Barooga Football Club
| Barooga | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Barooga Football Netball Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Hawks | |
| Club song | "We are Maroon & Gold" | |
| 2021 season | ||
| Home-and-away season | Finished 10th - Points-12 Wins-3 Losses-10 Draws-0 Percentage-78.38% | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1894 | |
| Colours | ||
| Competition | Murray FNL | |
| President | Marcus Fry | |
| Coach | Luke Jarjoura | |
| Premierships | 14 (senior football) | |
| Ground(s) | Barooga Recreation Reserve | |
| Uniforms | ||
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| Other information | ||
| Official website | http://www.baroogafc.sportingpulse.net | |
The Barooga Football Netball Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Barooga located in the Riverina district of New South Wales.[1]
The club was formed in 1894[2] and initially played in the Murray Border Football Association in 1894.[3]
When the club won the Federal District Football Association premiership against Cobram Football Club in 1897, they were known as "The Boomerangs" and wore a red and white uniform.[4]
When Barooga FC re-formed in 1907 they wore an all-blue uniform in the Goulburn Valley Football Association in 1907 and 1908.
In 1911, the Boomanoomana Rovers Junior Football Club was established and played in the official Goulburn Valley Junior Football Association (GVJFA) and played their matches in Barooga and in the maroon and gold colours.[5]
The Boomanoomana Rovers won the GVJFA premiership in 1913 [6] and then entered a team in the Goulburn Valley Football Association senior football competition in 1914, then from 1919[7] to 1921.
Barooga FC were in recess in five separate periods in its early days, until 1929 when it joined the Southern Riverina Football Association for a two-year stint.
Barooga FC then became founding member of the new Murray Football League in 1931. In 1936 Cobram and Barooga football clubs merged and played as the Cobram Barooga United FC for a single season, before the club was officially disbanded in April 1937.[8] The two clubs then reformed as independent bodies, with Cobram re-joining the Murray FL and Barooga joining the Southern Riverina FL.
The club moved across to the Picola & District league in 1959.
The club re-joined the Murray Football League in 1989 where it currently fields four football and eight netball teams each week.
Barooga Football Competitions Timeline[edit]
Murray Border Football Association
- 1894
- Barooga Football Club
- 1895 and 1896 – club in recess
Federal District Football Association
- 1897
- Barooga Football Club
- 1898[9] and 1899 – club in recess
Federal District Football Association
- 1900
- Barooga Football Club
- 1901[10] – club in recess
Federal District Football Association
- 1902
- Barooga Football Club
- 1903 to 1906 – club in recess
Goulburn Valley Football Association
- 1907 to 1908
- Barooga Football Club
- 1909 to 1928 – club in recess
Southern Riverina Football Association
- 1929 to 1930
- 1931 to 1935
- 1936 (Barooga & Cobram merge for 1936 & finish on the bottom)
Southern Riverina Football Association
- 1937 to 1938
- Barooga Football Club
- 1939 to 1943 – Club in recess
Picola & District Football League
- 1959 to 1988
- 1989 to present day
Football Premierships[edit]
- Seniors
- Federal District Football Association (1)
- 1897[11]
- Picola & District Football League (9):
- 1960, 1961, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1986, 1987
- Murray Football League (4):
- 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997
- Reserves
- Murray Valley Football Second Eighteen Football Association
- 1936[12] – Cobram / Barooga United FC
- 1950, 1952, 1953, 1956 – Barooga FC
VFL / AFL players[edit]
The following footballers played with Barooga prior to playing senior VFL / AFL football, with the year indicating their debut.
- 1926 – Stuart Russell – Essendon & Hawthorn
- 1936 – Sam Snell – St. Kilda
- 1981 – Bernard Toohey – Geelong, Sydney Swans & Footscray
- 1985 – Gerard Toohey – Geelong
- 1988 – John Brinkkotter – Sydney Swans
- 1990 – Chris O'Dwyer – Sydney Swans
- 2002 – Chris Hyde – Richmond
References[edit]
- ^ Full Points Footy, Barooga, archived from the original on 5 January 2009, retrieved 22 October 2008
- ^ "1894 - Barooga FC - AGM". Cobram Courier. 3 May 1894. p. 3. Retrieved 24 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1894 - Murray Border FA Draw". Cobram Courier. 21 June 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1897 - Federal District Football Association". Cobram Courier. 30 September 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 23 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1911 - GVJFA Ladder". Cobram Courier. 27 July 1911. p. 5. Retrieved 17 May 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1913 - GVJFA - Grand Final match review". Cobram Courier. 25 October 1913. p. 5. Retrieved 24 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1919 - Goulburn Valley FA Draw". Cobram Courier. 12 June 1919. p. 3. Retrieved 25 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1937 - Cobram Barooga United disband". Cobram Courier. 29 April 1937. p. 3. Retrieved 25 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1898 - Federal District FA - Meeting". Cobram Courier. 16 June 1898. p. 2. Retrieved 24 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1901 - Federal Football Association Draw". Cobram Courier. 30 May 1901. p. 7. Retrieved 24 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1897 - Federal District Football Association". Cobram Courier. 30 September 1897. p. 4. Retrieved 23 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1936 - Murray FL - Reserves Grand Final match review". Cobram Courier. 1 October 1936. p. 4. Retrieved 26 April 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
