Deniliquin Football Club
| Deniliquin | ||
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| Names | ||
| Full name | Deniliquin Football & Netball Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Rams | |
| 2020 season | ||
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1933 | |
| Colours | ||
| Competition | Murray FNL | |
| Uniforms | ||
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The Deniliquin Football & Netball Club, nicknamed the Rams, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Deniliquin located in the Riverina district of New South Wales.
The club's teams currently compete in the Murray FNL, which the Deniliquin football club joined in 1949.
History
[edit]Football appears to have been played in and around Deniliquin as early as the 1870s,[1] but today's Deniliquin FC was born some six decades later, in 1933.
In early July, 1892, two football clubs were established in Deniliquin, one called the Imperials, of North Deniliquin and the South Deniliquin Football Club.[2]
The first recorded match was in late July, 1892 between was between South Deniliquin: 2.6 – 18 defeating Imperials: 1.8 – 14.[3]
In 1893, Deniliquin FC played a match against Echuca and was played on the Park Oval, with Echuca thrashing Deniliquin.[4]
In 1894, the Deniliquin Juniors played a match against the Echuca Railway Juniors, on the Park Oval, Echuca.[5]
In 1895, Deniliquin were runners up for the Gillespie Cup to the Trades FC.[6]
In 1899, three football club's were formed in Deniliquin.[7]
In 1900, the Deniliquin Football Association was established.[8]
In 1901, the Deniliquin footballers, under the name of the Commonwealth Football Club won the premiership and received premiership medals from Mr. John Moore Chanter,[9] MHR.[10][11]
The Deniliquin Football Association ran from 1900 to 1932, with usually three clubs from within the town of Deniliquin playing in this competition on a regular basis up until 1932.
In 1933, the Deniliquin Football Club was formed[12] and were admitted into the Echuca Football League,[13] with Norm Sexton[14] as coach.[15]
In 1949, Deniliquin joined the Murray Football League.[16]
Football Premierships
[edit]- Seniors
- Echuca Football League (3):
- 1933,[17] 1934, 1935
- Murray Football League (14):
- 1957, 1966, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011
- Reserves
- Murray Valley Second Eighteen Football Association
- 1954[18]
- Murray Football League
- 1962, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1985, 1993, 1996, 2001,
VFL / AFL players
[edit]A small number of former Deniliquin players have gone on to play in the Victorian and Australian Football Leagues (VFL and AFL), including:
- 1953 – Ian Egerton – Hawthorn
- 1953 – Bob Henderson – Fitzroy
- 1963 – Peter Lyon – Hawthorn
- 1982 – Simon O'Donnell – St. Kilda
- 1991 – Peter McIntyre – Adelaide Crows
- 1995 – Leo Barry – Sydney Swans
- 2014 – Sam Lloyd – Richmond & Western Bulldogs
- 2017 – Todd Marshall – Port Adelaide
Additionally, former VFL footballers to have played / coached Deniliquin in the following year(s)include –
- 1933 – Norm Sexton – Carlton & Footscray
- 1947 – Phil Nagle – Richmond
- 1950 – Kevin O'Donnell – St. Kilda
- 1953 – Keith Schaefer – South Melbourne
- 1955 – Peter O'Donohue – Hawthorn
- 1966 – Graham Ion – Footscray
References
[edit]- ^ "1876 - Football in Deniliquin". The Riverine Herald. Echuca, Vic. 20 June 1876. p. 3. Retrieved 8 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1892 - Formation of Deniliquin football club's". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. Retrieved 8 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1892 - South Deniliquin v Imperials". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. Retrieved 8 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1893 - Echuca v Deniliquin". The Riverine Herald. Echuca, Vic. 26 June 1893. p. 2. Retrieved 8 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1894 - Echuca Railway Junior v Deniliquin Juniors". The Riverine Herald. Echuca, Vic. 30 July 1894. p. 2. Retrieved 8 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1895 - Gillespie Cup". The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser. Retrieved 8 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1899 - Three clubs formed in Echuca". The Weekly Times. 15 July 1899. p. 24. Retrieved 8 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1900 - Deniliquin Football Association". The Riverine Herald. Echuca, Vic. 8 August 1900. p. 3. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "John Moore Chanter (1845–1931)". 1931 - John Moore Chanter - Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "1901 - Commonwealth Football Club". The Riverine Herald. Echuca, Vic. 24 August 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1901 - Commonwealth FC - win premiership". The Independent. Deniliquin, NSW. 16 August 1901. p. 2. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1933 - Deniliquin FC - Formation Meeting". The Independent. Deniliquin, NSW. 7 April 1933. p. 1. Retrieved 16 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1933 - Echuca Football League - AGM". The Independent. Deniliquin, NSW. 31 March 1931. p. 1. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1933 - Deniliquin Football Coach". The Riverine Herald. Echuca, Vic. 18 April 1933. p. 2. Retrieved 18 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1933 - Deniliquin FC - Coach". The Independent. Deniliquin, NSW. 16 May 1933. p. 2. Retrieved 16 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1949 - Deniliquin admitted to the Murray FL". Cobram Courier (Vic). 11 March 1949. p. 1. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1933 - Echuca FL - Grand Final match review". The Riverine Herald. Echuca, Vic. 2 October 1933. p. 2. Retrieved 18 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
- ^ "1954 - Murray Valley 2nd 18 FA - Grand Final match review". Cobram Courier. 30 September 1954. p. 3. Retrieved 6 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
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