[1] Despite the ongoing wars in the 1910s and from 1939 to 1945, the club remained in the competition, which changed its name to the Dandenong District Football Association, until 1953 when it relocated to the South West Gippsland Football League as an inaugural member.

Cranbourne saw success early in the MPNFL's Northern division by beating Karingal by 8 points in the Grand Final.

[2] They began competing in the Casey Cardinia division of the league and contested in four consecutive grand finals from 2011 to 2014, but 2011 was the only year the Eagles came out victorious.

2015 saw the nine clubs competing in the Casey Cardinia division leave the MPNFL to start the South East Football Netball League.

Cranbourne made the inaugural SEFNL grand final only to lose to Berwick but came back to beat the Wickers in 2016 15.9.99 to 9.11.65.