History of football clubs in St. Kilda, Melbourne, Australia

St Kilda is a bayside suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Over the years many Australian rules football clubs have come and gone from the area. This page aims to list as many as possible and information about them. This page list Australian Rules Football Clubs which originated from St Kilda.

List of Clubs

St Kilda Football Club (1858 -1864)

Formed April 1858, played at Alpaca Park. First match 28 March 1859 against University. The club lapsed in June 1864, due to lack of members.[1]

St Kilda Esplanade Football Club (1871-1889)

Played on the Esplanade Oval, wanted to move to the St Kilda rd Park. In 1876 applied to use the ground of West St Kilda Cricket Club, opposites the Village Belle Hotel.[2]

St Kilda Alma Football Club (1873-77 1881-1886)

Formed 1872. In 1875 Hon Sec R H Adam. Ground Alpaca Reserve until found unsuitable due to planted trees. 1875 moved to area of Albert Park below the Alpaca Reserve and railway embankment.[3] Club colors dark blue and white caps, blue guernsey and knickerbockers, and blue and white hose.[4]

St Kilda Royal Football Club (1884 -1888)

Wanted to play on the St Kilda Football Ground

South St Kilda Football Club (1873 -1899 maybe 1922)

Played on oval near railway station and Fitzroy st in Albert Park

South Beach (St Kilda) Football Club (1894 - 1900)

St Kilda Grosvenor Football Club (1888 -1890)

Played on St Kilda Reserve

St Kilda Junior Football Club (1883- 1922)

Played Elwood Reserve

Warehousemen Football Club (1865 - 1918)

Albert Park

East St Kilda Football Club (1872 - 1889)

St Kilda football club (1873 -

Alpaca Park, Junction Oval, Linton St Moorabbin, Waverley Park, Dockland Statium

References
  1. "Local Memoranda". Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian (Vic. : 1864 - 1888). 11 June 1864. p. 2. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. "MUNICIPAL". Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian (Vic. : 1864 - 1888). 22 April 1876. p. 5. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. "MUNICIPAL". Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian (Vic. : 1864 - 1888). 24 April 1875. p. 3. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. "SPORTS CHRONICLE". Telegraph, St Kilda, Prahran and South Yarra Guardian (Vic. : 1864 - 1888). 1 April 1876. p. 5. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
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