Daylesford Football Club

Daylesford FNC Inc.
Names
Full name	Daylesford Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)	Bulldogs
Club details
Founded	1877; 147 years ago (1877)
Colours	blue   white   red
Competition	Central Highlands Football League
Premierships	8 (1911, 1922, 1927, 1961, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2024)
Ground(s)	Victoria Park, Daylesford
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official website	daylesfordbulldogs.com.au

Daylesford Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Bulldogs, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the Victorian town of Daylesford. The club plays in the Central Highlands Football League.

The club was formerly known as the Daylesford "Demons" until 2006, when they joined the Central Highlands Football League.

History

In September, 1877, Daylesford played an Australian Rules Football match against Castlemaine, which resulted in a draw.^[1][2]

In 1914, the club's colours were blue and white.^[3]

In 1926, J P Crockett was elected as President of the Daylesford FC for the 17th successive year.^[4] In 1938, J P Crockett was elected as club President.^[5]

Daylesford player, Reg Cole, won the club's 1949 best and fairest award, which was apparently the 14th best and fairest award he had won across 23 seasons of Australian Rules Football and seven different country leagues.^[6][7] Cole was previously captain-coach of Daylesford in 1935.^[8]

In 1950, Daylesford were minor premiers, with Maldon taking out the major Castlemaine Football League premiership.^[9]

The club competed in the Ballarat Football League from 1952 to 2005, winning one senior football premiership in 1961, with the help of former South Melbourne player, Jim Gull who kicked a record 159 goals for the Demons that season.

In 2006, Dayleford made the decision to move across to the Central Highlands Football League.^[10][11]

Daylesford's senior football side has had a successful run since joining the Central Highlands Football League, contesting six consecutive grand finals between 2007 and 2012, for three premiership wins in 2007, 2009 and 2012.

Football Club Timeline

• 1877 - 1890: Club active playing friendly matches against other local towns.
• 1891 - 1894: Clunes, Allendale & Daylesford Football Association (Murray Cup)^[12][13]
• 1895 - 1899: Club active, but no competition football.
• 1900 - 1905: Club active, but not sure if Daylesford competed in any football competitions.
• 1906 - Daylesford Football Association
• 1907 - 1909: Creswick Football Association^[14]
• 1910 - Daylesford Hepburn Football Association^[15]
• 1911 - Kyneton & District Football Association
• 1912 - 1913: Woodend & District Football Association
• 1914 - Castlemaine & District Football League
• 1915 - 1919: Club in recesss due to World War One^[16]
• 1920 - 1921: Castlemaine & District Football League
• 1922 - Woodend Football League^[17]
• 1923 - 1925: Castlemaine & District Football League^[18]
• 1926 - 1928: Kyneton District Football League
• 1929 - 1931: Ballarat Football League^[19]
• 1932 - Midland Football League: (Minor Premiers), but club withdrew from the finals.^[20]
• 1933 - 1938: Clunes Football League^[21]
• 1939 - Clunes Football League: Club withdrew from the league in May 1939, due to a shortage of players.^[22][23]
• 1940 - 1945: Club in recess, due to World War Two
• 1946 - 1951: Castlemaine Football League
• 1952 - 2005: Ballarat Football League^[24]
• 2006 - 2024: Central Highlands Football League

Football Premierships

Seniors

• Kyneton & District Football Association
  • 1911 - Daylesford: 1.17 - 23 defeated Trentham: 2.9 - 21^[25][26]
• Woodend & District Football Association
  • 1922 - Daylesford: 9.10 - 64 d Kyneton: 9.6 - 60^[27]
• Kyneton & District Football League
  • 1927 - Daylesford: 4.8 - 32 defeated (Kyneton) Collegians: 4.4 - 28^[28][29]
• Ballarat Football League
  • 1961 - Daylesford: 13.10 - 88 d Maryborough: 8.13 - 61 (Jim Gull - 7 goals)
• Central Highlands Football League
  • 2007 - Daylesford: 10.12 - 72 d Waubra: 9.10 - 64
  • 2009 - Daylesford:10.12 - 72 d 9.13 - 67^[30]
  • 2012 - Daylesford: 12.10 - 82 d Buninyong: 11.7 - 73^[31]
  • 2024 Daylesford: 7.8 - 50 d Bungareee 3.5 - 23

Reserves

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Football Runners Up

Senior Football

• Creswick Football Association
  • 1909^[32][33]
• Woodend & District Football Association
  • 1912 - Collegians (Kyneton): 3.9 - 27 d Daylesford: 3.5 - 23^[34]
  • 1913 - Trentham: 4.2 - 26 d Daylesford: 3.4 - 22^[35]
• Castlemaine Football League
  • 1914 - Maldon: 17.13 - 115 d Daylesford: 5.6 - 36^[36]
• Kyneton District Football league
  • 1926 - Collegians (Kyneton): 11.9 - 75 d Daylesford: 7.15 - 57^[37]
• Clunes Football League
  • 1935 - Newlyn: 15.16 - 106 d Daylesford: 5.4 - 34^[38]
• Ballarat Football League
  • 1960 - Maryborough: defeated Daylesford: by 10 points.
• Central Highlands Football League
  • 2008 - Hepburn: 18.3 - 111 d Daylesford: 9.13 - 67
  • 2010 - Hepburn: 18.11 - 119 d Daylesford: 8.3 - 51
  • 2011 - Waebra: 10.9 - 69 d Daylesford: 6.8 - 44

League Best and Fairest Winners

Senior Football

• Clunes Football League
  • 1937 - Reg Cole^[39]
  • 1938 - H Dwan^[40]
• Ballarat Football League - Henderson Medal
  • 1954 - Vic Bodsworth^[41]
  • 1966 - Charlie Marendaz
  • 1983 - John Schultz
  • 1985 - Terry Love
  • 1989 - Terry Hourigan
  • 1996 - Tim Beacham
  • 2001 & 2002 - Scott Winduss

• Central Highlands Football League - Geoff Taylor Medal
  • 2006 & 2007 - Luke Adams

League Goal Kicking Winners

Senior Football

• Ballarat Football League
  • 1931 - Joe Plummer: 77 goals^[42]
  • 1958 - Jim Gull
  • 1959 - Jim Gull
  • 1960 - Jim Gull
  • 1961 - Jim Gull: 159
  • 1962 - Jim Gull
  • 1963 - Jim Gull
  • 1964 - Jim Gull
  • 1968 - Jim Gull
  • 1984 - Terry Phillipe: 100 +
  • 1985 - Terry Phillipe: 100 +

• Jim Gull kicked 889 goals for Daylesford FC in the Ballarat Football League.

VFL/AFL players

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

• 1906 - Ray Sartori - Essendon
• 1912 - Carl Willis - University
• 1930 - Dave Coutts - Essendon
• 1936 - Eric Coutts - Essendon
• 1938 - Arthur Sanger - Carlton
• 1951 - Jack Gervasoni - Fitzroy,^[43][44][45]
• 1956 - Noel Teasdale - North Melbourne
• 1959 - Ralph Edwards - Footscray
• 1959 - Norm McKenzie - South Melbourne
• 1961 - Merv Hobbs - Footscray
• 1978 - Ian Sartori - St Kilda, Richmond
• 1984 - John W. Schultz - St Kilda
• 1985 - Andrew Manning - St Kilda, Essendon
• 1987 - Peter Sartori - Carlton
• 1990 - Chris Grant - Western Bulldogs
• 1991 - Jamie Grant - Western Bulldogs
• 2011 - Josh Cowan - Geelong

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

• 1928 - Norm Collins - Carlton
• 1931 - Ray Martin - Richmond
• 1954 - Vic Bodsworth - Footscray
• 1966 - Ian Burt - Essendon
• 1966 - Jack Greenwood - Footscray
• 1968 - Brian Donohue - Essendon
• 1974 - Sandy Talbot - Essendon
• 1984 - Bruce Gonsalves - Collingwood
• 1984 - Terry Philippe - Collingwood

Daylesford District Football Association

The Daylesford District Football Association was formed in April, 1914 from the following football clubs - Bullarto, Musk Vale, Star Rovers (Daylesford) and Wombat Hill.^[46]

The Association ran for only two years just prior to World War One in 1914 and 1915, with what appears to be long break from 1916 until reforming in 1930.

In August 1946, Port Melbourne Football Association, 14.3 - 87 defeated Daylesford DFA, 7.9 - 51.^[47]

	DDFA - Competition Teams
Team	Years in competition	Comments / Fate
Bullarto	1914-15, 1930-31
Creswick	1934
Daylesford 2nds	1934
Daylesford Fire Brigade	1915, 1932
Daylesford United	1933-37
Eganstown	1931-33
Glenlyon	1932-39
Hepburn	1930-39
Korweinguboora	1930, 1939
Loddon Valley	1932-37
Lyonville	1939
Militia	1938-39
Musk Vale	1914-15
Springmount	1935-36
Textile	1938-39
Trentham	1933-36
Victoria Park	1931-32
Woollen Mills	1930-31
Wombat Hill	1914-15
Star Rovers	1914, 1930-31

	Daylesford DFA - Grand Final Scores
Year	Premiers	Score	Runner Up	Score	Venue	Gate / Comments
Daylesford District FA
1914	Bullarto	4.9 - 33	Musk Vale	1.1 - 7	Bullarto	[48][49]
1915	Bullarto	2.7 - 19	Wombat Hill	0.0 - 0	Victoria Park	[50]
1916-29						DDFA in recess ?
1930	Hepburn ?
1931	Victoria Park	3.2 - 20	Hepburn	2.7 - 19		[51]
1932	Loddon Valley	12.12 - 84	Hepburn	5.7 - 37		[52]
1933	Trentham		Loddon Valley			[53][54]
1934	Hepburn	won by 1 point	Loddon Valley			1st G Final[55][56] Hepburn Premiers:[57]
	Loddon Valley	led by 2 goals	Hepburn			2nd Final[58]
1935	Daylesford United	6.11 - 47	Hepburn	4.14 - 38		[59]
1936	Glenlyon	defeated	Hepburn			[60][61]
1937	Hepburn	7.11 - 53	Glenlyon	6.10 - 46		[62]
1938	Hepburn	11.15 - 81	Glenlyon	7.3 - 45		[63]
1939	Hepburn	12.10 - 82	Korweinguboora	8.7 - 55		[64]

Book

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

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External links

• Official website
• 1928 - Daylesford FC team photo
• 1931 - Daylesford FC team photo
• 1933 - Daylesford FC team photo
• 1933 - Castlemaine FC & Kyneton FC team photos (Daylesford FC player, Reg Cole in this Castlemaine FC photo)
• 1950 - Daylesford FC team photo
• 1951 - Daylesford FC team photo