OLD CAMBERWELL GRAMMARIANS
Current Affiliation: Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) since 1960
Home Ground: Lower Oval, Gordon Barnard Reserve, North Balwyn
Formed: 1960
Colours: Navy and light blue
Senior VAFA Premierships: C Section - 1982, 2007 (2 total); D Section - 1978 (1 total); D1 Section - 2001 (1 total); E Section - 1993 (1 total); E Blue Section - 1998 (1 total); F Section - 1972 (1 total)
Senior Competition Best and Fairest Awards: L.S. Zachariah Medal (C Section) - I.Rogers 1982 (1 total); L.S. Pepper Medal (D Section) - R.Mullett 1974 (1 total); J. Fullerton Medal (E Section) - K.Wood 1962 & 1965; G.Ewart 1993 (2 Medallists/3 Medals)
Old Camberwell Grammarians first applied to join the VAFA in 1950, but the application was refused. Ten years later a second application was accepted, and the side took its bows in E Section, where it remained until 1971 when it was relegated to F Grade (see footnote 1). This ostensible misfortune seemed to serve as a stimulus, for the side immediately embarked on a slow but steady ascent through the grades which took in premierships of F Section in 1972, D Section six years later, and C Section in 1982.
To date, Old Camberwell has never progressed beyond B Grade, and indeed has yet to contest a finals series at that level.
The heady years of the 1970s and early 1980s were followed by a comparative decline in fortune, which saw the side drop as low as E Section for a time in the 1990s. The club's most recent senior flag was won in 2001 in D1 Grade thanks to a 10.13 (73) to 7.15 (57) grand final defeat of Banyule. Since then, the team has competed in C Grade, reaching the finals in 2005, missing out by half a game in 2006, and then storming to the premiership - its second at this level - in 2007.
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Footnotes
1. The VAFA first introduced an F Section in 1964, but after just two seasons it was dispensed with. In 1971 it was reintroduced following a growth in demand for membership from prospective new clubs. Return to Main Text