The Hepburn Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Burras, is an Australian rules football and netball club that plays in the town of Hepburn Springs, Victoria and plays in the Central Highlands Football League. The colours of the club are red and blue.
| Hepburn FNC Inc. | ||
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Hepburn Football Netball Club | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1919 | |
| Colours | blue red | |
| Competition | Central Highlands FL | |
| Premierships | (14) 1930, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1985, 1986, 1989, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017 | |
| Ground(s) | Hepburn Recreation Reserve | |
| Uniforms | ||
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Club history
editFootball in the Victorian town of Hepburn Springs dates back to the 1860s and a team was fielded in 1864 but it wasn't until approximately 1919, after World War I, that the Hepburn Football Club was officially founded and represented the town in an organised competition.
Hepburn FC had a golden era during the 1930's playing in ten grand finals in the Daylesford District Football Association between 1930 and 1939, in which the Burras compiled a successful history, claiming premierships in 1930, 1934, 1937, 1938 and 1939.
After World War II, Hepburn moved to the Clunes Football Association and were runners up in 1949 grand final, Newlyn by 31 points.[1]
In 1979, the Clunes Football League and the Bacchus Marsh Ballarat District Football League amalgamated to form the Central Highlands Football League and Hepburn were one of the founding members of the new competition.
After first contesting the finals in 1985, the Burras improved and went on to win a CHFL record-breaking nine senior premierships, the most recent being in 2017 at Mars Stadium when they beat minor premiers Beaufort 15.15.105 to 13.9.87.
Football Premierships
edit- Seniors
- Daylesford District Football Association
- Central Highlands Football League
- 1985, 1986, 1989, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017
- Reserves
- ?
Book
edit- History of Football in the Ballarat District by John Stoward - ISBN 978-0-9805929-0-0
References
edit- ^ "Hepburn FC details".
- ^ "Hepburn FC 150th anniversary".
- ^ "HFC confident it has covered player departures". 24 February 2014.
- ^ "1934 - Daylesford". The Age (Melbourne, Vic). 11 October 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "1934 - Football Finals Played". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic. : 1922 - 1954; 1956). 24 September 1934. p. 27. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "1934 - Daylesford Premiership". The Argus. 25 October 1934. p. 16. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "1937 - Country Football Finals". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic). 11 October 1937. p. 37. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "1938 - Football". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, Vic). 19 September 1938. p. 42. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "1939 - Country Results: Daylesford". The Argus. 11 September 1939. p. 13. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
External links
edit- Hepburn Burras FNC on Facebook
- Club profile on AFL National