Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League

Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League

Formerly	Maryborough District Football Association (1892-1929). Maryborough District Football League (1929-82)
Sport	Australian rules football Netball
First season	1892
No. of teams	13
Country	Australia
Related competitions	LVFL BFL CHFL

Statistics and records
Highest Score	1990 - Campbell's Creek: 100.34 - 634 d Primrose: 3.0 - 18
Most goals in a game	? -
Most goals in a season	163 - Gary Schiele: Chewton FNC. 1980
Most wins in a row	50 - Navarre: 2013 to 2016.
Most losses in a row	44 - Campbell's Creek FNC: 1995 - 1998
Most premierships in a row	4 - Talbot: 1995 - 98 & Navarre: 2013 - 16
Most premierships won	18 - Carisbrook FNC
Record Attendance	? -

The Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League is an Australian rules football league based in central Victoria. This is a minor league with clubs coming from towns near the regional centres of Maryborough, and Castlemaine.

The Maryborough District Football Association was formed in 1892 from the following local clubs - Amhurst / Adelaide Lead, Carisbrook, Dunolly, Maryborough, Talbot and Timor.^[1]

In 1900, the Maryborough District Football Association met with defeat in a match played against Footscray with the scores, 9.17 - 71 to Maryborough & DFL, 2.7 - 19.^[2]

In 1901, Port Melbourne visited Maryborough and defeated the Maryborough Association, 8.7 - 55 to 2.9 - 21.^[3]

In 1924, there was a draw in the grand final, with the scores being Moorlort: 11.12 - 78 to Dunolly: 9.24 - 78,^[4] with Moorlort winning the replay the following the week.

In 1929, the Maryborugh DFA became known as the Maryborough District Football League.^[5]

Maryborough & DFL absorbed a number of clubs from the Castlemaine District Football League, when that competition ceased in 1952.^[6] Other clubs from the Castlemaine District Football League moved to the Bendigo District Football Association.

The competitions name was changed to Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League in 1982.

In 2011 the league admitted 4 clubs from the Lexton Plains Football League that had gone into recess.

The highest ever score in a senior game of Australian rules football was scored in this league in 1990, when Campbells Creek defeated Primrose 100.34 (634) to 3.0 (18).^[7]

Between round one of 2014 and round ten of 2016, Navarre won 50 consecutive matches in a row in senior football in the Maryborough Castlemaine District Football League.^[8] Navarre's last loss was in the 2013 2nd Qualifying Final where Newstead won by 24 points.

Club	Jumper	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in MCDFNL	No. of Premierships	Premierships
Avoca		Bulldogs	Avoca Recreation Reserve, Avoca	LPFL	1873	2005–	0	-
Campbells Creek		Magpies, Creekers	Campbells Creek Recreation Reserve, Campbells Creek	CFL	1864	1952–	1	1953
Carisbrook		Redbacks	Carisbrook Recreation Reserve, Carisbrook	–	c.1900s	1901, 1919–	18	1914, 1925, 1929, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1960, 1964, 1970, 1976, 1980, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2012, 2017, 2018
Dunolly		Eagles	Dunolly Recreation Reserve, Dunolly	LVFL	1873	1919–1981, 2004–	14	1907, 1909, 1910, 1919, 1920, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1969
Harcourt		Lions	Harcourt Recreation Reserve, Harcourt	GCFL	c.1900s	1970–	2	1971, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2022, 2023
Lexton		Tigers	Lexton Recreation Reserve, Lexton	LPFL	1920	2011–	0	-
Maldon		Bombers	Bill Woodful Reserve, Maldon	GCFL	1873	1952–	9	1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2010
Maryborough Giants		Giants	JH Hedges Memorial Park, Maryborough	–	2023	2024–	0	-
Natte-Bealiba		Swans	Natte Yallock Recreation Reserve, Natte Yallock	LPFL	1961	2011–	2	2011, 2019
Navarre		Grasshoppers	Navarre Recreation Reserve, Navarre	LPFL	1920	2011–	4	2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
Newstead		Kangaroos	Newstead Recreation Reserve, Newstead	CFL	1881	1960	7	1938, 1939, 1966, 1979, 1993, 2000, 2009
Talbot		Hawks	Talbot Recreation Reserve, Talbot	CFL	c.1870s	1956–	7	1965, 1989, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2001
Trentham		Saints	Trentham Recreation Reserve, Trentham	RDFNL	1892	1988–	2	1992, 1994

Club	Jumper	Nickname	Home Ground	Former League	Est.	Years in MCDFNL	No. of Premierships	Premiership Years	Fate
Bealiba		Woodcutters	Bealiba Recreation Reserve, Bealiba	KKFL	c.1870s	1924-1929, 1932-1935, 1945-1948	2	1927, 1928	Moved to Loddon Valley Football Netball League following 1948, season, merged with Natte Yallock following 1961 season to form Natte-Bealiba.
Bowenvale				–	c.1900s	1892, 1899, 1905, 1908	1	1899	Folded
Bristol Hill (Maryborough)				MJFA	1919	1921-1954	3	1904, 1923, 1926	Folded
Campbelltown				–	c.1920s	1938-1939	0	-	Merged with Newstead in 1940
Chewton		Tigers		GCFL	c.1900s	1970-1990	2	1975, 1986	Folded
Clunes		Magpies	Ligar Street Reserve, Clunes	CFL	1869	1922-1924, 1928-1930, 1945	0	-	Moved to Clunes Football League following 1945 season.
Majorca				MJFA	c.1920s	1934	0	-	Folded
Maryborough Rovers		Magpies	Princes Park, Maryborough	–	1960s	1966-2023	3	1978, 1990, 1991	Merged with Royal Park to form Maryborough Giants following 2023 season.
Moolort				–	c.1920s	1922-1924	1	1924	Folded after 1924 season.[9]
Natte Yallock		Swans	Natte Yallock Recreation Reserve, Natte Yallock	PFA	c.1910s	1939-1947	0	-	Moved to Lexton Football League following 1948, season, merged with Natte Yallock following 1961 season to form Natte-Bealiba.
Newstead Campbelltown				–	1940	1940	0	-	De-merged into Newstead and Campbelltown in 1947
Patience & Nicholson				–	c.1930s	1937-1949	4	1940, 1945, 1947, 1948	Folded
Primrose		Demons		–	1919	1920-1994	3	1934, 1937, 1984	Folded
Railways				–	1919	1919-1923	4	1912, 1921, 1922, 1936	Folded
Redbank Stuart Mill		Reds	Redbank Recreation Reserve, Redbank	–	1956	1956-1958	0	-	Moved to Lexton Football League following 1958 season, merged with Moonambel following 1959 season to form Moonambel-Redbank.
Royal Park		Tigers	JH Hedges Memorial Park, Maryborough	–	1934	1934-2023	9	1935, 1967, 1968, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1981, 1982	Merged with Maryborough Rovers to form Maryborough Giants following 2023 season.
Temperance (Maryborough)				MJFA	c.1910s	1913-1920	1	1911	Moved into the Maryborough Junior FA in 1921.
Timor				MJFA	c.1910s	1900, 1913, 1951-1957	2	1900, 1913	Folded

Seniors

Senior Football

	MCDFNL Senior Football - Best & Fairest
Year	Winner	Club	Votes
Taggart Trophy
1908	H Crellin	Bowenvale	[58]
Best & Fairest Cup
1934	J McRae	Royal Park	[59]
Berry Powell Medal[60]
1946	Clarrie Moschetti	Royal Park	votes
1947	Ron Deledio	Dunolly
1948	Doug Beasy	Dunolly
1949	Jim Drysdale	Patience & Nicholson
1950	Ron Deledio	Dunolly
1951	Jack Older	Primrose	[61]
1952	Don Nicholls	Primrose
1953	Ray Noonan	Royal Park
1954	Bill Ebery	Carisbrook
	Ray Herbert	Campbells Creek
	Jim Oliver	Primrose
	Max Watts	Dunolly
1955	Keith Fyffe	Carisbrook
1956	Bill Ebery &	Carisbrook
	Pat Kirk	Primrose
1957	Arthur Lacey	Dunolly
1958	Pat Kirk	Primrose
1959	Arthur Lacey	Dunolly
1960	Arthur Lacey	Dunolly
1961	Brian Richardson	Newstead
1962	Tom Noonan	Royal Park
1963	Tom Noonan	Royal Park
1964	Tom Noonan	Royal Park
1965	Robert Wanlace	Talbot
1966	Malcom Stevens	Newstead
1967	Richard Raselli	Dunolly
1968	Charlie Wallace	Royal Park
1969	Colin Elliott	Maryborough Rovers
1970	Ray Allan &	Royal Park
	Peter Cole	Campbells Creek
1971	Ray Allan	Royal Park
1972	Robert Droney	Campbells Creek
1973	Reg Jones	Chewton
1974	Wayne Deledio &	Dunolly
	David Zimmer	Maryborough Rovers
1975	Laurie Smith	Talbot
1976	Colin Elliott	Maryborough Rovers
1977	Neil Robertson	Dunolly
1978	David Zimmer	Maryborough Rovers
1979	David Zimmer	Maryborough Rovers
1980	Paul Williams	Chewton
1981	Glen Roy	Maldon
1982	Don Culvenor	Newstead
1983	Ken Patton	Maldon
1984	Robert Cribbes	Royal Park
1985	Mauro Guareschi	Maryborough Rovers
1986	Anthony O'Shea	Maryborough Rovers
1987	Steve Denko	Chewton
1988	Keith Ennis	Trentham
1989	Keith Ennis	Trentham
1990	Peter Constable	Carisbrook
1991	Mauro Guareschi	Maryborough Rovers
1992	Wayne Purtell	Trentham
1993	Jason Glanville	Royal Park
1994	Glenn Skipper	Campbell's Creek
1995	Michael Pedretti	Newstead
1996	Peter Egan	Campbell's Creek
1997	Michael Pedretti	Newstead
1998	Martin Mark	Carisbrook
1999	Peter Tardrew	Talbot
2000	Ryan Morgan	Carisbrook
2001	Michael Moore	Trentham
2002	Michael Pedretti	Newstead
2003	Ian Martin	Talbot
2004	Daniel Christmas	Newstead
2005	Nick Robinson	Avoca
2006	Josh Hutchinson	Harcourt
2007	Tony Bellenger	Avoca
2008	Ian Martin	Talbot
2009	James McNamee	Dunolly	28[62]
2010	Matthew Peake	Campbell's Creek	25[63]
2011	Daniel Parkin	Navarre	28
2012	Paul Chaplin	Harcourt	20
2013	Matt Bilton	Carisbrook
2014	Damon Aspland	Lexon	34
2015	Michael Dalrmple	Newstead	19
	Hayden Kelly	Maldon	19
	Matthew Smith	Talbot	19
2016	Josh Fowkes	Navarre	18
2017	Jackson Bowen	Carisbrook	24
2018	Matt Bilton	Carisbrook	22
2019	Joel Cowan	Trentham	18
2020	MCDFNL in	recess>COVID-19
2021	Tommy Horne	Maldon	16
2022	Brayden Frost	Harcourt	27
2023	Joel Cowan	Trentham

In 1929, Ned Kick, from Dunolly FC kicked 17 goals against Railways, to bring his goal tally up to 74 goals for the season.^[64]

Seniors

	MCDFNL Senior Football - Leading & Century Goalkickers[65]
Year	Winner	Club	Season Goals	Goals in finals	Total Goals
1939	Dave McDowell	Natte Yallock			[66]
1968	Jim Oliver &	Campbells Creek	39
	Nev Garsed	Newstead	39
1969	Charlie Townsing	Dunolly	89
1970	Brian Lennon	Royal Park	100
1971	Keith Hunt	Dunolly	89
1972	Paul Rowe	Campbells Creek	88
1973	Brian Lennon	Royal Park	89
1974	Brian Lennon	Royal Park	87
1975	Peter Woodford	Chewton	130
1976	Peter Woodford	Chewton	115
1977	Brian Lennon	Royal Park	115
1978	Laurie Mason	Carisbrook	97
1979	Laurie Mason	Carisbrook	105
1980	Gary Schiele	Chewton	163
1981	Max Brown	Carisbrook	73
1982	Russell Emmens	Maldon	90
1983	Greg Pryor	Talbot	100
1984	Russell Emmens	Maldon	90
1985	Geoff Climeck	Chewton	131
1986	Geoff Climeck	Chewton	149
1987	Darren Rice	Maldon	100
1988	Darren Rice	Maldon	121
1989	Darren Rice	Maldon	138
1990	Leigh Hunt	Carisbrook	116
1991	Darren Rice	Maldon	109
1992	Leigh Hunt	Dunolly	85
1993	Craig Ginnivan	Newstead	118
1994	Cameron McKenzie	Trentham	74
1995	Keith Pelham	Trentham	120
1996	Keith Pelham	Trentham	116
1997	Glen Wills	Maryborough Rovers	82
1998	Keith Pelham	Trentham	71
1999	Michael Howell	Maldon	83
2000	John Hind &	Talbot	63
	Matthew O'Brien	Newstead	63
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009	Christian Kelly	Maldon	113		113
2010	Jarrod Trethowan	Harcourt	62		62
2011	1st. Christian Kelly	Maldon	127	3	130
	2nd. Alex Collins	Natte Bealiba	90	15	105
2012	Matthew Brown	Lexton	104	2	106
2013	Nathan Wright	Carisbrook	86	9	95
2014	Ash Driscoll	Navarre	75	9	84
2015	Matthew Brown	Lexton	78	6	84
2016	Joshua Brown	Royal Park	75	1	76
2017	Luke Treacy	Carisbrook	66	5	71
2018	Ashley Munari	Carisbrook	95	10	105
2019	Ashley Munari	Carisbrook	97	10	107
2020	MCDFNL in recess >	COVID-19
2021	Anthony Zelencich	Carisbrook	78	N/A	78
2022
2023
2024

MCDFNL	MCDFNL Office Bearers[67]
Year	President	Secretary	Treasurer
1946	Perc Outen	Vic Chapman
1947-52	Frank Lowery	Vic Chapman
1953-54	M Galvin	Vic Chapman
1955	M Galvin	Max Harrison
1956	Ted Graham	Max Harrison
1957-58	Ted Graham	Gerry O'Callaghan
1959	Les Crabtree	Gerry O'Callaghan
1960-61	Lester Haeberle	Gerry O'Callaghan
1962-64	Jack Scott	Gerry O'Callaghan
1965-67	Jack Scott	George Jeffs
1968	Glenn Smith	Ian Harken &
		Max Martin
1969	Glenn Smith	Max Martin
1970-71	Ron Witney	Max Martin
1972	Peter Ivey	Max Martin
1973-74	Greg Waters	Max Martin
1975-77	Ken Hall	Max Martin
1978-81	Noel Castle	Max Martin
1982	Esmon Curnow	Max Martin
1983	Alan Bartley	Max Martin
1984-88	Bruce Newman	Max Martin
1989-07	Jock Sellers	Max Martin
2008-11	Troy Discoll	Ron Ward*
2012-13	Peter Kerr	Ron Ward*
2014-16	Stephen Broad	Scott Carey
2016		Jake Dunne
2016-17	Stephen Broad	Shane Anwyl
2018	Stephen Broad	Mitch Tinning
2019	Stephen Broad	Matt Linsay
2020	Stephen Broad	Gerard Ryan
2021	Stephen Broad	Matthew Begbie
2022

• Ron Ward: Employed by the MCDFNL / VCFL.

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Harcourt	14	0	2	0	2060	1094	188.30%	56
Avoca	13	0	3	0	1951	1016	192.03%	52
Carisbrook	12	0	4	0	1812	1064	170.30%	48
Talbot	11	0	5	0	1804	954	189.10%	44
Maldon	8	0	8	0	1382	1347	102.60%	32
Maryborough Rovers	8	0	8	0	1351	1343	100.60%	32
Newstead	6	0	10	0	1512	1499	100.87%	24
Royal Park	6	0	10	0	1120	1304	85.89%	24
Dunolly	1	0	15	0	845	2513	33.63%	4
Trentham	1	0	15	0	808	2511	32.18%	4

Finals

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Talbot	7	13	55	Maryborough Rovers	6	5	41
Qualifying	Avoca	8	13	61	Carisbrook	12	8	80
1st Semi	Avoca	15	10	100	Talbot	12	3	75
2nd Semi	Harcourt	13	14	92	Carisbrook	13	11	89
Preliminary	Avoca	15	8	98	Carisbrook	9	6	60
Grand	Harcourt	21	7	133	Avoca	9	14	68

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Carisbrook	16	2	1	1	2216	966	229.40%	74
Maldon	15	2	3	0	2127	1199	177.40%	68
Harcourt	14	2	4	0	2307	1424	162.01%	64
Avoca	13	2	5	0	2239	1172	191.04%	60
Talbot	12	2	5	1	2086	1211	172.25%	58
Maryborough Rovers	9	2	9	0	1784	1439	123.97%	44
Newstead	7	2	11	0	1741	1659	104.94%	36
Dunolly	6	2	12	0	1098	2217	49.53%	32
Trentham	4	2	14	0	1382	2157	64.07%	24
Royal Park	1	2	17	0	900	2422	37.16%	12
Campbells Creek	1	2	17	0	923	2937	31.43%	12

Finals

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Avoca	12	4	76	Talbot	6	16	52
Qualifying	Maldon	7	6	48	Harcourt	12	12	84
1st Semi	Maldon	16	10	106	Avoca	8	14	62
2nd Semi	Carisbrook	16	15	111	Harcourt	16	7	103
Preliminary	Maldon	13	19	97	Harcourt	9	13	67
Grand	Carisbrook	16	17	113	Maldon	11	2	68

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Avoca	14	2	2	0	1844	900	204.89%	64
Dunolly	13	2	3	0	1969	1030	191.17%	60
Newstead	12	2	4	0	1965	900	218.33%	56
Harcourt	11	2	5	0	1606	1046	153.54%	52
Carisbrook	11	2	5	0	1750	1189	147.18%	52
Maldon	8	2	8	0	1689	1382	122.21%	40
Talbot	8	2	8	0	1499	1313	114.17%	40
Maryborough Rovers	6	2	10	0	1160	1525	76.07%	32
Royal Park	4	2	12	0	828	1913	43.28%	24
Campbells Creek	1	2	15	0	837	2283	36.66%	12
Trentham	0	2	16	0	715	2381	30.03%	8

Finals

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Harcourt	16	10	106	Carisbrook	7	9	51
Qualifying	Newstead	12	14	86	Dunolly	9	10	64
1st Semi	Dunolly	16	17	113	Harcourt	14	15	99
2nd Semi	Newstead	12	6	78	Avoca	8	6	54
Preliminary	Dunolly	9	16	70	Avoca	10	9	69
Grand	Newstead	11	16	82	Dunolly	10	13	73

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Maldon	14	2	2	0	1969	918	214.49%	64
Avoca	13	2	2	1	1718	858	200.23%	62
Maryborough Rovers	11	2	4	1	1780	1148	155.05%	54
Newstead	11	2	4	1	1676	1116	150.18%	54
Carisbrook	11	2	4	1	1415	1001	141.36%	54
Campbells Creek	10	2	6	0	1414	1524	92.78%	48
Harcourt	5	2	9	2	1287	1493	86.20%	32
Dunolly	5	2	11	0	1207	1673	72.15%	28
Talbot	3	2	13	0	1043	1778	58.66%	20
Trentham	1	2	15	0	1148	1724	66.59%	12
Royal Park	1	2	15	0	688	2112	32.58%	12

Finals

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Newstead	8	4	52	Carisbrook	8	8	56
Qualifying	Avoca	12	11	83	Maryborough Rovers	6	2	38
1st Semi	Carisbrook	7	13	55	Maryborough Rovers	8	15	63
2nd Semi	Avoca	16	11	107	Maldon	12	6	78
Preliminary	Maldon	20	13	133	Maryborough Rovers	12	1	73
Grand	Maldon	11	12	78	Avoca	9	11	65

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Lexton	15	0	1	0	2050	865	236.99%	60
Carisbrook	13	0	2	1	1830	991	184.66%	54
Navarre	13	0	3	0	1905	835	228.14%	52
Maldon	12	0	4	0	2089	1198	174.37%	48
Natte-Bealiba	11	0	5	0	1746	1046	166.92%	44
Dunolly	8	0	8	0	1815	1426	127.28%	32
Harcourt	8	0	8	0	1558	1297	120.12%	32
Maryborough Rovers	8	0	8	0	1525	1339	113.89%	32
Trentham	8	0	8	0	1613	1552	103.93%	32
Newstead	6	0	9	1	1578	1459	108.16%	26
Avoca	6	0	10	0	1283	1721	74.55%	24
Talbot	2	0	14	0	1088	2203	49.39%	8
Royal Park	1	0	15	0	487	3089	15.77%	4
Campbells Creek	0	0	16	0	1015	2561	39.63%	0

Finals

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Dunolly	13	9	87	Harcourt	8	4	52
Elimination	Natte Bealiba	17	23	125	Maryborough Rovers	3	6	24
Qualifying	Carisbrook	14	9	93	Navarre	14	7	91
Qualifying	Lexton	16	10	106	Maldon	9	7	61
Semi	Navarre	8	17	65	Harcourt	5	10	40
Semi	Natte Bealiba	15	9	99	Maldon	12	15	87
Preliminary	Navarre	10	7	67	Lexton	8	11	59
Preliminary	Natte Bealiba	10	7	67	Carisbrook	9	12	66
Grand	Natte Bealiba	12	11	83	Navarre	10	5	65

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Lexton	15	0	1	0	2264	541	418.48%	60
Carisbrook	14	0	2	0	1943	843	230.49%	56
Navarre	13	0	3	0	1819	1091	166.73%	52
Maldon	11	0	5	0	2036	1290	157.83%	44
Newstead	11	0	5	0	1752	1222	143.37%	44
Trentham	11	0	5	0	1984	1386	143.15%	44
Natte-Bealiba	10	0	6	0	1505	1079	139.48%	40
Avoca	8	0	8	0	1312	1343	97.69%	32
Maryborough Rovers	6	0	10	0	1060	1652	64.16%	24
Harcourt	4	0	12	0	1169	1609	72.65%	16
Dunolly	4	0	12	0	1181	1747	67.60%	16
Campbells Creek	4	0	12	0	1200	1871	64.14%	16
Talbot	1	0	15	0	986	1655	59.58%	4
Royal Park	0	0	16	0	469	3351	14.00%	0

Finals

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Newstead	18	7	115	Avoca	8	8	56
Elimination	Trentham	24	9	153	Natte Bealiba	8	15	63
Qualifying	Carisbrook	11	9	75	Navarre	8	7	55
Qualifying	Maldon	12	8	80	Lexton	11	11	77
Semi	Navarre	15	7	97	Trentham	10	4	64
Semi	Lexton	23	10	148	Newstead	14	7	91
Preliminary	Navarre	13	10	88	Maldon	9	11	65
Preliminary	Carisbrook	13	15	93	Lexton	7	13	55
Grand	Carisbrook	10	9	69	Navarre	6	11	47

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Carisbrook	16	0	0	0	2382	539	441.93%	64
Navarre	13	0	3	0	1881	611	307.86%	52
Newstead	12	0	4	0	1784	832	214.42%	48
Lexton	11	0	5	0	1465	828	176.93%	44
Harcourt	11	0	5	0	1446	1333	108.48%	44
Natte-Bealiba	10	0	6	0	1367	915	149.40%	40
Avoca	9	0	7	0	1342	1259	106.59%	36
Maldon	8	0	8	0	1248	1393	89.59%	32
Talbot	8	0	8	0	1007	1284	78.43%	32
Royal Park	4	0	12	0	947	1506	62.88%	16
Campbells Creek	4	0	12	0	1132	2030	55.76%	16
Dunolly	3	0	13	0	934	1754	53.25%	12
Trentham	2	0	14	0	690	1880	37.60%	8
Maryborough Rovers	1	0	15	0	628	2089	30.06%	4

Finals

Final	Date	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination Final 1	Sun 1 Sep	Maldon	15	11	101	Harcourt	10	11	71
Elimination Final 2	Sun 1 Sep	Natte Bealiba	16	5	101	Avoca	10	8	68
Qualifying Final 1	Sat 31 Aug	Carisbrook	23	12	150	Lexton	2	6	18
Qualifying Final 2	Sat 31 Aug	Newstead	14	12	96	Navarre	10	12	72
Semi Final 1	Sun 8 Sep	Lexton	18	8	116	Maldon	13	9	87
Semi Final 2	Sat 7 Sep	Navarre	15	11	101	Natte Bealiba	10	9	69
Preliminary Final 1	Sat 14 Sep	Navarre	13	12	90	Carisbrook	13	8	86
Preliminary Final 2	Sun 15 Sep	Lexton	15	13	103	Newstead	13	15	93
Grand Final	Sun 22 Sep	Navarre	19	13	127	Lexton	4	2	26	AFL Victoria Country Medal: Ben Scott (Navarre)

Match Report

Navarre are the 2013 Bendigo Bank Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League Premiers after dominating Lexton to win by a massive 100 points in front of the second biggest Grand Final crowd ever at Princes Park on Sunday.

The Grasshoppers were not to be denied in their third successive Grand Final and their desperation from the opening bounce was evident as they led the Tigers to the ball at every opportunity, and used the ball with precision to allow free flowing scoring for the Navarre forwards while Lexton struggled to have any forward entries at all.

Ash Driscoll scored three goals in the opening term while Daniel Parkin was allowed to get loose on many occasions and made the most of his freedom. Parkin returned for the Grand Final from a broken jaw and was wearing protective headgear, but it had no ill effects on the Grasshoppers coach as he continually racked up possessions. Navarre led at the first change by 31 points. 5.2.(32) to 0.1.(1)

The first term was the template for the remainder of the game. Lexton tried hard but they had little influence on the scoreboard Star forward Matt Brown finally broke through for a goal at the nine-minute mark of the second term, but had to shoot from tight on the boundary as the Navarre defence led by Brent Flood and Bryce Tickner was holding up to any attacking moves by the Tigers.

Ben Scott had a remarkable final series and once again had a day out and was the recipient of the AFL Victoria Country medal for Best player on the ground. Scott kicked two of his five goals in the second term and led the way for the Navarre running brigade as did Josh Driscoll who was judged to be Navarre’s best player by the Grasshoppers hierarchy. Aiden Lee was also under notice and received the MCDFNL medal for his performance.

With the game being well and truly over at half time, Lexton still tried valiantly but could not make inroads on the scoreboard, as the Grasshoppers finished strongly in the final term with an avalanche of scoring shots which produced goals to numerous players including three to Sam Robertson who took some strong contested pack marks and kicked truly for the Grasshoppers to snare the 2013 Premiership, winning 19.12.126 to Lexton's 4.2.26

Lexton’s better players were Jimmy Templeton, Mick Jennings and Lewis Alexopolous, but it was a day the Tigers would rather forget with four teams (senior football and A, B & C Grade netball) in on the day and all suffered losses.

It was a memorable day for Navarre as their A Grade netball team, much like the Senior footballers, finally broke through for their first ever MCDFNL premiership on their third attempt, vanquishing the demons from twelve months prior after besting 2012 conqueror Lexton by 13 goals, winning 54–41 with Lauren Armstrong awarded the best on court medal.^[68]

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Byes	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Navarre	16	0	0	0	2080	679	306.33%	64
Lexton	15	0	1	0	1618	667	242.58%	60
Carisbrook	13	0	3	0	1573	837	187.93%	52
Natte-Bealiba	12	0	4	0	1542	987	156.23%	48
Newstead	12	0	4	0	1422	1120	126.96%	48
Royal Park	11	0	5	0	1169	1073	108.95%	44
Campbells Creek	7	0	9	0	1159	1468	78.95%	28
Talbot	6	0	10	0	1314	1362	96.48%	24
Harcourt	5	0	11	0	1140	1432	79.61%	20
Maryborough Rovers	4	0	12	0	1043	1589	65.64%	16
Trentham	3	0	12	1	981	1588	61.78%	14
Avoca	3	0	13	0	942	1623	58.04%	12
Maldon	3	0	13	0	913	1691	53.99%	12
Dunolly	1	0	14	1	853	1633	52.24%	6

Finals

Final	Date	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination Final 1	Sun 31 Aug	Newstead	15	16	106	Talbot	13	6	84
Elimination Final 2	Sun 31 Aug	Royal Park	12	14	86	Campbells Creek	6	13	49
Qualifying Final 1	Sat 30 Aug	Navarre	13	11	89	Natte Bealiba	11	6	72
Qualifying Final 2	Sat 30 Aug	Lexton	9	7	61	Carisbrook	10	9	69
Semi Final 1	Sun 7 Sep	Natte Bealiba	12	17	89	Newstead	9	11	65
Semi Final 2	Sat 6 Sep	Lexton	17	6	108	Royal Park	10	5	65
Preliminary Final 1	Sat 13 Sep	Navarre	13	9	87	Lexton	12	8	80
Preliminary Final 2	Sun 14 Sep	Carisbrook	12	14	86	Natte Bealiba	9	14	68
Grand Final	Sun 21 Sep	Navarre	16	21	117	Carisbrook	9	8	62	AFL Victoria Country Medal: Ben Scott (Navarre)

Match Report

Navarre overcame a slow start in Sunday’s Maryborough-Castlemaine District Football League grand final before powering away from Carisbrook to win by 55 points at Princes Park.

The 16.21 (117) to 9.8 (62) victory capped a magnificent double for the MCDFL’s latest power side - not only back-to-back flags, but an undefeated 2014 season. “This is probably sweeter than last year” Navarre coach Daniel Parkin said. “Back-to-back is hard to do, but to have also done it undefeated this year is unbelievable.”

While the final result was a 55-point win to Navarre, there were anxious moments early for the Grasshoppers. The Grasshoppers kicked the opening goal of the game through Cody Driscoll, but that would be their only major of the first term.

Through the Grasshoppers’ previous 18 games this year, no side had led them by more than 10 points at any of the quarter breaks. But by quarter-time they were 20 points down after the Redbacks had the better of the first term. The Redbacks had nine scoring shots to four to lead 4.5 to 1.3 at quarter-time. Jackson Bowen, Liam Cunningham, Matthew Bilton and Cole Roscholler all kicked first-term goals for the Redbacks. But the 20-point quarter-time lead should have been more after the Redbacks squandered several gettable set-shots.

However, the Grasshoppers were quick to respond to the challenge in the second term. With the midfield led by Josh Driscoll, Ben Scott, Sam Kaye and captain Louis Hannett getting on top, the Grasshoppers surged back. Navarre kicked 5.3 to 1.1 in the second term, with a goal to Kris Brennan with the last kick of the quarter giving the Grasshoppers a six-point lead at half-time, 6.6 to 5.6.

And that momentum the Grasshoppers built in the second term continued into the third quarter as they blew the game open. The Grasshoppers’ domination of possession in the third term was highlighted in the 15-4 inside 50 count in their favour, while they kicked 5.8 to 1.1. To that stage since quarter-time, the Grasshoppers had kicked 10.11 to 2.2, had 30 inside 50s to 13 and 10 centre breaks to three. Leading by 37 points at three quarter-time, the Grasshoppers finished off with five goals to three in the final term.

All three of Carisbrook’s last-quarter goals were kicked by Cunningham, who earned the MCDFL best on ground medal for his effort in kicking six of the Redbacks’ nine goals for the match. His sixth goal was a sensational kick under pressure from the boundary in the scoreboard pocket.

The AFL Victoria Country Medal was won by Navarre’s Scott, who was also a best-on-ground medallist in last year’s 101-point grand final win over Lexton.

Others in the best were Daniel Reading, forward Kris Brennan (four goals), Hannett, the dashing Bryce Tickner and Josh Driscoll. As well as Brennan, full-forward Ashley Driscoll also kicked four goals to take his season tally to 84.

Carisbrook’s best were ruckman Bowen, Cunningham - who finished the year with 82 goals - defenders Andrew Lovett and Nathan O’Keefe, along with Jakob Tidyman and wingman Hayden Barby. “We started well and controlled the footy early, but to Navarre’s credit, they were just too good for us,” outgoing Carisbrook coach Luke Treacy said.

As well as the seniors, Navarre also won the A-grade netball for the second year in a row, too. " ^[69]

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Navarre	16	0	0	1974	650	303.69%	64
Carisbrook	14	2	0	1835	854	214.87%	56
Lexton	14	2	0	1752	906	193.38%	56
Natte-Bealiba	12	4	0	1516	983	154.22%	48
Harcourt	10	6	0	1560	1313	118.81%	40
Royal Park	9	7	0	1503	1108	135.65%	36
Talbot	6	10	0	1200	1318	91.05%	24
Campbells Creek	6	10	0	1222	1475	82.85%	24
Maryborough Rovers	6	10	0	1250	1642	76.13%	24
Avoca	5	11	0	1070	1618	66.13%	20
Newstead	5	11	0	927	1558	59.50%	20
Trentham	4	12	0	974	1462	66.62%	16
Maldon	4	12	0	969	1701	56.97%	16
Dunolly	1	15	0	737	1901	38.77%	4

Finals

Final	Date	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Qualifying Final 1	Sat 29 Aug	Navarre	14	12	96	Natte Bealiba	8	1	49
Qualifying Final 2	Sat 29 Aug	Carisbrook	10	14	74	Lexton	9	8	62
Elimination Final 1	Sun 30 Aug	Harcourt	18	16	121	Campbells Creek	7	8	50
Elimination Final 2	Sun 30 Aug	Royal Park	14	13	97	Talbot	11	5	71
Semi Final 2	Sat 5 Sep	Lexton	9	14	68	Royal Park	6	13	49
Semi Final 1	Sun 6 Sep	Natte Bealiba	12	11	83	Harcourt	6	10	46
Preliminary Final 1	Sat 12 Sep	Navarre	17	7	109	Lexton	8	12	60
Preliminary Final 2	Sun 13 Sep	Carisbrook	16	18	114	Natte Bealiba	13	7	85
Grand Final	Sun 20 Sep	Navarre	17	14	116	Carisbrook	8	7	55

Match Report

"Navarre has won their third successive premiership in the Bendigo Bank Maryborough Castlemaine District Football Netball League after a convincing 51 point victory over Carisbrook in the 2015 MCDFNL Grand Final

It was an opening term blitz that set up the victory as Navarre dominated at the centre bounce and took a stranglehold on possession denying the Redbacks the ball and restricting their scoring opportunities as the Grasshopper defence only allowed three entries into the forward fifty in the opening term. Mitch Whelan was the Redbacks only goal scorer when he marked a pass from Joel Riske, but this was to be their only score for the term. With Navarre having so much off the ball, the Carisbrook defence was under extreme pressure as the Grasshoppers shared the ball around amongst six different goal scorers for the quarter to take a 33 point lead into quarter time.

Carisbrook overcame their first quarter jitters and started to gain a lot more possession of the ball and had five shots on goal in succession, but inaccuracy was costly as they could only score two goals through Brady Neil and Nathan Wright. But any inroads they made into reducing the margin was nullified late in the quarter, when Jesse Hannett produced an outstanding piece of play when he bounced out of a pack of Redbacks and snapped a miraculous snap from the boundary on his left foot, and this was quickly followed by a goal to the MCDFNL Grand Final Medallist in Cody Driscoll who also threaded a goal from the same spot that Hannett had goaled from.

Driscoll goaled again on the siren as the Grasshoppers led by 45 points at half time.

Carisbrook was inspired by an incredible checkside goal from Mitch Whelan half way through the third term and this was followed by three more goals for the Redbacks through Nathan and Nick Wright and Brady Neil as they mounted as comeback and were able to win the term and reduced the margin to just 30 points going into the final term and with the momentum swinging their way, would have been confident of finishing the game strongly.

However, a left foot snap from Cody Driscoll from the first forward entry of the final quarter put to rest any chance of a Carisbrook revival, and then the high flying forward made sure of the victory when he took a very strong pack mark and kicked the sealer just a minute later. From this point in the game, Navarre coasted to victory knowing that they had the premiership cup in its keeping and the fifty one point victory gave the Grasshoppers their third premiership in succession and 41st consecutive senior victory.

It was an all-round performance from Navarre with every player contributing, but it was Daniel Parkin and Louis Hannett’s attack on the ball that was a key for the Grasshoppers victory, while being supported by the three Driscoll Brothers, with Cody kicking five goals and Ash booting four goals, and Josh providing a lot of drive on the wing on his way to winning the AFL Victoria Country Medal.

With the ball being in Navarre’s forward line for the majority of the game, Carisbrook defenders Kurt Bruechert and Adam Hurse were key players for the Redbacks, and were supported by Brady Neil, Jakob Tidyman and Mitch Whelan. " ^[70]

In round 9 (26 June 2016), Navarre defeated Natte-Bealiba for its 50th consecutive victory.,^[71][72]

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Royal Park	15	1	0	1808	855	211.46%	60
Navarre	14	2	0	1849	681	271.51%	56
Natte Bealiba	14	2	0	1693	968	174.90%	56
Carisbrook	13	3	0	1835	730	251.37%	52
Talbot	9	7	0	1314	1268	103.63%	36
Newstead	8	8	0	1505	1332	112.99%	32
Lexton	8	8	0	1143	1383	82.65%	32
Trentham	7	9	0	1356	1289	105.20%	28
Dunolly	7	9	0	1336	1580	84.56%	28
Harcourt	5	11	0	1177	1482	79.42%	20
Maryborough Rovers	5	11	0	1042	1716	60.72%	20
Avoca	3	13	0	1188	1884	63.06%	12
Campbells Creek	3	13	0	954	1667	57.23%	12
Maldon	1	15	0	886	2251	39.36%	4

Finals

Final	Date	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Qualifying Final 1	Sat 27 Aug	Royal Park	4	5	29	Carisbrook	12	13	85
Qualifying Final 2	Sat 27 Aug	Navarre	14	22	106	Natte Bealiba	1	4	10
Elimination Final 1	Sun 28 Aug	Talbot	17	3	105	Trentham	14	5	89
Elimination Final 2	Sun 28 Aug	Newstead	10	6	66	Lexton	8	10	58
Semi Final 1	Sat 3 Sep	Royal Park	16	23	119	Talbot	6	1	37
Semi Final 2	Sun 4 Sep	Natte Bealiba	14	5	89	Newstead	7	7	49
Preliminary Final 1	Sat 10 Sep	Carisbrook	17	19	121	Natte Bealiba	5	2	32
Preliminary Final 2	Sun 11 Sep	Navarre	15	10	100	Royal Park	7	6	48
Grand Final	Sun 18 Sep	Carisbrook	4	7	31	Navarre	10	12	72

Maryborough Castlemaine	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Navarre	15	1	0	1891	635	297.80%	60
Carisbrook	14	2	0	1916	770	248.83%	56
Natte Bealiba	13	3	0	1962	720	272.50%	52
Harcourt	12	4	0	1594	1059	150.52%	48
Royal Park	10	6	0	1441	1169	123.27%	40
Talbot	10	6	0	1446	1246	116.05%	40
Trentham	9	7	0	1581	1027	153.94%	36
Maryborough Rovers	8	8	0	1537	1173	131.03%	32
Newstead	7	9	0	1138	1332	85.44%	28
Lexton	5	11	0	1106	1327	83.35%	20
Maldon	4	12	0	692	2179	31.76%	16
Avoca	2	14	0	986	1762	55.96%	8
Campbells Creek	2	14	0	880	2095	42.00%	8
Dunolly	1	15	0	649	2325	27.91%	4

Finals

Final	Date	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Qualifying Final 1	Sat 26 Aug	Navarre	22	10	142	Harcourt	5	7	37
Qualifying Final 2	Sat 26 Aug	Carisbrook	15	14	104	Natte Bealiba	6	9	45
Elimination Final 1	Sun 27 Aug	Royal Park	14	13	97	Maryborough Rovers	5	5	35
Elimination Final 2	Sun 27 Aug	Talbot	13	10	88	Trentham	9	8	62
Semi Final 1	Sat 2 Sep	Harcourt	11	11	77	Royal Park	15	10	100
Semi Final 2	Sun 3 Sep	Natte Bealiba	15	6	96	Talbot	12	9	81
Preliminary Final 1	Sat 9 Sep	Navarre	16	10	106	Natte Bealiba	2	14	26
Preliminary Final 2	Sun 10 Sep	Carisbrook	18	22	130	Royal Park	3	5	23
Grand Final	Sat 16 Sep	Navarre	7	11	53	Carisbrook	11	7	73

• Campbells Creek vs Primrose (1990 MCDFL season)

History of Football in the Bendigo District – John Stoward – ISBN 978-0-9805929-1-7

• MCDFNL Official Website
• Lexton Plains Football League
• 1929 - Maryborough Junior FA Premiers: Timor FC team photo
• 1932 - Maryborough DFA Premiers: Dunolly FC team photo
• 1951 - Maryborough DFA team: Dunolly FC team photo
• 2014 MCDFNL Premiers: Navarre FNC team photo