The Clarendon Football Club was an Australian rules football based in the township of Clarendon,

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. The first record of Clarendon was in the

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from 1913 to 1915, the three seasons that competition was in existence, winning the first and last premierships. After the

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, Clarendon reformed and joined the Mid-Southern Football Association. Clarendon joined the Southern Football Association in 1935, lasting only two seasons before shifting to the

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. Clarendon were associated with the Hills Central Association over the next 26 years, dropping to the B-Grade competition at times. Their peak in that competition came with a grand final loss to Echunga in 1955, whilst their reserves won the B-Grade premiership that season. At the end of the 1961 season, Clarendon merged with the

Kangarilla Football Club The Kangarilla Football Club is an Australian rules football club first formed in 1901. In 1913, Kangarilla joined the Alexandra Football Association, where it participated for the three seasons that competition existed. History Kangarilla j ...

to form the

Mount Bold Football Club The Mount Bold Football Club was a shortly-lived Australian rules football club that was established in 1962 as a merger between the Kangarilla Football Club and the Clarendon Football Club, initially playing in the Hills Central Football Associa ...

for four seasons. When the Mount Bold team disbanded, Kangarilla were re-established but Clarendon never reformed.

A-Grade Premierships

(2) ** 1913, 1915

References

{{Southern Football League (South Australia) Clubs Australian rules football clubs in South Australia 1961 disestablishments in Australia Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 1961