It is a photograph of the Sunbury Football team possibly taken in the 1940-1950s decades when the matches were played on land bounded by Shields, Evans, Harker and O'Shanassy Streets. A football team was formed in the early 1890s and in 1892 was known as 'The Swifts'.A non- digital black and white photograph of a football team.football, australian rules football, sunbury football club

Th members of the Sunbury Football team were photographed on the former sports ground that was on railway land bounded by Evans and Macedon Streets, now a shopping complex. For many years that site was known as Sunbury's sports ground until 1949, when crown land facing Riddell Road was developed as a recreation and sport's ground and became known as Clarke Oval.Sport has played a prominent role in Sunbury and district's social life since the mid nineteenth century.A non-digital of a copied and enlarged black and white photograph of a team of football players standing and sitting in three rows in a sports ground. sunbury football club, "the swifts', sports clubs, football, australian rules football

The earliest record of the Sunbury Aussies Rules football is in 1881when a match was played between Sunbury and Keilor. In 1892 the team officially became known as The Swifts. Some of the players have been identified in the image. They are - Standing: J.Fisher, W.Wider, L.Drew, R. Grant, A. Oserham, I. Gilchrist, B. Campbell, A.F. Daniel, E. Campbell and W. Eadie. Seated: P. Whelan, E. Whelan, C. Whelan and E. Meeking. The Sunbury Football Club is one of the earliest and oldest sporting clubs to be still in existence today.A non-digital black and white scanned photograph of a football team taken some time in the early 1900s, showing 21 players and the coach. photographed in an open area. The image has been printed on A4 paper and a list of names is attached.sunbury football club, "the swifts', j.fisher, w.wider, l.drew, r. grant, a. oserham, i. gilchrist, b. campbell, a.f. daniel, e. campbell and w. eadie. seated: p. whelan, e. whelan, c. whelan and e. meeking.

This 1958 photograph of the Sunbury Football Club members was taken on the club's home ground at Clarke Oval, named after the Clarke family from Rupertswood.. The team was known as 'The Swifts'.A non-digital scanned black and white photograph with a cream border of a football team Sunbury Football Club 1958sunbury football club, "the swifts', clarke oval

The first recorded football match played in Sunbury was in 1881 when Sunbury played Keilor on Munro's Ground which was located on land bordered by Barkly, Shields, Harker and Evans Streets.By 1892 Sunbury Club officially became known as 'The Swifts". A later game was recorded in 1895 but it wasn't until 1897 that it became a recognised football team at a meeting convened by W.A. Eadie in the Royal Hotel. Later football matches were played on railway land in Evans and Macedon Streets. In 1949 the Shire of Bulla Council passed over 26 hectares of Crown land for a new recreation ground, now the Clarke Oval. Since that time that site has been Sunbury's home ground. Sporting clubs have played an important part in the Sunbury's social life from the latter half of the nineteenth century to the present day.A non-digital copied black and white photograph of a men's football team standing and seated in two rows in front of a picket fence. sunbury football club, "the swifts', football, sporting clubs

The book was written by Peter Free in 2021 and covers the story of the Sunbury Football Club over the decades since its inception in 1879 although much attention has been given to the decades from the 1950s - 1970s.The Sunbury Football Team has been in existence for over 140 years and was one of the earliest sporting teams in the Sunbury district.A book with a bound white cover and black printing and an old photograph of a football team on the front cover and the football club's lion logo on either side of the photograph. A coloured picture of a lion is on the back cover. The book has 60 pages of text and photographs. sunbury football team, the lions, peter free, tony de bolfo

The boys were members of the Sunbury High School seniors football team in 1967.A non-digital black and white photograph with a cream border of twenty -one boys, standing and seated in three rows, who are members of a senior football team. Their teacher and coach is seated in the front and holding the football.australian rules football, sunbury high school, sunbury, sports

Mounted b/w photograph of a football team. identified.On front: Matson and Frazer 264 Little Collins Street, Melbournesports, football, reddan, jack, hillary, grant, wally, dolan, cahil, mal, mallou, a., fitzgerald, bob, gilligan, gus, hatty, boyd, tom, whelan, ned, daniel, frank, martin, m., o'shea, -, lawlor, d., harrington, harry, cahill, boardman, arthur, murphy, - (mr), diggers rest, sunbury, shire secretaries, george evans collection

Mounted sepia coloured photograph of six Melton footballers - the Dodemaide brothers.Handwritten on back: Melton's big sixmelton's big six, dodemaide family, football, sports, boardman, a. f., melton football team, george evans collection

A b/w photograph (postcard) of a group portrait of a football team, unidentified but possibly taken about 1932.Printed on back: POST CARD / CORRESPONDENCE / ADDRESS ONLY / KODAK AUSTRALIA Stamped on back: SUNBURY PHARMACY L. M. LLOYD PH C, MPS V EVANS STREET SUNBURY Phone 56postcards, sunbury pharmacy, pharmacies, lloyd, l. m., evans street, sunbury, portraits, george evans collection

The Keio University Hawks were one of the first two Aussie rules teams in Japan, along with the Waseda University Bombers. Those teams were formed to play a warm-up game at Yokohama baseball stadium before an exhibition match between VFL teams Essendon and Hawthorn. The first visit by the Keio Hawks to Australia was in September 1988, About 20 students from Keio and two or three from other universities made the trip. Their visit included training sessions at the Hawthorn and North Melbourne clubs. They then played Japan's first international match against the Sunbury Football Club's under-19 team.The following year they returned to Australia and during this visit played a match in Bacchus Marsh in September 1989. The Keio Hawks returned to Australia over subsequent years in the 1990s included some visits to Bacchus Marsh. During one of these visit a Keio Hawks pennant was presented to the Shire of Bacchus Marsh.Football club banner. Three vertical felt stripes in red and blue with the team name KEIO written in white felt block letters across the width of the banner. Along the top of the banner, a narrow strip of white felt with two metal eyelets to allow for display. Gold coloured textile fringe along the V-shaped bottom of the banner. In a whimsical reference to the university origin of the club, there are two gold felt crossed pen-nibs on the central red section. KEIOkeio university australian rules football club, australian rules football teams japan, australian rules football bacchus marsh