Bendigo Football Netball League
The Bendigo Football Netball League is an Australian rules football and netball competition based in the Bendigo region of Victoria. Formed in 1880, it is one of the oldest football leagues in Australia, and among its members are some of the oldest football clubs in Australia, including the Castlemaine Football Club, acknowledged as the second oldest football club in Australia and one of the oldest in the world. In 1929, the Bendigo Football League (BFL) decided to perpetuate the memory of the late BFL President, Mr. Fred A. Wood with a gold medal for the best  and fairest player from 1930 to 1939. Football: Best & Fairest Award / Goalkicking. In 1946, the BFL best and fairest award was named the Arthur E. Cook Medal, in memory of the late Bendigo MLA, who died suddenly at the Victorian Parliament House in April, 1945. For many years, Cook was associated with the administration of the BFL. Between 1947 and 1951 the award was known as the Thomas Rees Davies Medal, after a former Bendigo Councillor, Eaglehawk Mayor and BFL President from 1935 to 1939. Davies was a former Eaglehawk footballer and club Secretary and also Secretary of the BFL  too. He was made a life member of the BFL in 1926. The Jack Michelsen Medal was first awarded in 1952, after a prominent Bendigo Mayor, long term Councillor and BFL President from 1923 to 1925, John Andrew Michelsen, OBE. Michelsen was a journalist at the Bendigo Advertiser for many years. Goals in brackets () includes goals kicked in finals. 2021 Ladder. Home & Away Season was reduced by 6 rounds and Finals series cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Victoria