The Cobden Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Bombers'', is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

and

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

club based in the town of Cobden,

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. The club teams currently compete in the

Hampden Football Netball League The Hampden Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball league based in South-Western Victoria, with clubs located in towns along or near the Princes Highway from Camperdown to Portland. The league is a major countr ...

, which Cobden is a founding club, with its football squad having played there since 1930.

Premierships

* Corangamite Football Association (2): ** 1891, 1915 *

(6): ** 1930, 1933, 1948, 1949, 1997, 1998

Maskell Medallists

*John Couttie 1952 *

Hugh Worrall Hugh Worrall (born 8 November 1948) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Worrall spent two seasons at Fitzroy, mostly as a back pocket In the sport of Australian rules f ...

1970, 1972 & 1979 *Peter Anson 1985 *Stephen Hammond 1996 *Wayne Robertson 1998 *Levi Dare 2010 & 2012 *Joseph Dare 2012

Leading goalkickers

*Kevin Scanlon 1930 (102) *Keith Wade 1939 (88) *Vic Jones 1947 (41) *Vic Jones 1948 (64) *Gavin Moran 1958 (71) *Chris Nash 1979 (83)

Notable players

VFL/AFL players recruited from Cobden include - *

Alistair Lord Alistair Lord (born 9 April 1940) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Geelong during the late 1950s to the mid-1960s. Lord played as a centreman and debuted in 1959. He won the Brownlow Medal in 1962 comfortably, as well as ...

(Geelong) *

Stewart Lord Stewart Lord (9 April 1940 - 4 March 2022) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the VFL during the early 1960s. He was the twin brother of Brownlow Medal winning teammate Alistair Lord. Lord usually played at halfback ...

(Geelong) *

Thorold Merrett Thorold Merrett (born 30 September 1933) is a former Australian rules footballer, who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Footballer From the Victorian country town Cobden, Merrett was a small footballer who was a keen Richmond ...

(Collingwood) *

John Rantall John "Mopsy" Rantall (born 9 December 1943) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club, North Melbourne Football Club and Fitzroy Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). A lightly- ...

(South Melbourne) * Ben Cunnington (North Melbourne) *

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(Geelong) *

Jackson Merrett Jackson Merrett (born 27 February 1993) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was recruited by the Essendon Football Club with the 31st over ...

(Essendon) *

Zach Merrett Zach Merrett (born 3 October 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A medium sized midfielder standing at 1.79 metres (5 ft 10 in) tall and weighing 83 ...

(Essendon) *

Sean Darcy Sean Darcy (born 12 June 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). At tall and weighing , Darcy competes in the ruck as well as the forward line. Ea ...

(Fremantle)

Bibliography

* ''Evergreen Hampden: The Hampden Football League and its people, 1930-1976'' by Fred Bond & Don Grossman, 1979 – * ''History of Football in the Western District'' by John Stoward – Aussie Footy Books, 2008 –

References

External links

Official website

SportsTG site
{{Hampden Football Netball League Sports clubs and teams established in 1879 Australian rules football clubs established in 1879 Hampden Football League clubs Netball teams in Victoria (state) 1879 establishments in Australia