Clarence Football Club
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The Clarence Football Club (CFC), nicknamed The Roos, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League, based in Clarence, Tasmania. They became Clarence Football Club in 1884, but existed before that as Bellerive Football Club.
The Clarence Roo's play their home games at Bellerive Oval, which is Hobart's test Cricket ground. They share it with Tasmania's cricket team, the Tasmanian Tigers.
They participated in the Tasmanian Football League(TFL), then the Statewide Football league (also TFL) until it split into northern and southern leagues in 2000, and they then joined the Southern Football League (SFL).
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[edit] Premierships
- Tasmanian Football League - 1970, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1993-94, 1996-97, 2000 (9 total)
- Southern Football League - 2001, 2002, 2004 (3 total)
[edit] Notable players
- William Leitch Medallists: H.Yaxley 1949; S.Spencer 1960; J.Richmond 1967; R.Lucas 1968; T.Sorrell 1976; S.Wade 1989; G.Williamson 1991; D.Noonan 1995 & 1996 (8 Medallists/9 Medals)
- Dolphin Medallists: Scott Wade 1989 (1 total)
- All Australians: Stuart Spencer 1958 (1 total)
[edit] Records
- Highest Score:
- SFL: 41.21 (269) vs Brighton in round 5, 2005
- TFL: 33.23 (221) vs Hobart in round 4, 1983
- Most Games: 300 by Gavin Cooney
- Record Home Attendance: 5,075 on 13 June 1987: North Hobart 13.20 (98); Clarence 8.8 (56)
- Record Finals Attendance: 24,968 for 1979 grand final at North Hobart Oval: Clarence 12.11 (83); Glenorchy 11.14 (80)
