South Bunbury Football Club
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{{Infobox australian football club
| clubname = South Bunbury Football Club
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| fullname = South Bunbury Football Club
| nicknames = Tigers
| motto = Cede Nullis
| season = 2022
| after finals = 2 | home&away = 2
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| founded = 1897
| colours = Red and white
| league = South West Football League
| chairman = John Castrilli
| coach = Julian Burgess
| captain = Martin Thompson
| ground = Hands Oval
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| premierships = 45 (16 in SWFL - most recent: 2024)
| url = http://www.sbfc.com.au/
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South Bunbury Football Club is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in South Bunbury, Western Australia. The club plays in the South West Football League. Since being founded in 1897 the club has won 45 premierships and has been a runner-up 24 times.{{cite web|url=http://www.sbfc.com.au/history.html|title=History|publisher=South Bunbury Football Club|accessdate=2009-05-15|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090913034525/http://www.sbfc.com.au/history.html|archivedate=13 September 2009|df=dmy-all}} Since joining the SWFL in 1957 the club has won 16 premierships.{{cite web|url=http://www.swfl.com.au/news.php|title=News - SWFL League Premierships|publisher=South West Football League|accessdate=2009-05-15}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/south_bunbury.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080316130749/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/south_bunbury.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=16 March 2008|title=South Bunbury|publisher=Full Points Footy|accessdate=2009-05-15}}
The club sits equal second nationally in terms of senior premierships won. North (King Island) have won 47 while Ramblers (Carnarvon) and South Bunbury are equal second with 45. It is likely that one of these three clubs will be the first club in Australia to win 50 senior premierships.
History
The South Bunbury club was founded in May 1897 at a meeting at the Prince of Wales Hotel in Bunbury.{{cite news | url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article89179218 | title=Football - Formation of a new senior club | work=Bunbury Herald | date=21 May 1897 | accessdate=26 November 2013}}
South Bunbury picked up the nickname Tigers after the relative inaccessibility and perceived wildness of the South Bunbury area around the turn of the 20th century.
Club records
- Total League premierships: 45* (1898, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1926, 1929, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1966, 1968, 1971, 1976, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1993, 2002, 2016, 2024). ***NOTE: The club claims a premiership in 1899, but the Bunbury Herald of June 15, 1899 (p3) reports that due to a lack of interest, the South-West District Football Association was disbanded.
- Reserves premierships: 29 (1921, 1922, 1923, 1931, 1933, 1937, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1965, 1971, 1974, 1984, 1986, 1991, 1993, 2007, 2017, 2022, 2024){{cite web|url=http://www.sbfc.com.au/premiers/premiership.html|title=Trophy Cabinet|publisher=South Bunbury Football Club|accessdate=2009-05-15}}
- Colts premierships: 7 (1962, 1964, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 2005)
- Womens premierships : 3 (2019,2020,2021)
- Most career games: 277, Ian Cahill
- Most goals in a game: 14, Adam Matson, 2000
- Most goals in a season: 100 Leigh Kohlmann 2023, 87 Don Aldersea, 1967
Notable players
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- Syd Jackson
- Adam Hunter
- Alan Cransberg
- Trevor Nisbett
- Phillip Matson
- Leon Baker
- Michael Warren
- David Hollins
- Darren Kowal
- Katie-Jayne Grieve
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References
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Category:Australian rules football clubs established in 1897
Category:Australian rules football clubs in Western Australia
Category:South West Football League clubs