Modbury Football Club

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The Modbury Football Club is an Australian Rules football club in Adelaide, South Australia and is one of the oldest football clubs in Australia (see List of Australian rules football clubs by date of establishment)

The Modbury Hawks currently field senior teams in the South Australian Amateur Football League and junior teams in the North Eastern Metropolitan Junior Football League.

 clubname = Modbury Football Club
 nickname = Hawks
 founded  = 1862 
 ground   = Modbury Oval 
 capacity = 2,000 
 league   = South Australian Amateur Football League

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[edit] History

The first ever game recorded as taking place was between Modbury and Adelaide in 1862 [1]. Each side had 20 players but there were no umpires. The game ended after Adelaide kicked its second goal and the game was declared in their favour 2 goals to nil.

The two teams met again the following year, on a strip of land near the Modbury Hotel (Civic Park), when "the game was kept up with the greatest spirit and good feeling, and so equally were the sides matched that not a goal was obtained"

To celebrate the 100th anniversary, in 1962, and during the states 150th year celebrations, in 1986, a special game was played between the Modbury Football Club and the South Adelaide Football Club at Modbury Oval to commemorate the two oldest clubs in the state.

[edit] Club Honours

Modbury Premierships (26 senior, 31 junior)

A grade: (15) 1934, 1935, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2004, 2005

B grade: (4) 1972, 1992, 2001, 2004

C grade: (6) 1988, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2005

D grade: (1) 1994

Under 15: (3) 1970, 1994, 1995

Under 14: (4) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999

Under 13: (9) 1970, 1971, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999

Under 12: (6) 1982, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2005

Under 11: (7) 1969, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1993 (composite), 1995, 1998

Under 10: (2) 1982, 1985

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Adelaide Football Club History