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KEY FACTS

Official name
Kew Bears Football Club

Known as
Kew Bears

Nickname
Bears

Former name
Kew

Former name date
2007-01-01

Formed
1912 (merged with North Kew in 2007)

Colours
Brown and gold

Associated clubs
Kew WFC; North Kew; Kew (Original)

Affiliation (Current)
Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) 1949–2024

Affiliations (Historical)
Reporter District Football League (RDFL) 1912–1919; Victorian Junior Football Association (VJFA) 1920–1926; VFL Sub-District Football League (VSDFL) 1927–1948

Home Ground
J.J. Higgins Reserve

Senior Premierships
VAFA B Section - 1953, 1966 (2 total); C Section - 1950, 1962, 1964, 1979 (4 total); Division One - 2015 (1 total); Division Two - 2014 (1 total); Division Three - 2013 (1 total)

Championships and Trophies
JN Woodrow Medal - John A. Fisher 1967 (1 total); GT Moore Medal - Noel F. Stokes 1957; V.R. Crowe 1966; D.J. Mullin 1969; W.K. Blay 1983; B.C. Burden 1988 (5 total); LS Zachariah Medal – A.N. Castle 1950; Joey M Busuttil 1986; Garry W. White 1993; Liam Kinsella 2016 (4 total)

Website
www.kewfc.asn.au

Kew Bears



Football is not just about the winning of premierships ....... and the true value of a club such as Kew, which has proudly carried the district banner for well over a century, and whose players continue to take part in the game for intangible rather than fiscal rewards, can not be easily or objectively defined. All that can safely be observed is that if the game ever reaches a point where it is unable to sustain such clubs, it will be infinitely poorer for it.

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2023 Season (VAFA Division 1) Fixture

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Kew Bears' 2023 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Kew Bears 0.20.40.60.6 6 LOST Glen Eira 4.34.84.85.13 43 -37 PAC Apr 15 (Sat, 6:40) Scores
2 A Kew Bears 6.12 48 LOST UHS-VU 10.8 68 -20 JJH Apr 22 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
3 A Kew Bears 4.77.1011.1414.19 103 WON Preston Bullants 3.06.36.59.8 62 41 WRR Apr 29 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
4 H Kew Bears 6.88.1210.16 76 WON Ivanhoe  1.22.52.10 22 54 VIC May 6 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
5 H Kew Bears 4.68.1110.1413.16 94 WON West Brunswick Amateurs 2.12.23.33.4 22 72 VIC May 13 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
6 A Kew Bears 11.19 85 WON Peninsula OB 6.7 43 42 HMO May 20 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
7 H Kew Bears 1.14.37.710.11 71 LOST Prahran Assumption 3.36.56.1010.13 73 -2 VIC May 27 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
8 H Kew Bears 2.37.79.1013.13 91 WON UHS-VU 1.62.86.117.12 54 37 VIC Jun 3 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
9 A Kew Bears 0.10.23.47.5 47 LOST Therry Penola  3.44.98.1011.13 79 -32 JPF Jun 17 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
10 H Kew Bears 1.52.82.112.12 24 LOST Glen Eira 4.35.49.810.8 68 -44 VIC Jun 24 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
11 A Kew Bears 5.27.47.77.10 52 LOST Oakleigh Amateurs 1.21.83.1412.18 90 -38 SCA Jul 1 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
12 H Kew Bears 0.26.46.58.6 54 WON Preston Bullants 3.64.84.106.15 51 3 VIC Jul 8 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
13 A Kew Bears 2.15.36.59.7 61 LOST Prahran Assumption 2.35.712.1015.11 101 -40 DWL Jul 22 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
14 H Kew Bears 1.55.117.1410.15 75 LOST Peninsula OB 5.37.511.815.10 100 -25 VIC Jul 29 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
15 H Kew Bears 2.52.106.138.18 66 LOST Therry Penola  3.16.39.812.10 82 -16 VIC Aug 5 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
16 A Kew Bears 1.56.96.116.16 52 WON Ivanhoe  1.12.13.54.5 29 23 IVA Aug 12 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
17 H Kew Bears 2.25.410.614.7 91 LOST Oakleigh Amateurs 9.516.820.1024.14 158 -67 VIC Aug 19 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
18 A Kew Bears 6.79.1316.1316.17 113 WON West Brunswick Amateurs 1.43.77.810.13 73 40 RAN Aug 26 (Sat, 2:00) Scores
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.