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Ovens and murray football results

The name comes from the Ovens River , the river in the part of north-eastern Victoria covered by the league, and the Murray River , which separates Victoria and New South Wales. The league features three grades in the Australian rules football competition, with these being Seniors , Reserve-Grade and Under 18s. Currently a home and away season consisting of eighteen rounds is played. Corowa, Excelsior and Lake Rovers were club's that were admitted. Rutherglen FC also went into recess in Around this time the clubs contesting the league included Wangaratta, Hume Weir which drew many of its players from workers constructing the Hume Dam at the time , Yarrawonga and two clubs from the town of Albury , St Patricks and Albury club. These two clubs were largely divided amongst sectarian lines, St Patricks being Roman Catholic and Albury being Protestant and, after much tension, in the two clubs agreed to disband and form two new clubs, East Albury Football Club and West Albury Football Club , with the player base to be drawn geographically. Following the season, a 19 year old West Albury player, Haydn Bunton , who has sometimes been described as the best ever player of Australian rules, [18] was recruited by VFL club Fitzroy. Bunton has remained one of only four triple Brownlow medallists, and the only player to have been awarded three Brownlows and three Sandovers. Cleaver Bunton was also mayor of Albury for 30 years. The newly merged team took on the name of the Albury Football Club. In , the league went into recess after round 10 for the duration of World War II, before full competition resumed in Wangaratta won four consecutive premierships between and , under captain coach, Mac Holten. Throughout the s and s the league began to gain a reputation within Victoria as being the strongest competition outside the then VFL and VFA. In , the VFL introduced country recruitment zones throughout Victoria and Riverina , which limited the areas from which each VFL club could recruit.

As ofAFL Victoria decided to scrap its traditional interleague competition, but leagues could decide amongst themselves, if they wish to play or not. Heartbeat of Australia. Yarrawonga

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Login or signup to continue reading. Yarrawonga are celebrating their first premiership for a decade after taking down Albury in one of the Ovens and Murray's greatest ever grand finals. The Pigeons won an absolute classic by four points in front of more than 10, packed into Lavington Sports Ground. A year on from their narrow loss to Wangaratta in the decider, this was redemption for Yarrawonga, while the Tigers will have to wait at least another year to get back to the top of the tree. The footy was predictably red-hot early in the match but Albury began to spend some time in their forward half and were rewarded with the opening goal of the game. Brydan Hodgson played a clever one-two, giving the handball to Tom O'Brien and collecting the return before lacing his shot through.

Ovens and murray football results

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North Albury 2. Tallangatta History made as a new name is added to the Young Achiever honour roll. Saints 9. Terms and Conditions - Digital Subscription. Our Sites. Wangaratta The medal was later named in honour of former, Albury and Richmond player, Doug Strang. Business Features. Shortly after the commencement of the grand final between Wodonga and Lavington , played at the Albury Sportsground, most of the players of the two teams became involved in a bench-clearing brawl. Retrieved 13 January Retrieved 4 February Press releases from AAP. Rovers 1. View Insurance.

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About Us. Working With Us. Lavington 3. Wangaratta 5. The Border Mail's complete view of property. Rovers 7. Lowe Oval [note 4]. The medal was later named in honour of former, Albury and Richmond player, Doug Strang. Yarrawonga 4. Australian rules football in Victoria. Bunton Park.