Clarence Football Club


The Clarence Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Tasmanian State League, based in Bellerive, Tasmania.
Before 1947, they existed as Bellerive Football Club.
The Club play their home games at Bellerive Oval, Hobart's Test Cricket ground, they share the facilities with Tasmania's cricket team, the Tasmanian Tigers.

History

Clarence joined the Tasmanian Football League in 1947 on a two-year probationary period from the Southern District Football Association, later being granted permanent status on 7 August 1950, and continued to participate in the league until it was disbanded in December 2000.
They then joined the Southern Football League and participated until the end of the 2008 season whereby the club opted to join the newly reformed Tasmanian State League from 2009 and have won the first two premiership titles on offer since joining the competition and only in the 2015 season missed out on the finals.

Club details

Club

William Leitch Medallists
Tassie Medallists
George Watt Medallists
V. A. Geard Medallists
D. R. Plaister Medallists
Dolphin Medallists
Lefroy Medallists
All-Australian team members
Club record score:
Club games record holder:
Record home attendance: Bellerive Oval
Record roster match attendance: all time
Record TANFL/TFL finals attendance:
Record SFL Premier League finals attendance:
There is a list of past and present Clarence players who have played at AFL/VFL: