Mulwala Football Club

Mulwala
Mulwala
Names
Full name	Mulwala Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)	Lions
2023 season
After finals	Premiers
Home-and-away season	17-1
Club details
Founded	1882
Colours
Competition	Murray FNL
Coach	Rohan Davies, Jackson Gash
Captain(s)	Dylan McNamara, Lachlan Rouel
Premierships	(8): 1912, 1950, 1959, 1968, 1969, 1990, 2022, 2023
Ground(s)	Lonsdale Reserve, Mulwala (capacity: 10,000)
Uniforms
	Home
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Other information
Official website	http://www.mulwalafnc.sportingpulse.net

The Mulwala Football Club, nicknamed the Lions, is an Australian rules football and netball club based in the town of Mulwala located in the Riverina district of New South Wales.

The first recorded match was Mulwala verses Murray Football Club on Saturday, 23 September 1882.^[1]

Between 1883 and 1886 a Selector's Union Football Club played their home games in Mulwala and played against Corowa and Border United for the Camplin Cup.^[2]

In 1894, the Tungamah Caladonian Society donated 20 medals to be competed for by the following football teams – Burramine South, Mulwala, Tungamah, Yarrawonga and Youarang.^[3]

In 1898 Mulwala FC competed in the Yarrawonga & District Football Association against – Burramine South, Bundalong, Katamatite, Telford and Yarrawonga.^[4]

In 1902, Mulwala were runners up to St. James / Devenish United Football Club in the Yarrawonga and Border Football Association.^[5]

Mulwala were runners up to Rennie in the 1939^[6] and 1940^[7] Coreen & District Football League grand final.

In 1948, Burramine defeated Mulwala by one point to win the premiership of the Murray Valley North East Football League.^[8]

Mulwala have competed in the Murray FNL, in both football and netball since 1987.

League competitions timeline

Tungamah Caledonian Society Football Competition

1894

Yarrawonga District Football Association

1898–1919;

Benalla Mulwala Football League

1920–1937;

Coreen & District Football League

1938–1940;

Mulwala Football Club

1941–1945 Club in recess, due to World War II

Murray Valley North-East Football League

1946–1948;

Benalla Tungamah Football League

1949–1966

Tungamah Football League

1967–1986

Murray Football League

1987 to present day

Premierships

Senior Football

Yarrawonga & Border Football Association (1):
- 1912 ^[9]^[10]
Murray Valley Football League (1):
- 1950 ^[11]
Tungamah Football League (3):
- 1959, 1968, 1969
Murray Football League (3):
- 1990, 2022, 2023

Football League – Best and Fairest Winners

Seniors

Benalla Tungamah Football League

1955 – Les Squires ^[12]

Tungamah Football League

1977 – B Cooper

Murray Football League

1987 – Phillip Beams
1999 – Robert Lamberti
2001 – Robert Lamberti
2005 – Jason Sanderson
2019 – Jackson Gash
2023 – Jackson Gash

Mulwala FC players who played in the VFL / AFL

The following players played with Mulwala, prior to playing senior football in the VFL, with the year indicating their VFL debut.

1927 – Frank Seymour – Carlton & Fitzroy
1974 – Dennis Payne – Melbourne
2002 – Mark McGough – Collingwood & St. Kilda
2024 - Caleb Mitchell - Sydney Swans

References

^ "1882 – Mulwala v Murray". The Corowa Free Press – via Trove Newspapers.
^ "1886 – Camplin Cup". The Corowa Free Press newspaper – via Trove Newspapers.
^ "1894 – Yarrawonga DFA". Ovens and Murray Advertiser. 19 May 1894 – via Trove Newspapers.
^ "1898 – Yarrawonga & DFA". Cobram Courier. 25 August 1898 – via Trove Newspapers.
^ "1902 – Yarrawonga & BFA – Grand Final Review". Benalla Standard. 26 August 1902 – via Trove Newspapers.
^ "1939 - Rennie". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 15 September 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
^ "1940 - Football". Border Morning Mail. 28 August 1940. p. 5. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ "1948 - BURRAMINE'S ONE POINT WIN". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 13 September 1948. p. 7. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
^ "1912 - Yarrawonga & DFA - Grand Final match review". The Argus. 16 September 1912. p. 11. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.
^ "1912 - Football premiers honoured". The Corowa Free Press. 25 October 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via Trove NEwspapers.
^ "1950 - Murray Valley FL - Grand Final Review". The Corowa Free Press. 22 September 1950. p. 4 – via Trove Newspapers.
^ "1955 - Benalla Tungamah FL - Lawless Medal". The Argus. 2 September 1955. p. 22. Retrieved 28 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.

External links

[1] "1882 – Mulwala v Murray". The Corowa Free Press – via Trove Newspapers.

[2] "1886 – Camplin Cup". The Corowa Free Press newspaper – via Trove Newspapers.

[3] "1894 – Yarrawonga DFA". Ovens and Murray Advertiser. 19 May 1894 – via Trove Newspapers.

[4] "1898 – Yarrawonga & DFA". Cobram Courier. 25 August 1898 – via Trove Newspapers.

[5] "1902 – Yarrawonga & BFA – Grand Final Review". Benalla Standard. 26 August 1902 – via Trove Newspapers.

[6] "1939 - Rennie". The Corowa Free Press (NSW). 15 September 1939. p. 1. Retrieved 19 September 2021.

[7] "1940 - Football". Border Morning Mail. 28 August 1940. p. 5. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[8] "1948 - BURRAMINE'S ONE POINT WIN". Border Morning Mail (Albury, NSW). 13 September 1948. p. 7. Retrieved 18 September 2021.

[9] "1912 - Yarrawonga & DFA - Grand Final match review". The Argus. 16 September 1912. p. 11. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.

[10] "1912 - Football premiers honoured". The Corowa Free Press. 25 October 1912. p. 4. Retrieved 8 May 2020 – via Trove NEwspapers.

[11] "1950 - Murray Valley FL - Grand Final Review". The Corowa Free Press. 22 September 1950. p. 4 – via Trove Newspapers.

[12] "1955 - Benalla Tungamah FL - Lawless Medal". The Argus. 2 September 1955. p. 22. Retrieved 28 June 2020 – via Trove Newspapers.

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