Kyneton Football Club


The Kyneton Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Kyneton, Victoria. Kyneton teams currently compete in the Riddell [District Football League]. The club transferred there after the 2023 season.

History

It has been said that Kyneton was the Victorian town where the first organised regional football match was contested, although the first recorded country football match was on the Camp Reserve, Castlemaine was in September 1855 between a team of Army soldiers and a team of goldminers.
The first match in Kyneton was held in the early 1860s, with 84 players on the field. The match was played at the Showgrounds Oval.
Kyneton FC is recorded as playing two matches against Redesdale, one in October 1868 and the return match was played in November 1868, but Kyneton did not play in a formal local competition until 1891, even though they were registered with the Victorian Football Association from 1877 to 1885 and played against Hawthorn, Essendon and Carlton a number of times in the late 1870's and early 1880's.
Formal rural football competitions commenced in Ballarat starting in 1869 and Castlemaine's in 1871, being the first competitions in the region until the Victorian Football Association was founded in 1877.
In 1887, the club played 17 matches, the most since the club was formed, but no formal competition.
The club played against the touring British footballers in 1888.
In 1895 at the annual meeting of the Kyneton United Football Club it was resolved to reform the club and change the name to the Kyneton Football Club.
In 1898, Kyneton Junior FC and Kyneton Senior FC merged to form the Kyneton Football Club and adopting the club colours of blue and white.
In 1899, the Kyneton District Football Club was formed and the club colours were red, white and blue.
After World War Two, Kyneton participated in the Castlemaine District Football League in 1945 and 1946, prior to re-joining the Bendigo Football League in 1947.
The club went into recess in 2013 citing a player shortage, but returned to the competition in 2014. At the end of 2023 the club decided to transfer from the Bendigo Football League to the Riddell District Football League.
;Football Timeline

Premierships

;Senior Football
  • Kyneton District Football Association
  • *1891 - 1st: Kyneton,
  • *1892 - 1st: Kyneton, 2nd: Woodend,
  • *1893 - 1st: Kyneton
  • *1902 - Kyneton: 4.4 - 28 d East Trentham: 2.6 - 18
  • *1903 - 1st: Kyneton, 2nd: Kyneton Collegians
  • *1904 - Kyneton: 5.5 - 35 d Malmsbury: 1.4 - 10
  • *1906 - 1st: Kyneton, 2nd: Kyneton Collegians
  • *1908 - Kyneton: ? d Trentham: ?
  • Kyneton Football League
  • *1928 - Kyneton: 4.9 - 33 d Kyneton Collegians: 4.3 - 27
  • Midland Football League
  • *1931 - Kyneton: 9.7 - 61 d Castlemaine Foundry: 5.11 - 41
  • Bendigo Football League :
  • *1936 - Kyneton: 12.9 - 81 d Sandhurst: 10.8 - 68
  • *1960 - Kyneton: 9.8 - 62 d Rochester: 8.11 - 59
  • *1961 - Kyneton: 12.13 - 85 d Rochester: 9.6 - 80
  • *1966 - Kyneton:15.6 - 96 d Golden Square: 12.12 - 84
  • *1995 - Kyneton: 18.13 - 121 d South Bendigo: 11.10 - 76
  • *1997 - Kyneton: 18.15 - 123 d Golden Square: 7.14 - 56
  • Castlemaine District Football League
  • *1945
;Reserves
  • Bendigo Football League
  • *1975 - Kyneton: 9.14 - 68 drew with Sandhurst: 10.8 - 68
  • *1975 - Kyneton: ? d Sandhurst: ?
;Thirds

Runners Up

;Seniors

VFL / AFL Players

The following footballers played with Kyneton prior to playing senior VFL / AFL football, with the year indicating their VFL debut.
DebutPlayer's NameVFL / AFL ClubNotes / References
1903John McCashney
1907Harry Rigby
1914Alexander FraserFederal & State Politician
1925Jack Armstrong
1935Frank Halloran &
1937Ted Buckley
1939Hughie McPherson &
1939Clarrie Riordan
1953John Thomas McCashney
1957Frank Hanrahan
1958Bill Arch
1958Brian Bowe
1959Peter Barker
1959Cliff Deacon
1959Norm McKenzie
1967Ian Thompson
1975Danny Halloran
1976Jim Buckley1979, 81 & 82 VFL Premierships
1983Tony Kelly
1998Nathan Thompson
1999Peter Welsh
2009Rhys Magin
2012Jack Redpath

The following footballers played senior VFL / AFL football, prior to playing / coaching with Kyneton, with the year indicating their first season at Kyneton.

Kyneton District Football Association

  • 1891 to 1896 - Kyneton District Football Association
  • 1897 to 1900 - KDFA in recess
  • 1901 to 1911 - Kyneton District Football Association
  • 1912 to 1918 - KDFA in recess
  • 1919 to 1920 - Kyneton District Football Association
  • 1921 to 1925 - KDFA in recess
  • 1926 to 1930 - Kyneton District Football League
;Premiers
  • 1891 - Kyneton
  • 1892 - 1st: Kyneton
  • 1893 - Kyneton
  • 1894 - 1st: Malmsbury, 2nd: Carlsruhe
  • 1895 - Woodend: 3.1 - 19 d Kyneton: 0.6 - 6
  • 1896 - Woodend
  • 1897 - 1900: KDFA in recess.
  • 1901 - Lauriston: 3.5 - 23 d Kyneton: 1.12 - 18
  • 1902 - 1st: Kyneton
  • 1903 - 1st: Kyneton
  • 1904 - Kyneton
  • 1905 - Malmsbury
  • 1906 - 1st: Kyneton
  • 1907 - Trentham*: 7.10 - 52 d Kyneton Collegians: 3.6 - 24
  • 1908 - Kyneton: ? d Trentham: ?
  • 1909 - ?. Semi Final: Kyneton d Macedon
  • 1910 - Trentham: 5.8 - 38 d Macedon: 4.10 - 34
  • 1911 - Daylesford: 1.17 - 23 d Trentham: 2.9 - 21
  • 1912 - 1918: KDFA in recess.
  • 1919 - Kyneton Collegians: 8.8 - 56 d Malmsbury: 3.8 - 26
  • 1920 - Malmsbury: 5.16 - 46 d Trentham: 3.6 - 25
  • 1921 - 1925: In recess?
  • 1926 - Kyneton Collegians: 10.8 - 68 d Daylesford: 5.9 - 39
  • 1927 - Daylesford 4.8 - 32 d Kyneton Collegians: 4.4 - 28
  • 1928 - Kyneton 4.9 - 33 d Kyneton Collegians: 4.4 28
  • 1929 - Kyneton Collegians 8.11 - 59 d Kyneton 5.14 - 44
  • 1930 - Trentham: 5.9 - 39 d Malmsbury: 5.5 - 35