The South Bendigo Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Bloods'', 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 city of

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is a city in Victoria, Australia, located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2019, Bendigo had an urban population of 100,991, makin ...

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Victoria (Australia), a state of the Commonwealth of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, provincial capital of British Columbia, Canada * Victoria (mythology), Roman goddess of Victory * Victoria, Seychelle ...

. The club teams currently compete in the

Bendigo Football Netball League The Bendigo Football Netball League (previously known as the Sandhurst Football Association, Bendigo and District Football Association, Bendigo Football Association and Bendigo Football League) is an Australian rules football and netball compe ...

History

South Bendigo was established in 1893 and joined the

Bendigo Football League The Bendigo Football Netball League (previously known as the Sandhurst Football Association, Bendigo and District Football Association, Bendigo Football Association and Bendigo Football League) is an Australian rules football and netball compe ...

and remains the only club to have continued every season since without a period of recess. Since South Bendigo entered the league in 1893, no club has won more premierships. They sit third on the all-time list of BFL premierships, behind

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and Sandhurst.

Honours

Premierships & Grand Finals

Club song

VFL / AFL Players

The following footballers played with South Bendigo prior to making their VFL/AFL debut. *1910 -

Joe Scaddan Joseph Scaddan (1 August 1886 – 21 July 1971) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club, Collingwood in the Australian Football League, Victorian Football League (VFL) and Subiaco Football Club, Subiaco in th ...

( Collingwood player & Subiaco coach) *1914 -

Percy Daykin Percy Ernest Harold 'Dub' Daykin (7 July 1890 – 19 June 1965) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Au ...

(

Carlton Carlton may refer to: People * Carlton (name), a list of those with the given name or surname * Carlton (singer), English soul singer Carlton McCarthy * Carlton, a pen name used by Joseph Caldwell (1773–1835), American educator, Presbyterian ...

) *1922 - Arthur Hando (

South Melbourne South Melbourne is an inner suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Port Phillip local government area. South Melbourne recorded a population of 11,548 at t ...

player) *1941 - Jack Knight ( Collingwood player & St Kilda coach) *1984 - Peter Dean (

premiership player 1987 & 1995) *1993 -

Leigh Colbert Leigh Colbert (born 7 June 1975) is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club and the Kangaroos in the Australian Football League (AFL). AFL career 1993–1999: Geelong He made his debut with Geelong in 1993 an ...

(

Geelong Geelong ( ) (Wathawurrung: ''Djilang''/''Djalang'') is a port city in the southeastern Australian state of Victoria, located at the eastern end of Corio Bay (the smaller western portion of Port Phillip Bay) and the left bank of Barwon River, ...

and

North Melbourne North Melbourne is an inner-city suburb in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, north-west of Melbourne's Central Business District, located within the City of Melbourne local government area. North Melbourne recorded a population of 14,953 at the ...

player)

References

External links

Official website
{{Bendigo Football League Sports clubs established in 1893 Australian rules football clubs established in 1893 Bendigo Football League clubs 1893 establishments in Australia Netball teams in Victoria (Australia)