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Modbury Football Club Names Full name Modbury Football Club Nickname(s) Hawks Club details Founded 1862 Competition South Australian Amateur Football League Ground(s) Modbury Oval (capacity: 2,000) Other information Official website Modbury Hawks website The Modbury Football Club (nicknamed The Hawks) is an Australian rules football club based in Modbury, a suburb of Adelaide in South Australia.
Formed in 1862, the Modbury Football Club is the oldest extant football club in South Australia and the sixth oldest football club of any code in Australia.[citation needed]
The Modbury Hawks currently field senior teams in the South Australian Amateur Football League and junior teams in the North Eastern Metropolitan Junior Football League.
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History
The first ever game recorded as taking place was between Modbury and Adelaide in 1862 [1]. Each side had 20 players but there were no umpires. The game ended after Adelaide kicked its second goal and the game was declared in their favour 2 goals to nil.
The two teams met again the following year, on a strip of land near the Modbury Hotel (Civic Park), when "the game was kept up with the greatest spirit and good feeling, and so equally were the sides matched that not a goal was obtained"
To celebrate the 100th anniversary, in 1962, and during the states 150th year celebrations, in 1986, a special game was played between the Modbury Football Club and the South Adelaide Football Club at Modbury Oval to commemorate the two oldest clubs in the state.
Club honours
Modbury Premierships (28 senior, 32 junior)
A grade: (16) 1934, 1935, 1963, 1967, 1968, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1994, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2008
B grade: (4) 1972, 1992, 2001, 2004
C grade: (7) 1988, 1989, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2009
D grade: (1) 1994
Under 16: (1) 1979
Under 15: (3) 1970, 1994, 1995
Under 14: (4) 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999
Under 13: (9) 1970, 1971, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999
Under 12: (6) 1982, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2005
Under 11: (7) 1969, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1993 (composite), 1995, 1998
Under 10: (2) 1982, 1985
External links
- Modbury Hawks website
- South Australian Amateur Football League
- North Eastern Metropolitan Junior Football League
References
Categories:- SAAFL clubs in Adelaide
- Australian rules football clubs in South Australia
- South Australian Amateur Football League clubs
- Sports clubs established in 1862
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