Illabrook Football Club
Known as: The Bulldogs
Established: 1925
Club Colours: Royal blue and white
Home Ground: Smythesdale Recreation Reserve since 1999.
Ground Dimensions: 163m x 131m
Competitions participated in:
Rokewood & Cape Clear District Football Association 1925-1934
Cape Clear Carngham District Football Association 1935
Linton Carngham District Football Association 1936
Western Plains Football League 1937-1998
Lexton Plains Football League 1999 to present
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Illabarook's formation in 1925 coincided with the establishment of the Rokewood and Cape Clear District Football Association, which was where the club would spend its formative years. Between 1929 and 1936 it won an astonishing eight successive premierships.
The 1937 season saw Illabarook on the move, seeking sterner challenges. Affiliating with the somewhat stronger Western Plains Football League the club reached the preliminary final in its debut season, and the following year won a flag in unusual circumstances at the expense of a Beeac team which actually won the grand final on the scoreboard, 9-5-59 to 6-10-46. However, it later emerged that Beeac had been guilty of fielding an ineligible player, whereupon the league ruled that the premiership be awarded to Illabarook.
The WPFL went into recess owing to the war from 1941 to 1945, and when it resumed Illabarook promptly added another flag to its haul. As with the 1938 premiership this one was won in unusual fashion via a grand final replay after the initial clash between Illabarook and Rokewood-Corindhap was drawn. The Bulldogs won the replay by 26 points, 8-9-57 to 4-7-31. Two years later, they once again qualified for the grand final, only to lose heavily to Lismore.
After a prolonged period of under-achievement Illabarook entered a brief halcyon phase during the late 1980s. Between 1987 and 1991 the seniors contested every grand final, for wins in 1988 against Cressy, and 1991 at the expense of Carngham Linton.
When the Lexton Football League and WPFL merged to form the Lexton Plains Football League in 1999 the Bulldogs were one of the new competition's eleven inaugural members and have enjoyed unbroken participation ever since.
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Rokewood and Cape Clear District Football Association (RCCDFA)/Cape Clear-Carngham DFA (CCCDFA)/Linton-Carngham DFA (LCDFA) - 1929-30-1-2-3-4-5-6; Western Plains Football League 1938, 1946, 1988, 1991
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1946 Grand Final: Illabrook 9-12-66 drew with Rokewood 8-18-66
Best (Illabrook): P. Nolan, J. Pitman, J. Quarrell,
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At Lismore. Gate: $180 Goals (Illabrook): P. Nolan 5, J. Pitman, R. Cotton, E. Pitman
Grand Final Replay: Illabrook 8-9-57 d. Rokewood 4-7-31
Best (Illabrook): J. Terry, P. Nolan, D. McKenzie, W. Terry,
R. McKenzie, B. Pitman
Goals (Illabrook): P. Nolan 6, C. Terry, B. Pitman
At Lismore. Gate $200
1988 Grand Final: Illabrook 16-16-112 d. Cressy 9-11-65
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Highest Score Against:
Illabrook d. Ararat Eagles
Illabrook d. Carngham Linton
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Illabrook
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LIFE MEMBERS
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