Newtown & Chilwell Football Club

Newtown & Chilwell
Names
Full name	Newtown & Chilwell Football Club
Nickname(s)	Eagles
Club details
Founded	1933
Colours	Black and Red
Premierships	1937, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1986.
Ground(s)	Elderslie Reserve, Newtown, Victoria
Other information
Official website	http://www.sportingpulse.com/club_info.cgi?client=1-6160-80514-0-0

Newtown & Chilwell Sporting Club plays in the Geelong Football League in Victoria, Australia. They play their home games at Elderslie Reserve.^[1]

Early formations

Chilwell Football Club (formed 1874) and Newtown Football Club (formed 1874/75) were affiliated with the following leagues:

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

Merger

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]

Geelong Football League

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.

List of VFL/AFL listed players

Bert Rankin – Geelong
Noel Rayson – Geelong
Cliff Rankin – Geelong
Brendan McCartney – Coach Western Bulldogs
Will Schofield – West Coast Eagles
Hugh Strahan – VFL/AFL Gee
Bruce Kayler Thomson – VFL/AFL Gee
Stephen Lunn – VFL/AFL Gee & Foots
Basil Flynn – VFL/AFL Gee

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 2008-11-10.