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Full name
  
Clarence Football Club

After finals
  
7°

CEO
  
Richard Mulligan

Arena/Stadium
  
Bellerive Oval

Nickname(s)
  
Roos

President
  
Roger Viney

Founded
  
1884

Competition
  
Tasmanian Football League

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Coach
  
Cameron Blight & Jeromey Webberly

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.

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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.

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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)

    • Club

  • Tasmanian Football League
  • Premiers (11): 1970, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2009, 2010
  • Runners-up (6): 1962, 1969, 1971, 1985, 1995, 1998
  • Southern Football League (4)
  • Premiers (4): 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006
  • Runners-up (2): 2005, 2007

    • Individual

    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:

    References

    Clarence Football Club Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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