Clarence Football Club

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Full name	Clarence Football Club
Nickname	Roos
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1884
League	Tasmanian State League
Home ground	Blundstone Arena
Anthem	"Clarence are the team to beat, I sing to you!"
President	Roger Viney
Head coach	Cameron Blight & Jeromey Webberly
Captain	Monty Haydon
2016 (TSL)	7th

The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos (and usually referred to as simply "The Roos"), is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League, based in Bellerive, Tasmania.

Before 1947, they existed as Bellerive Football Club. And then Howrah football club in 1969

The Club play their home games at Bellerive Oval, Hobart's Test Cricket ground, they share the facilities with Tasmania's cricket team, the Tasmanian Tigers.

History

Clarence joined the Tasmanian Football League in 1947 on a two-year probationary period from the Southern District Football Association, later being granted permanent status on 7 August 1950, and continued to participate in the league until it was disbanded in December 2000.

They then joined the Southern Football League and participated until the end of the 2008 season whereby the club opted to join the newly reformed Tasmanian State League from 2009 and have won the first two premiership titles on offer since joining the competition and only in the 2015 season missed out on the finals.

Club details

Home ground – Bellerive Oval
Established – 1884 (as Bellerive Football Club)
Playing colours – Red and white (Maroon and white until 1979)
Emblem – Kangaroos
Club theme song – "Clarence are the team to beat, I sing to you?" (Tune: "The Battle Hymn of the Republic")
Affiliations – Various junior competitions including the SDFA (1884–1946) TANFL/TFL/TSL (1947–2000, 2009–present), SFL (2001–2008)

Achievements

Premiership titles

TANFL/TFL Statewide/SWL/TSL premierships

1970, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2010

TANFL/TFL Statewide League runners-up

1962, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1995, 1998

SFL Premier League premierships

2001, 2002, 2004, 2006

SFL Premier League runners-up

2005, 2007

Competition medal winners

William Leitch Medallists (Best and fairest player – TFL senior football)

1949 – Hamish Yaxley
1960 – Stuart Spencer
1967 – J.Richmond and Stuart Spencer
1968 – Bob Lucas
1976 – Trevor Sorrell
1989 – Scott Wade
1991 – Gary Williamson
1995 – Danny Noonan
1996 – Danny Noonan
1999 – Matthew Jones

Tassie Medallists (Best and fairest player – TSL senior football from 2009)

2010 - Brett Geappen

George Watt Medallists (Best and fairest player – TFL reserves football)

1957 – B. Burn (tied)
1974 – P. Smith

V. A. Geard Medallists (Best and fairest player – TFL thirds football)

1957 – Russell Newell
1965 – Royce Hart
1973 – P. Smith
1979 – M. Kruene

D. R. Plaister Medallists (Best and fairest player – TFL fourths football)

1978 – T. Carter
1984 – Brendan Mayne
1990 – Steven Old

Delphin Medallists (Best and fairest player – NFL Shield)

1989 – Scott Wade

Lefroy Medallists (Best and fairest player – Tasmanian team)

1956 – J.Golding
1957 – S. Spencer (tied)
1960 – S. Spencer
1981 – Rod Hughes (Tied)
1988 – Billy Picken
1989 – Scott Wade
2012 - Brady Jones

All-Australian team members

1958 – S. Spencer

Club record score:

TFL: 38.16 (244) vs Devonport 4.4 (28) on 14 August 1999 at Bellerive Oval
SFL: 41.23 (269) vs Brighton 5.4 (34) on 7 May 2005 at Bellerive Oval

Club games record holder:

315 – Scott McCallum from 1989–2007
314 – Gavin Cooney from 1989–2006 and 2009

Attendance records

Record home attendance: Bellerive Oval

5,157 – Clarence v New Norfolk on 6 June 1970 at Bellerive Oval

Record roster match attendance: all time

8,480 – Clarence v Glenorchy on 4 April 2011 at KGV Oval

Record TANFL/TFL finals attendance:

24,968 – Clarence v Glenorchy on 22 September 1979 for the TANFL Grand Final at North Hobart Oval

Record SFL Premier League finals attendance:

7,149 – Clarence v Glenorchy – 2006 SFL Premier League Grand Final at North Hobart Oval.

Notable players

There is a list of past and present Clarence players who have played at AFL/VFL:

Colin Alexander (Collingwood and Brisbane Bears)
Daniel Archer (St Kilda)
Jack Bennett (1920–1997) (Carlton)
Arthur Budd (1945–2012) (South Melbourne)
Ian Callinan (Adelaide)
Terry Cashion (1921–2011) (South Melbourne)
John Chivers (Richmond)
David Donato (Fitzroy)
Robert Dutton (Carlton and Hawthorn)
Bert Edwards (1914–1995) (Richmond)
Josh Green (Brisbane Lions)
Graeme Hatcher (Essendon)
Paul Holdsworth (Sydney Swans)
Graham Hunnibell (Melbourne)
Noel Leary (Melbourne)

Bob Lynch (Fitzroy)
Rod MacPherson (Footscray and Brisbane Bears)
Stephen MacPherson (Footscray)
Terry Mayne (1950-1983) (Geelong)
Danny Noonan (Brisbane Bears)
Eric Pascoe (Carlton)
Bradley Plain (Essendon, Collingwood and North Melbourne)
John Richmond (Richmond)
Justin Sherman (Brisbane Lions and Western Bulldogs)
Stuart Spencer (1932–2011) (Melbourne)
Scott Sutcliffe (Melbourne and Richmond)
Cameron Thurley (Geelong and Kangaroos)
Scott Wade (Hawthorn)
Jeromey Webberley (Richmond)
Michael Young (Carlton and Melbourne)

External links

Clarence Football Club Home Page

Tasmanian Football League (TFL)

Clubs	Burnie Dockers Clarence Devonport Glenorchy Hobart City Lauderdale Launceston North Launceston Tigers FC

Grounds	Blundstone Arena Devonport Oval KGV Oval Lauderdale Oval North Hobart Oval TCA Ground Twin Ovals Complex University of Tasmania Stadium West Park Oval Windsor Park Youngtown Oval

Honours	Leading goal-kickers Premiers Records

Former Tasmanian Football League (TANFL/TFL) clubs

Cananore Clarence Hobart Lefroy New Norfolk North Hobart New Town/Glenorchy Sandy Bay South Launceston Western Storm/Prospect Hawks

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