Cobden Football Club

The Cobden Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Bombers, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Cobden, Victoria. The club teams currently compete in the Hampden Football Netball League,^[1] which Cobden is a founding club, with its football squad having played there since 1930.

Cobden
Names
Full name	Cobden Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)	Bombers
Club details
Founded	1879; 144 years ago (1879)
Colours
Competition	Hampden FNL
Premierships	8 (1891, 1915, 1930, 1933, 1948, 1949, 1997, 1998)
Ground(s)	Cobden Recreation Reserve
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official website	cobdenfnc.com.au

Premierships

• Corangamite Football Association (2):
  • 1891, 1915
• Hampden Football Netball League (6):
  • 1930, 1933, 1948, 1949, 1997, 1998

Maskell Medallists

• John Couttie 1952
• Hugh Worrall 1970, 1972 & 1979
• Peter Anson 1985
• Stephen Hammond 1996
• Wayne Robertson 1998
• Levi Dare 2010 & 2012
• Joseph Dare 2012

Leading goalkickers

• Kevin Scanlon 1930 (102)
• Keith Wade 1939 (88)
• Vic Jones 1947 (41)
• Vic Jones 1948 (64)
• Gavin Moran 1958 (71)
• Chris Nash 1979 (83)

Notable players

VFL/AFL players recruited from Cobden include -

• Alistair Lord (Geelong)
• Stewart Lord (Geelong)
• Thorold Merrett (Collingwood)
• John Rantall (South Melbourne)
• Ben Cunnington (North Melbourne)
• Gary Rohan (Geelong)
• Jackson Merrett (Essendon)
• Zach Merrett (Essendon)
• Sean Darcy (Fremantle)

Bibliography

• Evergreen Hampden: The Hampden Football League and its people, 1930-1976 by Fred Bond & Don Grossman, 1979 – ISBN 0868251089
• History of Football in the Western District by John Stoward – Aussie Footy Books, 2008 – ISBN 9780957751590

References

1. "Official Club Website". Sportingpulse.

External links

 

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