Ararat Football Club (Vic)
Guernseys & Nicknames :
1937-40 - Ararat were wearing black & white guernseys from 1937 to 1940.
1946 - Ararat adopted a white guernsey with a red vee.
???? - Ararat are known as the Gason Rats, Gason being a sponsor.
Grounds :
1921 - Ararat FC first based themselves at Alexandra Oval.
Timeline :
1871 - Ararat FC was formed.
1874 :
Scratch match - Ararat versus Asylum (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Stawell (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Stawell (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Streatham (result unknown).
1876 :
Scratch match - Ararat versus Asylum (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Ballarat (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Ballarat (result unknown).
1877 :
Scratch match - Ararat versus Stawell (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Stawell (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Stawell (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Ballarat (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Ballarat (result unknown).
1878 :
Scratch match - Ararat played 2 scratch matches against Stawell.
Scratch match - Ararat played a scratch match against Asylum.
1879 :
Scratch match - Ararat played 2 scratch matches against Stawell.
Scratch match - Ararat v Horsham.
Henty Challenge Cup - Ararat and Hamilton competed for the Henty Challenge Cup.
1880 - Scratch matches : Ararat played scratch matches against Horsham, Wanderers, Albion, Skipton, Stawell and Hamilton.
1882 - Scratch matches : Ararat played scratch matches against Asylum, Ballarat Wanderers and Rising Sun.
1886 :
Scratch match - Ararat versus Stawell (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Stawell Imperials (result unknown).
1887 - Scratch matches : Ararat played scratch matches against Stawell (2), Beaufort and Hamilton Union.
1888 :
Farroll Cup - Ararat and Hamilton competed for the Farroll Cup.
Sprague Cup - Ararat, Rupanyup and Stawell competed for the Sprague Cup.
1889 :
Sprague Cup - Ararat, Murtoa, Rupanyup and Stawell competed for the Sprague Cup.
Scratch Matches - Ararat played scratch matches against Hamilton and Hamilton Union.
1890 :
Scratch matches - Ararat played scratch matches against Hamilton (2) and Ballarat Centrals.
Streatham Trophy - Ararat, Streatham and Lake Bolac competed for the Streatham Trophy.
1891 :
Scratch match - Ararat v Horsham.
Sprague-Gregory Trophy - Ararat, Stawell and Stawell Warriors competed for the Sprague-Gregory Trophy.
1895 :
Sack Trophy - Ararat, Beaufort and Stawell competed for the Sack Trophy.
Scratch matches - Ararat played scratch matches against Fire Brigade & Band and Ballarat Imperial.
1896 :
Scratch matches - Ararat played scratch matches against Fire Brigade & Band and Ballarat Excelsiors.
McGibbony-Wild Trophy - Ararat, Horsham, Stawell and Stawell Associated contested the McGibbony-Wild Trophy.
1897 - Scratch matches : Ararat played scratches against Hamilton, Stawell and Stawell Mercantiles.
1898 :
Boxall Trophy - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Boxall trophy.
Robson Trophy - Ararat, Horsham, Murtoa and Stawell competed for the Robson Trophy.
Scratch match - Ararat versus Lake Bolac (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Middle Creek (result unknown).
Scratch match - Ararat versus Middle Creek (result unknown).
1899 :
Simpson Trophy - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Simpson trophy.
Scratch matches - Ararat played scratch matches against Ararat B and Ballarat Enterprise.
1900 :
Scratch match - Ararat versus Asylum (result unknown).
Ararat, Beaufort and Stawell competed for the Brinkley Trophy.
1901 - Scratch matches : Ararat played scratch matches against Soldiers Hill and Beaufort.
1902 - Wimmera FL : Ararat were a founding club.
1903-04 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1905 :
Wimmera FL - Ararat participated.
Stawell Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Stawell Pennant.
1906 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1907 :
Wimmera FL - Ararat participated.
Stawell Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Stawell Pennant.
1908 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1909 :
Wimmera FL - Ararat participated.
Stawell Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Stawell Pennant.
1910 :
Wimmera FL - Ararat participated.
Fitzgerald Trophy - Ararat and Willaura competed for the Fitzgerald Trophy.
Ararat Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Ararat Pennant.
1911 :
Wimmera FL - Ararat participated.
Ararat Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Ararat Pennant.
Claringbold Trophy - Ararat and Hamilton competed for the Claringbold Trophy.
1912 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1914 :
Ararat-Stawell Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Ararat-Stawell Pennant.
Wimmera FL - Ararat participated.
1915 - Wimmera DFA : Ararat participated. The league was left unfinished due to WW1.
1920 :
Ararat Pennant - Ararat and Stawell competed for the Ararat Pennant (Claringbold Trophy).
Wimmera FA Grand Final - Ararat 6.13.49 defeated Stawell 4.8.32.
1921 - Wimmera FA : Ararat participated, and may have been in it earlier.
1922 - Wimmera FA : Ararat participated.
1923 - Wimmera FA : Ararat's final season.
1924 - Ballarat FL : Ararat commenced, and were 5th after H&As.
1925 - Ballarat FL : Ararat were 4th after H&As.
1926 - Ballarat FL : Ararat were 5th after H&As.
1927 - Ballarat FL : Ararat were 4th after H&As.
1928 (Ballarat FL) :
Ararat were 2nd after H&As.
This was Ararat's final season in the Ballarat FL.
1929 - Ararat FC stood out of football for a year.
1930 - Wimmera FA : Ararat participated.
1931 - Wimmera DFL Grand Final : Stawell 18.15.123 defeated Ararat 10.16.76.
1932 - Wimmera DFL Grand Final : Horsham 15.15.105 defeated Ararat 13.9.87 @ Stawell.
1933 - Wimmera DFL Grand Final : Stawell 12.11.83 defeated Ararat 11.12.78.
1934 (Ballarat-Wimmera FL) :
Ararat commenced, and were 4th after H&As.
First Semi-Final - Ararat defeated Warracknabeal.
Preliminary Final - South Ballarat defeated Ararat by 11 pts.
1935 - Ballarat-Wimmera FL : Ararat finished 6th.
1936 - Ballarat-Wimmera FL : Ararat finished 7th.
1937-39 - Wimmera FL Ararat participated.
1946 - Wimmera FL : Ararat was a founding club.
1947-48 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1949 - Ararat were WFL premiers, defeating Stawell in the Grand Final, at Horsham.
1950 - Ararat were WFL runners-up, losing the Grand Final to Stawell, at Horsham.
1951 (Wimmera FL) :
Ararat were the only team not provide a reserves side in this inaugural year of a reserve competition.
Grand Final - Ararat 7.9.51 defeated Minyip 5.9.39 @ Horsham.
1952-54 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1955 (WFL) :
Ararat and Stawell were the only teams not to field a reserve side.
Ararat finished 1st on the ladder, after the close of the home and away season.
2nd Semi : Ararat versus Horsham at Rupanyup.
Preliminary : Jeparit lost to either Horsham or Ararat.
Grand Final : Ararat were premiers, defeating Horsham.
1956 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Ararat defeated Minyip @ Horsham.
1957 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Ararat defeated Horsham @ Central Park in Stawell.
1958 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Ararat defeated Dimboola.
1959-60 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1961 - Wimmera FL : Ararat finished 5th.
1962-63 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1964 (WFL) :
Grand Final : Nhill drew with Ararat.
Grand Final Replay : Nhill 10.10.70 defeated Ararat 9.14.68, the match played at Horsham.
1965-66 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1967 - Wimmera FL First Semi-Final : Ararat 17.12.114 defeated Warracknabeal 13.10.88.
1968 - Wimmera FL First Semi-Final : Horsham 11.16.82 defeated Warracknabeal 12.6.78.
1969-70 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1971 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Ararat defeated Warracknabeal.
1972 - Wimmera FL Grand final : Horsham 24.22.166 defeated Ararat.
1973 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1974 (Wimmera FL) :
Preliminary Final - Ararat defeated Warracknabeal by 11 goals.
Grand Final - Horsham defeated Ararat.
1975 - Wimmera FL Grand Final : Ararat defeated Stawell.
1976 - Wimmera FL Elimination Final : Warracknabeal 33.15.213 defeated Ararat.
1977-78 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1979 - Wimmera FL First Semi-Final : Ararat defeated Warracknabeal.
1980-85 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1986 (Wimmera FL) :
Ararat were 2nd after H&As.
Ararat were premiers.
1987-88 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1989 - WFL : Ararat kick a record 46.28.304 against Jeparit at Jeparit and equal Warracknabeal's record of 16 goals in a quarter.
1990-91 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1992 - Wimmera FL : Qualifying final - Ararat 4.7.31 lost Dimboola.
1993-94 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1995 - Ararat finished the home and away season in sixth place on the Wimmera FL ladder.
1996-98 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
1999 WFL season :
Qualifying Final : Stawell lost to either Ararat or Minyip-Murtoa.
2nd Semi Final : Ararat 17.14.116 defeated Minyip-Murtoa 9.18.72.
Grand Final : Ararat 16.19.115 def Minyip-Murtoa 10.5.65.
2000 (WFL) :
August 12 - Ararat 26.19.175 defeated Saint Michaels 15.13.103.
Second Semi Final: Ararat 14.16.100 defeated Stawell 10.14.74.
Grand Final September 16 2000 : Stawell 19.11.125 defeated Ararat 16.19.115.
2001 (Wimmera FL) :
Second Semi-Final - Ararat 18.19.127 defeated Warracknabeal Eagles 12.8.80.
Grand Final - Ararat 16.18.114 defeated Horsham Saints 17.10.112.
2002 (Wimmera FL) :
Second Semi-Final - Ararat 16.9.105 defeated Warrack Eagles 10.13.73.
Grand Final - Warrack Eagles 12.31.103 defeated Ararat 13.10.88.
2003 - Wimmera FL : Ararat participated.
Links :
- Ararat FC.