Bacchus Marsh FNC | ||
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Names | ||
Full name | Bacchus Marsh Football & Netball Club | |
Nickname(s) | Cobras | |
2023 season | ||
After finals | N/A | |
Home-and-away season | 8th: 6 wins, 10 losses | |
Leading goalkicker | Jake Owen (34) | |
Best and fairest | Jake Owen & Tyson Shea | |
Club details | ||
Founded | 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.
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]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As of 2024, the club's netball section fields a number of sides in the Ballarat Football League's netball competitions -
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.
SENIORS - Grand Final Scores | |||||||||
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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 - Grand Final Scores | |||||||||
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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] | |||
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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 |
BM&MDFA - Best & Fairest | |||||||||
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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] | ||||||
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BMFA - Competition Teams | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||
Darkey | 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] |
Bacchus Marsh FNC | ||
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Names | ||
Full name | Bacchus Marsh Football & Netball Club | |
Nickname(s) | Cobras | |
2023 season | ||
After finals | N/A | |
Home-and-away season | 8th: 6 wins, 10 losses | |
Leading goalkicker | Jake Owen (34) | |
Best and fairest | Jake Owen & Tyson Shea | |
Club details | ||
Founded | 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.
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]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
As of 2024, the club's netball section fields a number of sides in the Ballarat Football League's netball competitions -
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.
SENIORS - Grand Final Scores | |||||||||
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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 - Grand Final Scores | |||||||||
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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 |
BM&MDFA - Best & Fairest | |||||||||
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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] | ||||||
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BMFA - Competition Teams | |||||||||
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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 | |||||||
Darkey | 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] |