The Moe Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football and netball club based at Ted Summerton Reserve in the town of Moe, Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Gippsland Football League.
Club history There was a meeting at Semmen's Moe Hotel in April, 1889 to form a local football club, with Mr. A A McPhee elected as president, R J Martin - Secretary and C W J Coleman as Treasurer. Mr. C W J Coleman was elected as club captain as Mr. J Watson was appointed as vice captain for 1889.
Moe played in the Miller Cup in 1889 and the Kennedy Cup competition in 1890.
Moe Football Club was re-established in 1900, at a meeting Leith's Club Hotel, with Captain Leith elected as president. Captain Leith was president in 1901 too and played in the West Gippsland Football Association in 1901.
In 1908, Moe wore the colours of red, white and blue.
Moe FC entered the Central Gippsland FA in 1909, which was the major league in Gippsland at the time.
In 1910, Moe wore the colours of "blue knickers, blue guernsey with sash and red stockings"
At the club's 1911 AGM Mr. H Smith's offer to coach the football club was accepted with Cr. W Beck - President, A Simmons - Secretary and B Gibson - Treasurer.
Mr. P McCarthy, Moe footballer collided with a Warragul player on Wednesday, 7 June 1911 and was taken to the Warragul Hospital. McCarthy required surgery on the Friday, and later died on Sunday morning.
Moe won the Narracan Shire Football Association premiership in 1912.
At the club's 1914 AGM, the club adopted the colors of maroon guernsey and stockings and white knickers.
In 1927 the club decided to play in the Erica District Football Association. They were too strong for the other clubs and won the premiership. Moe were behind in the dying seconds of the grand final against Baw Baw when J Walsh marked and kicked the winning goal to win the flag for Moe by three points.
Back in the Central Gippsland FA from 1928, they remained in the league until it was replaced by the Latrobe Valley Football League in 1954.
Moe won the 1941 Yallourn & District Football Association premiership.
In 1944 and 1945 Moe played in the Central Gippsland Wartime Football League, won by Yallourn in 1944, then Moe won the 1945 premiership defeating Yallourn.
Club coach, Don Keyter polled the most votes (23) in the 1963 LVFL best and fairest - Trood Award / Rodda Medal count, but was ineligible due to a suspension he incurred during the season. Ironically the award was won by Moe player, Alan Steel with 18 votes.
The club had senior football Premiership success the Latrobe Valley FL in 1956 and 1967.
Football Competition Timeline 1889 - Miller Challenge Cup 1890 - Kennedy Challenge Cup 1891 to 1897 - ? 1898 & 1899 - Hall's Challenge Cup 1901 to 1908? - West Gippsland Football Association 1909 to 1911 - Central Gippsland Football Association 1912 & 1913? - Narracan Shire Football Association 1914 & 1915? - Morwell District Football Association 1916 to 1918 - CGFA in recess due to WWI 1919 to 1926 - Central Gippsland Football Association 1927 - Erica & District Football Association 1928 to 1940 - Central Gippsland Football Association 1941 - Yallourn & District Football Association 1942 & 1943 - Club in recess due to WW2 1944 & 1945 - Central Gippsland Wartime Football Association 1946 to 1953 - Central Gippsland Football League 1954 to 2001 - Latrobe Valley Football League 2002 to 2009 - West Gippsland Latrobe Football League 2010 to Present - Gippsland Football League
Football Premierships Seniors Narracan Shire Football Association 1912 - Moe: 6.5 - 41 defeated Yarragon: 2.4 - 16 Erica District Football Association 1927 - Moe: 8.9 - 57 defeated Baw Baw: 8.6 - 54 Yallourn & District Football Association 1941 - Moe: 8.12 - 60 defeated Yallourn Powerhouse: 5.10 - 40 Central Gippsland Wartime Football League 1945 - Moe: 6.12 - 48 defeated Yallourn: 4.10 - 34 Latrobe Valley Football League 1956 - Moe: 10.9 - 69 defeated Traralgon: 8.13 - 61 1967 - Moe: defeated Bairnsdale: by six points Gippsand League 2026 - Moe: 14.7 - 91 defeated Leongatha:11.17 - 83
Reserves LaTrobe Valley Football League 1959, 1967, 1968
Thirds / Under 18's LaTrobe Valley Football League 1959, 1991
Fourths / Under 16's Gippsland Football League 2014, 2016, 2017
Netball Premierships A Grade Gippsland Football League 2018, 2023, 2024
B Grade Gippsland Football League 2017,2019
Under 17s Gippsland Football League 2014, 2015, 2016
Football League Best & Fairest Awards Seniors Central Gippsland Football Association: Rodda Medal 1936 - Ivan Williams 1939 - A "Bert" Tabuteau Latrobe Valley Football League: Trood Award / Rodda Medal 1958 - Lester Ross 1963 - Alan Steel. Don Keyter, from Moe FC polled 23 votes, but was ineligible 1973 - Barry Rowlings 1974 - Barry Rowlings 1988 - Lachlan Sim 2000 - Jason Shields Gippsland Football League 2017 - James Blazer Reserves Hartley Medal Gippsland Football League 2018 - James Heslop https://gippslandleague.com.au/football-awards/ Fourths Shaw Carter Medal Gippsland Football League 2023 - Thomas Matthews https://gippslandleague.com.au/football-awards/
Netball League Best and Fairest Awards A Grade Gippsland League Hutchinson Medal 1991 - Sarah Ryan https://gippslandleague.com.au/netball-awards/ 2016 - Montanna Holmes https://gippslandleague.com.au/netball-awards/
B Grade Gippsland League - Dawn Pearce Medal 2013 - Saskia Heathcote https://gippslandleague.com.au/netball-awards/ 2014 - Lisa Shields https://gippslandleague.com.au/netball-awards/ 2018 - Carly Mullen - Bianconi https://gippslandleague.com.au/netball-awards/
C Grade Gippsland League - Karen Proctor Medal 2023 - Elly Brown https://gippslandleague.com.au/netball-awards/
Under 17s Gippsland Football League 2013 - Jayde Travers https://gippslandleague.com.au/netball-awards/ 2014 - Jayde Travers https://gippslandleague.com.au/netball-awards/
Under 15s Gippsland Football League 2006 - Hayley Brown https://gippslandleague.com.au/netball-awards/
Under 13s Gippsland Football League 2016 - Madelaine Galea https://gippslandleague.com.au/netball-awards/ 2023 - Virginia Daley https://gippslandleague.com.au/netball-awards/
VFL/ AFL players The following footballers played with Moe prior to making their VFL / AFL debut. 1925 - Peter Reville - , 1933 - Charlie Richards - Footscray 1935 - Ken Feltscheer - , 1949 - Laurie Shipp - North Melbourne 1951 - Alby Law - 1959 - Lester Ross - St. Kilda 1960 - John Somerville - 1962 - George Savige - Footscray 1968 - Ted Hopkins - 1975 - Barry Rowlings - , 1988 - Peter Somerville- 1989 - Lachlan Sim - Brisbane Bears 2000 - Troy Makepeace - 2016 - Sam Skinner - Brisbane 2018 - Declan Keilty - Melbourne
The following footballers played senior VFL / AFL football prior to playing with Moe. The year indicates their first season with Moe. 1955 - Jervis Stokes - Richmond 1963 - Kevin Northcote - Hawthorn 2019 - Bernie Vince - Adelaide, Melbourne
References
External links Website Teamapp site List of Gippsland FL Football Premierships Gippsland FL Best & Fairest Lists 1934 - Moe FC & Trafalgar FC team photos 1941 - Moe FC Officials photo 1941 - Yallourn & District FA grand final. Moe & Yallourn team photos 1953 - Moe Football Club team photo 1956 - Moe FC & Yallourn FC team photos