South Ballarat Football Club

South Ballarat
Names
Full name South Ballarat Football Club
Club details
Founded ca. 1877
Dissolved ?
Colours      Dark blue      Red[1]
Competition Ballarat Football League
Premierships 8 (1904, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1926, 1938)
Uniforms
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The South Ballarat Football Club was an Australian rules football club which formerly competed in the Ballarat Football League.

The club was formed in the mid-1870s as the Albion Imperial Football Club before becoming known as South Ballarat in 1884.[2] The club was a provincial member of the Victorian Football Association (VFA) from 1883[2] until 1896, taking part in the Association's administration and competing regularly against Melbourne-based VFA clubs.

The club was a founding member of the Ballarat Football Association in 1893. During its time in the competition, it won eight senior premierships, including three in a row between 1911 and 1913.[3]

The club merged with the Sebastopol Football Club in 1940 to form the South Sebastopol Football Club.[4] The club went into recess during World War II and did not return to competition after the war.

Ballarat Football League premierships (8): 1904, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1926, 1938

References

  1. ↑ "Williamstown v. South Ballarat". The Ballarat Star. Ballarat, VIC. 13 August 1888. p. 6.
  2. 1 2 "Albion Imperial Football Club". The Ballarat Star. Ballarat, VIC. 3 April 1884. p. 2.
  3. ↑ "Ballarat Football League". Retrieved 22 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "New Club for Ballarat". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. 1 May 1940. p. 12.
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