• Source: Wallan Football Club

The Wallan Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Magpies, is an Australian rules football club located 45 km north of Melbourne in the town of Wallan and is affiliated with the Riddell District Football League and wears black and white vertical stripes.




History


The club appears to of played its first game of Australian Rules football in 1891 against the Kilmore Rose Football Club.




Football Competitions Timeline


1891 - 1895: Club active, playing some intermittent football matches against other local sides.
1896 - Power Trophy
1897 - 1906: Club active, playing some intermittent football matches against other local sides.
1907 - 1911: Central Mernda Football Association
1912: Club active, but did not play any competition football.
1913 - 1915: Midlands District Football Association. Association abandoned in July, 1915 due to war enlistments from footballers.
1916 - 1918: Association / Club in recess due to World War One
1919 - 1920: Mernda Football Association
1923 - 1931: Bourke Evelyn Football League
1935 - 1939: Hume Highway Football Association
1940 - 1945: Association / Club in recess due to World War Two
1945 - 1946: Hume Highway Football Association
1947 - 1953: Riddell District Football League
1954 - 1964: Panton Hill Football League
1965 - 2001: Riddell District Football League
2002 - 2006: Diamond Valley Football League
2007 - 2007: Northern Football League
2008 - 2024: Riddell District Football League




Football Premierships (9)


Seniors
Central Mernda Football Association
1907, 1908, 1909
Midlands Football Association
1914
Riddell District Football League - Division One
1985
2021 (minor premiers acknowledged due to the COVID-19 shortened season & no finals series)
Riddell District Football League - Division Two
1977
1989
1992




Runners Up (4)


Central Mernda District Football Association
1910
Midlands Football Association
1913
Riddell District Football League - Division Two
1984
Riddell District Football League - Division One
1998, 2000, 2019




Football League Best & Fairest Winners


Seniors
Riddell District Football League
1952 - Ken Cleve *
1971 - Les Benjamin
1982 - Ian Benjamin
1998 - Gavin Langborne
1999 - Dean Fitzpatrick
2001 - Brett Spencer
2018 - Jesse Davies
2021 - Ricky Schraven
2022 - Steven Boyall
1952: Ken Cleve (Wallan) tied with Ray Russell (Lancefield) on 14 votes, but received the runners up award and has never received a retrospective "co-winners" medal from the RDFL.




Leading Goalkickers


Seniors
Riddell District Football League
1970: Ian Benjamin 44
1972: Greg Wood 130
1973: Greg Wood 179
1976: Pat Delaney 111
1977: Pat Delaney 133
1984: Bernie Laffin 63
1991: David Fowler 78




Highest Score


Wallan 56.25.361 (v North Fawkner 1.2.8) – Riddell DFL – 1997




Most goals in a game


34 – David Fowler – Wallan (v North Fawkner) – Riddell DFL – 1997




References






Books


History of Football in the Bendigo District - John Stoward - ISBN 9780980592917
100 years of Football in the Riddell District - John Stoward




External links


Wallan FNC website
1953 - Wallan FC Ball photos

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