The South Warrnambool Football Netball Club, nicknamed the ''Roosters'', is an Australian rules football and

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club which competes in the

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. It is based in the regional Victorian city of

Warrnambool Warrnambool ( Maar: ''Peetoop'' or ''Wheringkernitch'' or ''Warrnambool'') is a city on the south-western coast of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Warrnambool had a population of 35,743. Situated on the Princes Highway, Warrnambool (A ...

and have played in the Hampden Football League since 1933.

History

Believed to have formed in 1902 the club initially played in the Warrnambool District Football Association competition in 1904 against Allensford, Rainbow and West End. In 1918, South Warrnambool and Railways Football Club merged and won the Warrnambool District Football Association premiership, defeating Koroit. In 1919 and 1920 St. Kilda player, Roy Cazaly coached South Warrnambool side during the finals series. It was Cazaly who saw the immense talent in Colin Watson and enticed him to try out with St. Kilda. When the Warrnambool DFA decided to merge with the Corangamite FA to form the Western District Football Association in 1924, South Warrnambool merged with Warrnambool City to form the

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. The newly merged club, “Warrnambool” won the inaugural flag. Three years later in 1927, South Warrnambool reformed as a stand alone club to provide stronger opposition to the Warrnambool team and entered the Western District Football Association. The admission of Hamilton into the Western District FA in 1926, caused additional traveling costs and problems with extra time away from home. In 1926 Camperdown members voted with its feet and joined the Colac Football Association, only to re-join the Western District FA after a couple of seasons. In 1928, the league played zone football, a fixture for eastern clubs and one for the western clubs, with finals between the tops clubs at the end of the year. In 1930 delegates voted to do away with zone football and have just one fixture the covered all clubs. The

was formed in 1930, when the four founding clubs broke away from the Western District FL. Terang and Camperdown did not want to continue to travel to Hamilton because their players were farmers who could not spend all day away from the farm to play football, as they had cows to milk. Mortlake agreed with Camperdown and Terang and resigned from the WDFL. Cobden was left with a predicament, and requested admittance to the new league. The Western District FL countered by admitting Portland to the competition in 1930. This incurred extra travelling costs and it was noticeable that gate takings were down. South Warrnambool were runners up in 1931 and again in 1932 in the Western District Football Association. In 1933, South Warrnambool and Warrnambool joined the

, as takings at the gate had been greater when playing Camperdown or Terang that against any team in the WDFL.

Football Competitions Timeline

*1902 to 1903 - SWFC established. Played friendly matches against other local teams *1904 - Warrnambool District Football Association *1905 to 1911 - Did no compete in any formal competition, but played friendly matches against other local teams *1912 to 1914 - Western District Football Association *1915 to 1917 - Club in recess due to

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*1918 to 1923 - Warrnambool District Football Association *1924 to 1932 - Western District Football Association *1933 to 1940 -

*1941 to 1945 - Club in recess, due to

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*1941 - Warrnambool District Football Association (South Warrnambool Reserves) *1946 to 2019 -

Football Premierships

;Seniors * Western District Football Association **1912 - South Warrnambool: 7.8 - 50 defeated Koroit: 3.18 - 36. Captained by Quinn. **1924 - Warrnambool (South Warrnambool/Warrnambool City): 13.10 - 88 defeated Terang: 11.11 - 77 *

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**1918 - South Warrnambool / Railways FC: 7.13 - 55 defeated Koroit: 6.4 - 40. Best on Ground - Colin_Watson **1921 - South Warrnambool: 10.13 - 73 defeated Koroit: 7.16 - 58 SWFC won the Sheldrick - Gill Curry Trophies. *

(11) ** 1940 - South Warrnambool: 11.21 - 87 defeated Warrnambool: 10.7 - 67 ** 1954 - South Warrnambool: 9.8 - 62 defeated Terang: 5.8 - 38 ** 1964 - South Warrnambool: 13.13 - 91 defeated Colac 10.5 - 65 ** 1969 - South Warrnambool: 12.17 - 89 defeated Mortlake 12.16 - 88 ** 1974 - South Warrnambool: 7.8 - 50 defeated Camperdown 6.6 - 42 ** 1990 - South Warrnambool: 23.21 - 159 defeated Colac 5.8 - 38 ** 1991 - South Warrnambool: 2.6 - 18 defeated Terang 1.6 - 12 ** 1994 - South Warrnambool: 19.15 - 129 defeated Camperdown 12.15 - 87 ** 1996 - South Warrnambool: 18.7 - 115 defeated Terang 14.9 - 93 ** 2006 - South Warrnambool: 17.15 - 117 defeated Camperdown 13.8 - 86 ** 2011 - South Warrnambool: 11.14 - 80 defeated Warrnambool: 5.9 - 39 ;Reserves *

(19) ** 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1983, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, ;Thirds / Under 18's *

(16) ** 1972, 1973, 1980, 1984, 1987, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2019,

Football Runners Up

;Seniors * Western District Football Association **1913 - Warrnambool: 8.17 - 65 defeated South Warrnambool: 5.9 - 39 **1931 - Warrnambool: 6.6 - 42 defeated South Warrnambool: 5.10 - 40 (Best on Ground: Colin Watson) **1932 - Hamilton: 19.18 - 132 defeated South Warrnambool: 18.16 - 124 *

**1923 - Koroit: 13.10 - 88 defeated South Warrnambool: 6.9 - 45 *

(10) ** 1933 - Cobden: 6.13 - 49 def South Warrnambool: 6.6 - 42 ** 1939 - Warrnambool: 14.19 - 103 def South Warrnambool: 14.11 - 95 ** 1948 - Cobden: 11.13 - 79 def South Warrnambool: 10.6 - 66 ** 1985 - Colac - Coragulac: 22.14 - 146 def South Warrnambool: 14.6 - 90 ** 1988 - Warrnambool: 12.10 - 82 def South Warrnambool: 10.15 - 75 ** 1989 - Warrnambool: 21.14 - 140 def South Warrnambool: 11.11 - 77 ** 1992 - Warrnambool: 20.12 - 132 def South Warrnambool: 13.12 - 90 ** 1995 - Terang: 18.12 - 120 def South Warrnambool: 14.11 - 95 ** 1998 - Cobden: 15.6 - 96 def South Warrnambool: 11.10 - 76 ** 2010 - Warrnambool: 8.13 - 61 def South Warrnambool: 5.14 - 44 ;Reserves *

(9) **1963, 1965, 1973, 1988, 1997, 2003, 2010, 2017, 2018 ;Under 18 / Thirds *

(17) **1963, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2009, 2015,

Football League - Best and Fairest Awards

;Seniors * Western District Football Association **1930 - Colin Watson

*Maskell Medallist **1949 - Max Evans **1950 - Ray Lee **1954, 1955 & 1957 - Ron Hoy **1964 - Gary Hughson **1981 - Tom Smith **1989 - Phil Bradmore **2005 - Ben Kilday ;Reserves

VFL/AFL players

The following footballers played with South Warrnambool prior to making their VFL / AFL debut. * 1920 - Jimmy Milne - * 1920 - Colin Watson - * 1933 - Les Jago - * 1945 - Clinton Wines - * 1949 -

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- * 1955 - Frank Primmer - * 1955 - Ron Hoy - * 1958 -

Bob Nisbet Bob Nisbet (born 15 February 1936) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Recruited from the country club of South Warrnambool, Nisbet followed the steps of teammate Ron Hoy t ...

- * 1962 - Brian McMahon - * 1965 -

Denis Hughson Denis Hughson (born 30 August 1944) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as on ...

- * 1965 - Terry Broad - * 1965 -

Kevin Neale Kevin "Cowboy" Neale (born 18 July 1945) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL). St Kilda Recruited from South Warrnambool, and nicknamed "''Cowboy''" for his bow-legs and his rolling gait ...

- * 1968 - Phil Stevens - , * 1970 - Alan Thompson - * 1970 -

John Burns John Elliot Burns (20 October 1858 – 24 January 1943) was an English trade unionist and politician, particularly associated with London politics and Battersea. He was a socialist and then a Liberal Member of Parliament and Minister. He was ...

- , * 1976 -

Jim Board Jim Board (born 17 February 1956) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as ...

- * 1977 - Wayne Duke - * 1977 - Ricky Barham - * 1980 - Terry Domburg * 1985 -

David Crutchfield David Crutchfield (2 August 1965 – 29 November 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League (VFL) Career Recruited from South Warrnambool, Crutchfield played in the final four rounds of ...

- * 1986 - Darren Bolden - * 1988 - Wayne Schwass - , * 1990 - Leon Cameron - * 1990 - Richard Umbers - * 1991 - Stephen Anderson - * 1998 -

James Rahilly James Rahilly (born 15 June 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is currently serving as an assistant coach with the Geelong Football Club. Early life and junior foot ...

- * 2000 - Jonathan Brown - * 2002 -

Matt Maguire Matthew John Maguire (born 30 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played with the St Kilda Football Club and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). AFL career St Kilda Football Club Maguire ...

- , * 2003 -

Brent Moloney Brent Moloney (born 28 January 1984) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Lions, Melbourne Football Club and Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Originating from Warrnambool, ...

- , , * 2013 - Sam Dwyer - * 2014 -

Louis Herbert Louis Herbert (born 27 June 1994) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Herbert was recruited by from the North Ballarat Rebels with the 4th pick in the 201 ...

- * 2017 -

Hugh McCluggage Hugh McCluggage (born 3 March 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer and vice-captain of the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life McCluggage was raised in Allansford, Victoria and participated in the ...

- * 2021 - Jamarra Ugle-Hagan

References

External links

1949 - South Warrnambool FC: Seniors & Reserves Team photos

Facebook page

Official South Warrnambool FNC SportsTG website
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