The Creswick Football Netball Club is an Australian rules football and netball club that plays in the Central Highlands Football League and is based in the town of Creswick, Victoria.
History The Creswick Football Club was founded in 1869, with Mr. J Wighton elected as President.
Creswick's first recorded game was July 24 that same year against Kingston, with the result being a 0-0 draw.
The club played in 1876 against Clunes and Daylesford, winning both games 1 goal to 0. Between 1869 and 1914, the name of the league where the Wickers played changed almost yearly but the league was often known as the 'Challenge Cup'. There was no football between 1870 and 1875 due to floods.
In 1878, the Ballarat Caledonia FC played the Creswick Hill Camp FC in Creswick, with Creswick winning four goals to nil.
In 1880, Creswick FC President was, Mr. Thomas Cooper (MLA).
The Creswick District Football Association was reformed in 1914, with Creswick joined by clubs from Dean, Smeaton, Newlyn and Allendale & Broomfield. Creswick won the 1914 premiership from Newlyn, and repeated the dose in 1915.
There was a suspension of football in the league due to World War I which lasted from 1916 to 1918, with the league ultimately ceasing existence in early 1935.
In 1922, Creswick: 12.9 - 81 defeated North Melbourne: 9.15 - 69 and Mr. Herbert Packham was voted the most popular footballer at Creswick.
Creswick joined the Ballarat First Rate Association in 1929 and lost the first semi final in 1930 and were premiers of the Ballarat & District Football Association in 1931, prior to joining the Clunes Football Association from 1932 to 1940, while fielding a seconds team in the Creswick Association.
Creswick's ground hosted what turned out to be the last CDFA grand final between Springmount and Allendale in 1934.
In 1941, Creswick went into recess, where World War II was the cause of no football from 1941 to 1945.
Creswick shifted back to the Clunes competition in 1950 where they stayed until 1978 before joining the newly-formed Central Highlands Football League as a founding member.
They are currently affiliated with the CHFL and continue to field junior and senior football and netball teams. Creswick relocated its home ground of 143 years at Hammon Park to a new venue at Doug Lindsay Reserve in 2012.
Football Club Timeline 1890 - 1891: Club active, but no official competition matches. 1892 - 1893: Clunes, Allendale & Daylesford Football Association 1894 - 1896: Creswick District Football Association 1897 - 1900: Allendale District Football Association 1901 - 1915: Creswick District Football Association 1916 - 1918: Club in recess due to World War One 1919 - 1921: Creswick District Football Association 1922 - Creswick Junior Football Association. 1922 - Ballarat District Football Association 1923 - 1928: Creswick District Football Association 1929 - 1930: Ballarat First Rate Football Association 1931 - Ballarat District Football Association 1932 - 1940: Clunes District Football Association 1941 - 1945: Club in recess due to World War Two 1946 - 1949: Ballarat Football League - B. Grade 1950 - 1978: Clunes Football League 1979 - 2019: Central Highlands Football League 2020 - Club in recess due to COVID-19 2021 - 2024: Central Highlands Football League
Football Premierships Seniors Creswick District Football Association: 1894, 1907, 1914, 1915, 1919, 1923, 1925, 1926
Ballarat District Football Association 1931
Clunes Football Association: 1940
Clunes Football League: 1950, 1961, 1974
Reserves Creswick District Football League 1933 - Creswick Rovers FC
Juniors Creswick District Junior Football Association 1902 - North Creswick
Clunes Football League 1964 - Creswick: 7.5 - 47 d Learmonth: 1.3 - 9
Under 18's Clunes Football League 1968 - Creswick: 5.12 - 42 d Bungaree: 5.6 - 36
Central Highlands Football League Seniors 1987 Reserves 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2019
Under 18: 1979, 1990, 1995, 2006
Under 15: 1985, 1986, 1992,1993, 1995, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2015
League Best & Fairest Winners Senior Football Central Highlands Football League 1981 - Peter Muller: 20 votes 1986 - David Jenkins: 26
League Goalkicking Award Winners Senior Football Clunes Football League (1932-1978) 1968 - Capuano 1971 - G Kohn 78 Central Highlands Football League (1979 - current) 1987 - Darren Kubeek: 105 goals 1992 - Jason Yean: 91
VFL / AFL players Year - Debut season 1925 - Dinny Heagney - Geelong 1927 - Jack Wunhym - Footscray 1940 - Jim Mooring - 1946 - Des Bell - 1951 - John McDonald - Hawthorn 1956 - Jimmy Stephenson - St Kilda 1965 - Brian Hepper - Fitzroy 1966 - Greg Dowd - Footscray 1980 - Eric Clarke - St Kilda 1981 - Peter Huntley - St Kilda 1987 - Ron Gladman - St Kilda 1994 - Matthew Capuano - North Melbourne, St Kilda.
Creswick District Football Association Creswick FC played in the following football competitions between 1892 and 1934, with the competition name changing their title a number of times.
In 1904, there was a four team local football competition between - Allendale, Clementston Creswick and Lawrence.
In 1906, the Creswick DFA comprised the following eight clubs: Allendale, Lawrence, Long Point, Mount Prospect, Newlyn, North Creswick, Rocky Lead and Springmount.
When the Creswick DFL folded in 1935, the remaining clubs joined the following local competitions - Allendale joined the Clunes Football League, Springmount - Daylesford & DFA. Unsure what happened to the Creswick Rovers, Eganstown and Kingston Football Clubs in 1935.
Creswick DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final ScoresYear Premiers Score Runner up Score Venue Gate / Comments 1892 - 1893: Clunes, Allendale & Daylesford DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final Scores1892Allendale 1893Eganstown 1.1 - 7 Clementson 1.0 - 6 Allendale 1894 - 1896: Creswick DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final Scores1894Creswick 2.7 - 19Allendale 0.1 - 1 Ballarat 1895Allendale Clementston Allendale Sloan Bros Silver Cup1896? 1897 - 1900: Allendale DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final Scores1897Allendale Clementston 1898Allendale Rovers3.4 - 16 Clementston Snorters1.6 - 12 1899 1900 Creswick DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final Scores1901North Creswickdefeated Broomfield by 8 pointsNewlyn 1902? 1903? 1904North Creswick ? 1905? 1906? 1907Creswick 5.5 - 35 Allendale 1.7 - 13 Creswick1908? 1909Newlyn Daylesford Creswick & Allendale DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final Scores1910? 1911? 1912Broomfield/Allendale2.4 - 16 Newlyn 1.7 - 13 Allendale7/7 1913Newlyn 1.6 - 12 Creswick 1.5 - 11 Allendale Creswick & DFA: Senior Football - Grand Final Scores1914Creswick 2.8 - 20 Newlyn 3.1 - 19 Allendale£131915Creswick 5.6 - 36 Newlyn 3.3 - 21 Allendale£6/7s/8d1916-18 In recess > WW11919Creswick 1920Newlyn 4.5 - 29 Creswick 2.7 - 19Newlyn £49/1/31921 1922 Creswick played in Ballarat DFA in'221923Creswick 4.5 - 29 Dean 2.2 - 14 1924Bungaree 6.9 - 45 Newlyn 2.1 - 13 1925Creswick 6.5 - 41 Bungaree 5.5 - 35 1926Creswick 3.4 - 16 Clunes 2.5 - 17 1927Newlyn 6.3 - 39 Creswick 6.2 - 38 1928Newlyn 7.6 - 48 Creswick 6.10 - 46 1932Clunes Juniors 5.10 - 40Creswick Junors2.9 - 21 1933Creswick Rovers5.4 - 34 Clunes Imperial1.11 - 17 Creswick1934Springmount 6.6 - 42 Allendale 2.8 - 20 Creswick 1935 Creswick DFA went into recess
References
External links
1947 - Creswick Forestry FC team photo