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Cygnet Football Club

The Cygnet Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the Southern Football League, also known as the SFL, in Tasmania, Australia.

It was reported in October 1888 in ‘The Colonist’ that the Port Cygnet Football Club, which ‘had not been in existence long’ played South Franklin at Castle Forbes Bay. The game was described as being played in an ‘amicable spirit’. The newcomers were no match for their opponents and lost five goals to one.

A few weeks later Port Cygnet hosted the Honeywood Football Club from Geeveston. Honeywood proved victorious, winning 1.15 (21) to 0.5 (5). For the home side Howard, Armstrong, Andrews, Andrews, Cockerill and A. Devereaux were the best players.

On or around Queen Victoria’s Birthday in May 1889 there is a report in “The Hobart Mercury” of what could be Port Cygnet’s first ever win. In a match played in very wet and sloppy conditions at Franklin’s home ground at Mr. Kellaway’s paddock in Woodstock, it is reported that Franklin had been “beaten”.

In 1906, Port Cygnet, then renamed Lovett to reflect the change of the town’s name, joined the Huon Football Association for the first time. Up to that point the club just played friendly and challenge matches.

The club changed its name to Cygnet in the 1910s.<br />The Magpies were a member of the Huon Football Association from 1906-1997 when the league disbanded and they joined the SFL in 1998.<br />Upon entry in the SFL they changed from their longtime Black & White playing strip and Magpie emblem, adopting a Port Adelaide playing strip (black, white and teal) and called themselves 'The Port'.

Club Honours

Huon Football Association

  • Premierships (31): 1912, 1913, 1915, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1931, 1935, 1938, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1984, 1994
  • Runners Up (16): 1920, 1924, 1929, 1930, 1939, 1946, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959, 1969, 1975, 1980, 1983, 1997

Southern Football League

  • Premierships (6): 2002, 2003, 2004, 2021, 2023, 2024
  • Runners Up (5): 1998, 2005, 2020, 2022, 2025

Southern Football League Women's

  • Premierships (1): 2022
  • Runners Up (1): 2021

Southern Football League Reserves'

  • Premierships (2) 2004, 2025
  • Runners Up (3) 2003, 2022, 2023

Southern Football League Colts’

  • Premierships (3) 2020, 2021, 2025
  • Runners Up (5) 2005, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024

Tasmanian Country Football Champions

  • Premierships (2): 1947, 1948

Club Records

Club Record Score

  • HFA - Unknown
  • SFL - 52.17 (329) v Claremont - Abbotsfield Park (Round 8, 29 May 2021)
  • SFLW - 24.9 (153) v Brighton - Cygnet Oval (Round 14, 3 August 2024)

Greatest Winning Margin<br />

  • HFA - Unknown
  • SFL - 329 points v Claremont - Abbotsfield Park (Round 8, 29 May 2021)
  • SFLW - 153 points v Brighton - Cygnet Oval (Round 14, 3 August 2024)

Greatest Losing Margin<br />249 v New Norfolk - Cygnet Oval (SFL Round 13, 12 July 2014)

Most Season Wins

  • HFA - Unknown
  • SFL - 18 wins (2002)
  • SFLW - 13 wins (2022, 2025)

Most Goals In A Game<br /> 52 v Claremont - Abbotsfield Park (SFL Round 8, 29 May 2021)

Highest Scoring Quarter

  • SFL - 15.6 (96) v Claremont (3rd Qtr) - Cygnet Oval (Round 17, 14 August 2021)
  • SFLW - 8.2 (50) v Brighton (1st Qtr) - Cygnet Oval (Round 14, 3 August 2024)

Longest Winning Streaks

  • HFA - Unknown
  • SFL - 24 games (Round 13, 2024 - Qualifying Final, 2025)
  • SFLW - 14 games (Round 2, 2022 - Round 1, 2023)

Highest Score Conceded<br /> 257 v New Norfolk - Cygnet Oval (SFL Round 13, 12 July 2014)

Lowest Score Conceded<br />

  • SFL - 0 (2021, Round 8, v Claremont, Abbotsfield Park; 2021, Round 17, v Claremont, Cygnet Oval)
  • SFLW - 0 (2022, Round 12, v North Hobart, North Hobart Oval; 2022, Round 6, v Huonville, Cygnet Oval; 2023, Round 10, v South East Suns, Pembroke Park; 2024, Round 2, v South East Suns, Pembroke Park; 2024, Round 7, v Lindisfarne; Anzac Park; 2024, Round 14, v Brighton, Cygnet Oval)

Club Record Attendance<br />4,150 v Huonville Lions (2021 SFL Grand Final)

SFL Head-to-head record

Played: 485 Won: 261 Drawn: 2 Lost:222 (Last updated – End of 2025 SFL season)

SFLW Head-to-head record

Played: 150 Won: 87 Drawn: 0 Lost:63 (Last updated – End of 2025 SFLW season)

Individual Honours

Competition awards

Ivan Short Medal (HFA best and fairest)

  • 1954 – Leon Synnott
  • 1962 – Brian Bowden
  • 1963 – Allan Fletcher
  • 1965 – Marty Brereton
  • 1971 – Ray Gordon
  • 1972 – John Bone
  • 1974 – Laurence Jarrett
  • 1980 – Geoff Haughland
  • 1987 – Greg Gordon
  • 1990 – Greg Gordon
  • 1993 – Gary Williamson
  • 1996 – Tony Madigan
  • 1997 – Trad Page & Micheal Darcy

William Leitch Medal (SFL best and fairest)

  • 2001 – Damien Dillon
  • 2021 – Thor Boscott

Peter Hodgman Medal (SFL best first year player)

  • 2004 – Jeremy Brereton

SFL Leading Goalkicker

  • 1998 – Micheal Darcy – 106
  • 2003 – Micheal Darcy – 113 (Regional League)
  • 2004 – Micheal Darcy – 105 (Regional League)
  • 2005 – Micheal Darcy – 100 (Regional League)
  • 2007 – Micheal Darcy – 103 (Regional League)
  • 2013 – Ben Halton – 88
  • 2020 – Josh Fox – 61

SFLW Leading Goalkicker

  • 2022 – Stacey Fox – 48 (Division Two)

SFL Team of The Year

  • Jakob Lister – 2022, 2023
  • James Webb – 2022
  • Toby Cowen – 2022
  • James Zeitzen – 2022
  • Joseph Direen – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • Lachlan Watt – 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 (coach)
  • Will Cleeland – 2023, 2024
  • Jackson Simpson – 2024
  • Jackson Gordon – 2024
  • Will Polley – 2024, 2025
  • Luke Ashlin – 2025
  • Lochie Griggs – 2025

SFLW Team of The Year

  • Ella Brereton – 2024
  • Hayley Kluga – 2024, 2025
  • Amy Sharp – 2024, 2025
  • Abbie Jones – 2025
  • Georgia Jones – 2025
  • Stacey Fox – 2025

Grand final best on ground awards

Tony Martyn Medal (SFL Regional League Grand Final best on ground)

  • 2002 – Gordon Shaw
  • 2003 – Heath Dillon
  • 2004 – Grant Clark

Gorringe-Martyn Medal (SFL Grand Final best on ground)

  • 2021 – Thor Boscott
  • 2023 – Thor Boscott
  • 2024 – Luke Ashlin

Cara Brooke Medal (SFLW Grand Final best on ground)

  • 2022 – Ellie Doyle

Club awards

Synnott Brothers Best & Fairest (SFL best and fairest)

  • 1998 – Wayne Lamb
  • 1999 – Heath Dillon
  • 2000 – Gerard Oakford
  • 2001 – Micheal Darcy & Julian Direen
  • 2002 – Heath Dillon
  • 2003 – Damien Dillon
  • 2004 – Grant Clark
  • 2005 – Damien Clark
  • 2006 – Grant Clark
  • 2007 – Grant Clark
  • 2008 – Bradley Watson
  • 2009 – Bradley Watson
  • 2010 – Bradley Watson
  • 2011 – Bradley Watson
  • 2012 – Bradley Watson
  • 2013 – Adam Duggan
  • 2014 – Rhys Jennings
  • 2015 – Brayden Hayes
  • 2016 – Ben Halton
  • 2017 – Ben Halton
  • 2018 – Toby Cowen
  • 2019 – Ben Halton
  • 2020 – Joshua Fox
  • 2021 – Lachlan Watt
  • 2022 – Joseph Direen
  • 2023 – Jakob Lister
  • 2024 – Will Cleeland
  • 2025 – Lochie Griggs

Gladys Sculthorpe Memorial Best & Fairest (SFLW best and fairest)

  • 2017 – Caitlyn Phillips
  • 2018 – Serena Hubert
  • 2019 – Stacey Fox
  • 2020 – Ellie Doyle
  • 2021 – Ellie Doyle
  • 2022 – Mackenzie Ford
  • 2023 – Ellie Doyle
  • 2024 – Abbie Jones
  • 2025 – Abbie Jones

Player Records

Club Games Record Holder<br />450 by Greg Gordon (310: Seniors - 110: Reserves - 30: Underage) between 1973-1998

Senior Games Record Holder<br />345 by Laurence 'Ocker' Jarrett

Record Goals In A Match<br />HFA - 22.4 by Greg Howard v Franklin (24 July 1976)<br />SFL - 15 by Micheal Darcy v Channel (2 June 2007)<br />SFLW - 8 by Stacey Fox v North Hobart (15 July 2022)

SFL Honour Board

SFLW Honour Board

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