Braybrook Sporting Club

The Braybrook Sporting Club is an Australian rules football club which compete in the Western Region Football League since 1931.[2] They are based in the Melbourne suburb of Braybrook. Their home ground is Pennell Reserve, at the corner of Burke and Cranwell Streets.

Braybrook
Names
Full nameBraybrook Sporting Club
Club details
Founded1874 (1874)
Colours   
CompetitionWRFL (s. 1931)
Premierships19
  • Division 1 (1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979)
  • Division 2 (1936), (1993), (1999),
  • Division 3 (1990), (1997), (2014), (2022),
Ground(s)Pennell Reserve, Braybrook[1]
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websitebraybrooksc.com

The club is not affiliated to the Essendon Football Club, but also adopts the black jumper with red sash as its primary jumper, with the reverse being utilised for jumper-clashes with similarly uniformed clubs.

Braybrook was relegated to Division 3 in 2014, when the competition split into 3 divisions from the previous 2. They remained in Division 3, despite winning the WRFL Division 3 Senior premiership in the 2014 season. The club persevered through a remarkable finals series in 2022, winning the premiership against the Wyndham Suns to see them elevated to Division 2 ahead of the 2023 season.

The Braybrook Sporting Club is now home to Men's and Women's senior football teams, Auskick programs and several netball teams across both junior and senior levels.

The club has been home to several players who have gone on to be successful at higher levels, including George Bisset, Doug Hawkins, EJ Whitten and Brian Wilson.

History

Braybrook is a foundation member of the Western Region Football League (WRFL). One of the few original clubs still in the competition the club. The club's most recent senior premierships were won in 1990, 1993, 1997, 1999, 2014 and 2022. The club currently holds the record in Australia for the club that has produced the most AFL players.

VFL/AFL players

Robert Fox-Footscray

Honours
  • Western Region Football League
    • Div 1 (12): 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1979
    • Div 2 (3): 1936, 1993, 1999
    • Div 3 (4): 1990, 1997, 2014, 2022

Bibliography
  • History of the WRFL/FDFL by Kevin Hillier – ISBN 9781863356015
  • History of football in Melbourne's north west by John Stoward – ISBN 9780980592924

References
  1. "Western Region Football League". Archived from the original on 2 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  2. BLSC History – Belmont Lions Sports Club Football Club – GameDay
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