Newtown & Chilwell Football Club

Newtown & Chilwell
Names
Full name	Newtown & Chilwell Football Club
Nickname(s)	Eagles
Club details
Founded	1933
Colours
President	Shaun McWilliam
Premierships	(9): 1937, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1986
Ground(s)	Elderslie Reserve
Uniforms
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Newtown & Chilwell Sporting Club, nicknamed the Eagles, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the inner western suburb of Newtown, Victoria.

The club teams currently compete in the regional Geelong Football Netball League, playing their home games at Elderslie Reserve.[1]

History

Chilwell Football Club (formed 1874) and Newtown Football Club (formed 1874/1875) were affiliated with the following leagues:

Geelong District Football Association (GDFA), 1879–1918
Geelong District Football League (GDFL), 1919–1921
Geelong Junior Football Association (GJFA), 1922–1932
Geelong District Football League (GDFL), 1933

In 1933 the Newtown Football Club and the Chilwell Football Club merged to form the Newtown & Chilwell Football Club. The merger of two of Geelong's oldest clubs was because Newtown had difficulty getting players so they looked to their neighboring club, Chilwell. The club also has a historical link to the Barwon Football Club, which at its peak in the mid-1870s was one of the strongest clubs in Victoria, before it merged into Chilwell in 1879.[2]

When the league was formed in 1979 the Eagles were one of the 10 clubs that broke away from the Geelong & District Football League.[3] The city and country clubs of the old GDFL were divided into the major league competition of the GFL and the minor league GDFL.

VFL/AFL players

Bert Rankin - Geelong
Noel Rayson - Geelong, South Melbourne
Cliff Rankin - Geelong
Brendan McCartney (coach) - Western Bulldogs
Will Schofield - West Coast
Hugh Strahan - Geelong
Stephen Lunn - Geelong
Basil Flynn - Geelong

Bibliography

Stoward, John. Cat Country – History of Football in the Geelong Region. ISBN 978-0-9577515-8-3.

References

http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?client=1-6160-80514-0-0
Mark Pennings; Trevor Ruddell (2007), "Anyone but Barwon", Sporting Traditions, 25 (1): 41–55
Fanning, Noel (9 April 2008). "Geelong and District Football League boasts a long list of superstars". The Geelong Advertiser. www.geelongadvertiser.com.au. Retrieved 10 November 2008.

External links

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[1] ttp://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?client=1-6160-80514-0-0

[ST-2] Mark Pennings; Trevor Ruddell (2007), "Anyone but Barwon", Sporting Traditions, 25 (1): 41–55

[noel-3] Fanning, Noel (9 April 2008). "Geelong and District Football League boasts a long list of superstars". The Geelong Advertiser. www.geelongadvertiser.com.au. Retrieved 10 November 2008.