The Cygnet Football Club 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 ...
club playing in the
Southern Football League
The Southern League is a men's football competition featuring semi-professional clubs from the South and Midlands of England. Together with the Isthmian League and the Northern Premier League it forms levels seven and eight of the English fo ...
, also known as the SFL, in
Tasmania, Australia
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Cygnet began as Lovett Football Club in 1906, and changed its name to Cygnet in the 1910s.
The Magpies were a member of the Huon Football Association from 1906-1997 when the league disbanded and they joined the
SFL in 1998.
Upon entry in the
SFL they changed from their longtime Black & White playing strip and Magpie emblem, adopting a
Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is the main port for the ...
playing strip (black, white and teal) and called themselves 'The Port'.
Club Honours
Entry to Southern Football League
1998
Huon Football Association Premierships (31)
1912, 1913, 1915, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1984, 1994
Tasmanian Country Football Champions (2)
1947, 1948
SFL Premierships (5)
2002, 2003, 2004, 2021, 2023
SFL Runners Up (4)
1998, 2005, 2020, 2022
SFLW Premierships (1)
2022 (Division Two)
Club Records
Club Record Score
* HFA - Unknown
* SFL - 52.17 (329) v
Claremont 0.0 (0) - Abbotsfield Park (Round 8, 29 May 2021)
* SFLW - 20.11 (131) v
North Hobart
North Hobart is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. As its name suggests, it lies directly north of the CBD.
The main street of North Hobart is Elizabeth Street, which extends northward from the Elizabeth Street Mall in the ...
0.0 (0) -
North Hobart Oval
North Hobart Oval is a Stadium, sports venue in North Hobart, Tasmania, used for Australian rules football.
History
North Hobart Oval started its existence as Hobart Town's brickfields in 1844 before becoming a Brickfields Hiring Depot, convi ...
(Round 12, 15 July 2022)
Greatest Winning Margin
329 v
Claremont - Abbotsfield Park (SFL Round 8, 29 May 2021)
Greatest Losing Margin
249 v
New Norfolk
New Norfolk is a town on the Derwent River (Tasmania), River Derwent, in the south-east of Tasmania, Australia. At the Census in Australia#2011, 2011 census, New Norfolk had a population of 5,543.
Situated north-west of Hobart on the Lyell Hi ...
- Cygnet Oval (SFL Round 13, 12 July 2014)
Most Season Wins
* HFA - Unknown
* SFL - 18 wins (2002)
* SFLW - 13 wins (2022)
Most Goals In A Game
52 v
Claremont - Abbotsfield Park (SFL Round 8, 29 May 2021)
Highest Scoring Quarter
15.6 (96) v
Claremont (3rd Qtr) - Cygnet Oval (SFL Round 17, 14 August 2021)
Longest Winning Streaks
* HFA - Unknown
* SFL - 13 games (Round 8, 2002 - Round 5, 2003)
* SFLW - 14 games (Round 2, 2022 - Round 1, 2023)
Highest Score Conceded
257 v New Norfolk - Cygnet Oval (SFL Round 13, 12 July 2014)
Lowest Score Conceded
0 v Claremont - Round 8, 2021 (SFL)
0 v Claremont - Round 17, 2021 (SFL)
0 v North Hobart - Round 12, 2022 (SFLW)
0 v Huonville - Round 6, 2022 (SFLW)
0 v South East Suns - Round 10, 2023 (SFLW)
Club Record Attendance
4,150 - v Huonville Lions (2021 SFL Grand Final)
Player Honours
Peter Hodgeman Medallists
2004 - Jeremy Brereton
William Leitch Medallists
2001 - Damien Dillon
2021 - Thor Boscott
Tony Martyn Medallists
2002 - Gordon Shaw
2003 - Heath Dillon
2004 - Grant Clark
Gorringe-Martyn Medallists
2021 - Thor Boscott
2023 - Thor Boscott
SFL Leading Goalkicker
1998 - Micheal Darcy - 106
2003 - Micheal Darcy - 113 (Regional League)
2004 - Micheal Darcy - 105 (Regional League)
2005 - Micheal Darcy - 100 (Regional League)
2007 - Micheal Darcy - 103 (Regional League)
2013 - Ben Halton - 88
2020 - Josh Fox - 61
Player Records
Club Games Record Holder
450 by Greg Gordon (310: Seniors - 110: Reserves - 30: Underage) between 1973-1998
Senior Games Record Holder
345 by Laurence 'Ocker' Jarrett
Record Goals In A Match
HFA - 22.4 by Greg Howard v Franklin (24 July 1976)
SFL - 15 by Micheal Darcy v
Channel
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Geography
* Channel (geography), in physical geography, a landform consisting of the outline (banks) of the path of a narrow body of water.
Australia
* Channel Country, region of outback Austral ...
(2 June 2007)
SFLW - 8 by Stacey Fox v
North Hobart
North Hobart is a suburb of the city of Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. As its name suggests, it lies directly north of the CBD.
The main street of North Hobart is Elizabeth Street, which extends northward from the Elizabeth Street Mall in the ...
(15 July 2022)
SFL Season Results
References
External links
Official website
Australian rules football clubs in Tasmania
1906 establishments in Australia
Australian rules football clubs established in 1906
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