Portland Football Netball Cricket Club

The Portland Football Netball Cricket Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian sports club based in the city of Portland, Victoria. The club's football and netball teams currently compete in the Hampden Football Netball League,[1] with the football squad having joined it in 2013 along with the Hamilton Kangaroos.

Not to be confused with Portland Football Club (South Australia).
Portland
Names
Full namePortland Football Netball Cricket Club
Nickname(s)Tigers
Club details
Founded1876 (1876)
Colours         
CompetitionHampden FNL
Premierships(18) 1906, 1907, 1909, 1912, 1914, 1922, 1924, 1929, 1952, 1956, 1966, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008
Ground(s)Hanlon Park
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websiteportlandtigers.com.au

Apart from football and netball, the club has a cricket section.

History

The club was established as "Portland Football Club" on June 6, 1876 at a meeting held at Mac's Hotel. Portland's current colours (black and gold) were first used in 1902 and again in 1909, but changed in 1919. The distinctive black with gold sash came into being in 1930.

Hanlon Park became Portland's home ground in 1923 and has remained as such, except for 1961 when Henty Park was used while Hanlon Park was top dressed. Before 1923, football was played from 1866 on the cricket ground the North Cliff.

The Wester Border Football League (an amalgamation of the Western District Football League and the South Eastern Border Football League was formed in 1964.

At the Annual General Meeting of the Club held on 16 February 1994, the name of the club was changed to the Portland Football-Netball Club and became incorporated under that name on 29 March 1994.

Subsequent to this, the name of the Club changed to its present title, namely the Portland Football Netball Cricket Club at a Special General Meeting on 9 March 2006.

Premierships
  • South West District Association 1913-1924
    • 1914, 1922, 1924
  • Glenelg Football Association 1925-1930
    • 1925
  • Western District FL 1931-1963
    • 1952, 1956
  • Western Border FL 1964-2012
    • 1966, 1985, 1986, 1991, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • Hampden Football Netball League 2013-
    • Nil

Leading goalkickers
  • Luke Hampshire 1992 (87)
  • Jarrod Holt 2012 (71)
  • Jay Moody 2015 (52)
  • James Roberts 2017 (58)
  • Jed Saunders 2019 (39)

Most Senior Games

Mick Jennings holds the record of 323 games.( Mick also played another 21 games with Heywood )

Most goals in a season

Tim Otter with 109 in 1989. He is one of two 100 goal players, the other being John Phillips.

Most goals in a game

16 by Bill Mahon in the Second Semi Final on 22 September 1956( against Imperials ).

Highest ever score

Portland 44.23.287 def. Hamilton 3.6.24 on 8 April 2000.

VFL/AFL players

Bibliography
  • Evergreen Hampden: The Hampden Football League and its people, 1930-1976 by Fred Bond & Don Grossman, 1979 – ISBN 0868251089
  • History of Football in the Western District by John Stoward – Aussie Footy Books, 2008 – ISBN 9780957751590
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References
  1. "Official Club Website". Sportingpulse.
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