laurie & Keith Shea photo at Carlton FC training
* 2016 - Ballarat FNL Premiers: Bacchus Marsh FNC team photo

## Book

[edit]

* History of Football in the Ballarat District by John Stoward \- ISBN 978-0-9805929-0-0

* v
* t
* e

Clubs in the Ballarat Football League

Current|

* Bacchus Marsh
* Ballarat
* Darley
* East Point
* Lake Wendouree
* Melton
* Melton South
* North Ballarat City
* Redan
* Sebastopol
* Sunbury

Former|

* Ararat
* Ballarat Imperial
* Beaufort
* Daylesford
* East Ballarat
* Geelong West
* Golden Point
* Maryborough

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