Maldon Football and Netball Club

The Maldon Football and Netball Club is an Australian rules football club that plays in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League and is situated in the township of Maldon, Victoria, in the central Victorian goldfields. The clubs plays its home games at Bill Woodfull Oval, Maldon, Victoria. The club's nickname is known as the Bombers.

History

The club was established in 1873 at a meeting at Ellis' Exchange Hotel on Monday 12th May 1873.
The club played in the Castlemaine District Football Association from 1890 to 1913, then in the Castlemaine District Football League from 1914 to 1951. The Castlemaine DFA changed its name to the Castlemaine DF League at its annual meeting April, 1914.
In 1900, Maldon, premiers of the Castlemaine District Football Association defeated Timor, the premiers of the Maryborough District Football League.
Maldon won the 1891 Castlemaine Junior Football Association premiership.
The club won its first premiership in 1894 and then dominated the competition, finishing either first or second on the premiership ladder, every year between 1894 and 1909 and also winning 15 premierships between 1894 and 1923.
It lost only one match between 1898 and 1902. Syd Titus, father of famous Richmond player, Jack Titus, captained Maldon for nine years, including seven premierships in the late 1890's, early 1900's.
Between 1927 and 1934 the club was known as Tarrengower Football Club.
In 1950, Maldon played Carlton in a practice match at Princes Park.
Between 1965 and 1979 the club played 15 seasons in the Golden City Football League. It made the finals on four occasions but lost every finals match it played.

Football Premierships

;Seniors

[Castlemaine_District_Football_Association] (1890 to 1913)

1894, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909

Castlemaine District Football League">Castlemaine District Football Association">Castlemaine District Football League (1914 to 1951)

1914, 1920, 1923, 1927, 1931, 1933, 1949, 1950, 1951

[Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League] (1952 to 1964)

1952: Maldon: 13.14 - 92 d Campbell's Creek: 9.9 - 63
1955: Maldon: 14.7 - 91 d Carisbrook: 8.7 - 55
1956: Maldon: 15.12 - 102 d Dunolly: 13.8 - 86
1957: Maldon: 12.9 - 81 d Dunolly: 10.5 - 65

Golden City Football League (1965 to 1979)

No premierships

[Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League] (1980 to 2025)

1983 - Maldon: 20.19 - 139 d Primrose: 14.14 - 110
1985 - Maldon: 19.15 - 129 d Chewton: 14.11 - 95
1987 - Maldon: 14.11 - 95 d Chewton: 10.14 - 74
1988 - Maldon: 13.13 - 91 d Talbot: 12.13 - 85
2010 - Maldon: 11.12 - 78 d Avoca: 9.10 - 64

;Reserves

;Thirds

;Juniors
Castlemaine District Junior Football Association

1891

League Best and Fairest

Castlemaine District Football League - Albert Harvey Medal

1932 - D Rice: Tarrangower
1933 - Harry Tatt: Tarrangower

Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League

1981 - Glen Roy
1983 - Ken Patton
2015 - Hayden Kelly
2021 - Tommy Horne
2024- Damian Wust

Leading Goalkickers