Claremont Football Club

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The Claremont Football Club is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). It is nicknamed "the Tigers", and its official colours are navy blue and gold.

1 History
- 1.1 2007 season
2 Achievements
3 Current squad
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

It was formed as the amateur Cottesloe Beach Football Club in 1906, and joined the peak amateur competition, the Western Australian Football Association the following year. The club dominated the WAFA from the outset, winning premierships from 1907-1910, and in 1908 it beat WAFL club Subiaco in a challenge match.

Applications by the club to join the WAFL were rejected for many years. In 1919, the Cottesloe Beach club merged with a consortium from Claremont which was also attempting to gain entry to the WAFL and had no contracted players, but claimed to have secured use of the Claremont Showgrounds, as a home ground. In 1921, the club was admitted to the WAFL "B" Grade competition, as Claremont-Cottesloe, using the same blue and gold colours as the local swimming club. It was finally admitted to the senior league in 1926.

The inaugural captain-coach was former South Fremantle and Richmond player Norm McIntosh, who was the only player with senior experience. McIntosh's young squad could only win one game in their first season.

In 1927, the club moved to Claremont Oval.

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Claremont ended the season strongly, claiming the minor premiership, but lost to Subiaco in the WAFL Grand Final on 23 September 2007. Coach Ashley Prescott left the club at the end of the season to take up an assistant coaching role with Essendon. Prescott's replacement is former assistant coach, Roger Kerr, who has been given a two year contract[1].

WAFL Premierships': 10; 1938-40, 1964, 1981, 1987, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1996

Sandover Medalists: 1932: Keith Hough, 1933-34: Sammy Clarke, 1936: George Moloney, 1949: Gordon Maffina, 1967: John Parkinson, 1984: Michael Mitchell/Steve Malaxos, 2005: Jaxon Crabb, 2007: Anthony Jones

Record home attendance: 18,268; May 7, 1983; v. South Fremantle.

As of 5 June 2007:

1 Rory Walton
2 Clancy Rudeforth
3 Luke Dwyer
4 Ian Richardson
5 Michael Cousens (vc)
6 Matt Orzel
7 Ian Rowe
8 Jaxon Crabb
9 Ben Colreavy
11 Trent Martin
10 Brett Jones (WCE listed)
12 Anthony Jones (c)
13 Andrew Clarke
14 Luke Toia
15 Robbie Swift
16 Eric MacKenzie (WCE listed)
17 Trinity Handley
18 Tom Matson
19 David Crawford
20 Chad Jones (WCE rookie listed)
21 Andrew Ruck
22 Troy Carlon

23 Nick Derickx
24 Brandon Franz
25 Daniel Bandy
26 Andrew Browne (FFC listed)
27 Rowan Jones (WCE listed)
28 Matt Sofoulis
29 Simon Nimmo
30 Fred Johnson
31 James Thomson (WCE listed)
32 Nic Chidgzey
34 Mitch Morton (WCE listed)
35 Ryan Gale
36 Aaron Jarvis
38 Justin Crudeli
39 Michael Warren
40 Darren Harper
41 Craig Campbell
42 Beau Wilkes (WCE rookie listed)
43 Preston O'Keefe
44 Jack Reagan

45 Trent Denardi
46 Beau Waters (WCE listed)
47 Gabe Orr
48 Hudson Wheeler
49 Tom Morrison
50 Jeremy Lunt
51 Byron Schammer (FFC listed)
53 Brad Bennet
54 James Read
55 Casey Malone
56 Paul Arias
57 Todd Nisbett
58 Brian O'Dea
59 Brett Eades
60 Reace Eades
61 Scott Walker
62 Tom Ayton
63 Tyson Prater
64 Tom Kinneen
- Dean Kennedy
65 James Staples
66 Peter Prendiville
67 Sean Gregory
68 Adrian Curley

Wikipedia listing of Claremont Football Club players

Claremont Tigers - Official Site
Full Points Footy History of Claremont Football Club

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