Melton Football Netball Club

Melton
Names
Full name	Melton Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)	Bloods
Club details
Founded	1879; 146 years ago (1879)
Colours
Competition	Ballarat Football League
Premierships	(20): 1913, 1914, 1919, 1921, 1922, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1963, 1973, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2022, 2024
Ground(s)	McPhersons Park
Uniforms
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The Melton Football Netball Club, nicknamed The Bloods, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the Victorian town of Melton.^[1]

The football team currently plays in the Ballarat Football League.

History

Melton Football Club was formed in 1879 when it was known as the Bloods, initially playing in the Bacchus Marsh District Football Association where the club was successful winning ten premierships between 1913 and 1972.

Ballan, Darley and Melton FC's were active in 1928, but did not have an association to play in when Bacchus Marsh and Rockbank joined the Werribee Football Association,^[2] which resulted in the abandonment of the Bacchus Marsh Football Association in 1928.

Melton pulled out of the Bacchus Marsh District Football Association in March 1941, due to World War Two player enlistment into the Army.^[3]

Melton moved into the Riddell District Football League in 1973 and upon entering the Riddell District Football League, Melton won the 1973 senior football premiership in its first year.

With the depth of football standard in the RDFL on the decline, together with considerable opposition from former second division clubs on the formation of one division, the club voted to make the move to the highly rated Ballarat Football League with Sunbury, Darley and Melton South clubs for the commencement of the 1997 playing season.

The club has won five BFL senior football premierships since 1997.^[4]

Football Premierships

Seniors

• Ballarat Football League
  • 2000, 2001, 2005, 2022, 2024
• Riddell District Football League
  • 1973, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986
• Bacchus Marsh Football League
  • 1963 - Melton: 11.15 - 81 d Darley: 9.11 - 65^[5]
• Bacchus Marsh & Melton District Football Association
  • 1935 - Melton: 15.13 - 103 d Darley: 14.7 - 91^[6]
• Bacchus Marsh District Football Association
  • 1913 - Melton: 8.16 - 64 d Bacchus Marsh: 3.3 - 21^[7]
  • 1914 - Melton: 10.14 - 74 d Bacchus Marsh: 6.7 - 43^[8]
  • 1915 - Season abandoned in July 1915 due to World War One. Melton were on top of the ladder.^[9]
  • 1916, 1917, 1918.^{[citation needed]} There appears to be no evidence in the Melton Express newspaper or the Bacchus Marsh Express newspaper of any official football competition in and around the Bacchus Marsh and Melton area between 1916 and 1918. The Bacchus Marsh Football Association was in recess between 1916 and 1918.
  • 1919 - Melton: 5.7 - 37 d Bacchus Marsh: 3.4 - 22^[10][11][12]
  • 1921 - Melton: 4.7 - 31 d Bacchus Marsh: 2.9 - 21^[13]
  • 1922 - Melton: 5.9 - 39 d Darley: 1.6 - 12^[14]
  • 1929 - Melton: 9.13 - 67 d Toolern Vale Coimadal: 6.6 - 42^[15]
  • 1930 - Melton: 6.11 - 47 d Toolern Vale Coimadal: 5.8 - 38^[16]
  • 1931 - Melton: 7.11 - 53 d Rockbank: 7.10 - 52^[17][18]

Football League Best & Fairest Awards

Seniors

• Bacchus Marsh & Melton District FA
  • 1936 - Leo Ryan^[19]
  • 1946 - Gordon Butler^[20]
  • 1947 - Leon Jongebloed^[21]

• Riddell District Football League
  • 1987 - Mark Hunter
• Ballarat Football League
  • 2000 - Darren Stanley

Bibliography

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

References

1. "Club History - Melton Football Club Incorporated". Sportingpulse.com. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
2. "1928 - Melton". Victoria: The Bacchus Marsh Express. 21 April 1928. p. 2. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
3. "1941 - Association launched for 1941". The Bacchus Marsh Express (Vic. : 1866 - 1943). 29 March 1941. p. 1. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
4. "Melton FNC - Football History" (PDF). Herald Sun newspaper. Herald Sun. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
5. "1963 - Country Football Scores". Google. The Age. 16 September 1963. p. 17. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
6. "1935 - Melton Wrest Premiership From Darley". Victoria: Melton Express. 14 September 1935. p. 5. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
7. "1914 - Football". Victoria: The Bacchus Marsh Express. 23 August 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
8. "1914 - Football: Country Matches". Melbourne, Victoria: The Argus. 31 August 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
9. "1915 - Football". Victoria: The Bacchus Marsh Express. 24 July 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
10. "1919 - Football". Victoria: Melton Express. 4 October 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
11. "1919 - Melton". Victoria: The Bacchus Marsh Express. 11 October 1919. p. 2. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
12. "1919 - Football". Victoria: Melton Express. 11 October 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
13. "1921 - Football". Victoria: The Bacchus Marsh Express. 10 September 1921. p. 3. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
14. "1922 - Football: Melton Premiers". Victoria: Melton Express. 23 September 1922. p. 3. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
15. "1929 - Association Football:". Victoria: Melton Express. 21 September 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
16. "1930 - Melton wins premiership". Victoria: Melton Express. 27 September 1927. p. 2. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
17. "1931 - Grand Final a close one". Victoria: The Bacchus Marsh Express. 19 September 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
18. "1931 - Melton wins premiership". Victoria: The Bacchus Marsh Express. 26 September 1931. p. 3. Retrieved 31 May 2024.
19. "1936 - Football: Best & Fairest Player". Victoria: Melton Express. 15 August 1936. p. 3. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
20. "1946 - Football: Final Results of B. & F. Voting". Victoria: The Express, Bacchus Marsh. 17 August 1946. p. 8. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
21. "1947 - Melton Again Takes Best & Fairest Trophy". Melton, Victoria: The Express. 16 August 1947. p. 7. Retrieved 2 June 2024.

External links

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