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General Information

Founded	1893
Current clubs	Albury Albury Football Club The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at Albury.... Corowa Rutherglen Corowa Rutherglen Football Club The Corowa Rutherglen Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.... Lavington Lavington Football Club The Lavington Panthers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football and netball club competing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Lavington, a suburb of Albury, New South Wales.... Myrtleford Myrtleford Football Club The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River.... North Albury North Albury Football Club The North Albury Football Club, nicknamed The Hoppers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League . They are incorporated as part of the North Albury Sports Club licensed club at Bunton Park in North Albury, where they play their home matches. The club has... Wangaratta Wangaratta Football Club The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds.... Wangaratta Rovers Wangaratta Rovers Football Club The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval... Wodonga Wodonga Football Club The Wodonga Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Wodonga, Victoria.Wodonga made four consecutive grand finals from 1967 to 1970, winning two premierships.... Wodonga Raiders Wodonga Raiders Football Club The Wodonga Raiders FC, originally played in the Tallangatta & District Football League as the Kergunyah Football Club. This club once played in the Yackandandah DFA.... Yarrawonga Yarrawonga Football Club The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....
2010 Season
Premiers	Albury Albury Football Club The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at Albury....

The Ovens and Murray Football League, often referred to locally as the O&M, is a semi-professional

Semi-professional

A semi-professional athlete is one who is paid to play and thus is not an amateur, but for whom sport is not a full-time occupation, generally because the level of pay is too low to make a reasonable living based solely upon that source, thus making the athlete not a full professional...

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

league based around ten clubs in north-eastern Victoria and the southern Riverina

Riverina

The Riverina is an agricultural region of south-western New South Wales , Australia. The Riverina is distinguished from other Australian regions by the combination of flat plains, warm to hot climate and an ample supply of water for irrigation. This combination has allowed the Riverina to develop...

region of New South Wales, and affiliated with the Victorian Country Football League

Victorian Country Football League

The Victorian Country Football League is the governing body for Australian rules football in Victoria outside of metropolitan Melbourne on behalf of AFL Victoria...

. The current chairman of the league is Greg Claney and the current general manager is Tom O'Connor.

All clubs field teams in three grades - senior, reserve and under 18s - as well as three grades of women's netball

Netball

Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...

in an associated competition. A home and away season of eighteen rounds is played so that each club plays each other twice, followed by a series of finals involving the top five teams, played to a McIntyre System

McIntyre System

The McIntyre System, or systems because there have been five of them, is a playoff system that gives an advantage to teams or competitors qualifying higher...

schedule culminating in a Grand Final

Grand Final

Grand Final is a predominantly Australian sport term used to describe a match that decides a league champion.It originated in Victoria and South Australia and has become specifically significant Australian culture...

, usually played at the Lavington Sports Ground

Lavington Sports Ground

Lavington Sports Ground is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hamilton Valley, a suburb on the north-west fringe of Albury, New South Wales, Australia. The capacity of the venue is estimated at around 20,000...

. Attendances at games during the home and away season vary from 300 to 2,000, while the grand final can draw in excess of 15,000 spectators.

Beginnings

Organised competition in the area started as the Ovens & Murray Football Association in 1893, although it was interrupted in 1911 when Albury was excluded, with the competition renamed Rutherglen DFA for that season. Albury was readmitted in 1912 and after some club shuffling with The Chiltern & District FA, the competition reformed under the Ovens & Murray Football Association banner again in 1914.

After a three-year break due to World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

, the association reformed for the 1919 sesason with four clubs, Border United, Howlong, Lakes and Rutherglen. In 1920 the league didn't reform; the clubs moved to the Chiltern DFL.

The competition reformed in 1921 with Lakes Rovers, Rutherglen, St Patricks, Cowora, Springhurst and Wahgunyah. In 1922, larger town clubs Benalla and Wangaratta joined the OMFA whilst Wahgunyah and Springhurst moved to the Chiltern DFL. In 1926, the name was changed to its present form. Around this time the clubs contesting the league included Wangaratta, Hume Weir (which drew many of its players from workers constructing the Hume Dam

Lake Hume

Lake Hume is an artificial lake in Australia formed by the Hume Weir east of Albury-Wodonga on the Murray River just downstream of its junction with the Mitta River. The small towns of Tallangatta, Bonegilla and Bellbridge are located on the shores of Lake Hume...

at the time), Yarrawonga and two clubs from the town of Albury

Albury, New South Wales

Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...

, St Patricks and Albury (not to be confused with the present Albury

Albury Football Club

The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at 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 1929 the two clubs agreed to disband and form two new clubs, East Albury and West Albury, with the player base to be drawn geographically.

In 1930, Haydn Bunton was recruited from the league by Victoria Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

(VFL) club Fitzroy

Fitzroy Football Club

The Fitzroy Football Club, formerly nicknamed The Lions, is an Australian rules football club formed in 1883 to represent the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria and was a foundation member club of the Victorian Football League on its inception in 1897...

, where he became regarded as one of the best VFL players in the Depression era and would go on to win three Brownlow Medal

Brownlow Medal

The Chas Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "fairest and best" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game...

s. Bunton Park, where North Albury Football Club

North Albury Football Club

The North Albury Football Club, nicknamed The Hoppers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League . They are incorporated as part of the North Albury Sports Club licensed club at Bunton Park in North Albury, where they play their home matches. The club has...

is based, was not named after Haydn, but rather his brother Cleaver Bunton

Cleaver Bunton

Cleaver Ernest Bunton AO OBE was a long serving Mayor of Albury, New South Wales, Australia, who came to national prominence in 1975 when he was controversially appointed to the Senate.-Early life:...

, who was elected president of the O&MFL in 1930 and would serve in that role until 1969. (Cleaver would also later serve as mayor of Albury

Albury, New South Wales

for 30 years.)

Post-World War Two

In 1940, the league went into recess for the duration of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

, before full competition resumed in 1946. In 1947 North Albury

North Albury Football Club

was admitted, followed by Wangaratta Rovers

Wangaratta Rovers Football Club

The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval...

and Myrtleford

Myrtleford Football Club

The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River....

, who were admitted from the Ovens & King Football League

Ovens & King Football League

300px|thumb|right|O&K 2007 Thirds Grand Final between Whorouly and North WangarattaThe Ovens & King Football League is a minor country Australian rules football league based in Northeastern Victoria in the vicinity of Wangaratta and more recently Benalla....

in 1950. The Wangaratta Rovers would go on to dominate the O&M for the remainder of the 20th Century, winning fifteen premierships to date, a number only recently overhauled by Albury with their own streak of flags.

Throughout the 1950s and 1960s the league began to gain a reputation within Victoria as being the strongest competition outside the then VFL and VFA

Victorian Football League

The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...

. The best players were often recruited from the O&M to play for one of the "city" clubs, but it was not uncommon for a VFL player to retire from the "big" league and play in the O&M or another country league, and perhaps start a coaching career there as well, often at the same time as a playing coach. One notable example of this, as far as the O&M was concerned, was Bob Rose

Bob Rose (footballer)

Robert "Bob" Rose was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the VFL. He is widely regarded as the greatest player ever to play for Collingwood.-Playing career:...

, who retired from Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

as a player in 1955 and coached the Wangaratta Rovers

Wangaratta Rovers Football Club

to two premierships in 1958 and 1960, after which he returned to Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

to continue his coaching career.

1970s and 1980s

In 1968, the VFL introduced country recruitment zones

Zoning (Australian rules football)

In Australian rules football, zoning refers to a system whereby a given area, either region or lower-level football league, is reserved exclusively for one club....

throughout Victoria and Riverina

Riverina

, which limited the areas from which each VFL club could recruit. The O&MFL was allocated to North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

, and thus quite a few of the better players from the O&M came to play for the Kangaroos

North Melbourne Football Club

, contributing in part to that club's rise to success in the 1970s. These included Xavier Tanner

Xavier Tanner

Xavier Tanner is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

and John Longmire

John Longmire

John Longmire is the current coach of the Sydney Swans. As a player, he represented the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League from 1988 to 1999.-Early years:...

, who had won the O&M seniors leading goalkicker in a season in the 1980s with Corowa-Rutherglen

Corowa Rutherglen Football Club

The Corowa Rutherglen Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League....

before his move. The zoning system was discontinued in the late 1980s as the VFL/AFL introduced a draft system

AFL Draft

The AFL Draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.-History:...

.

In 1974 the O&MFL was disaffiliated by the Victorian Country Football League

Victorian Country Football League

The Victorian Country Football League is the governing body for Australian rules football in Victoria outside of metropolitan Melbourne on behalf of AFL Victoria...

(VCFL) when the O&MFL refused to accept an application from the Lavington Football Club

Lavington Football Club

The Lavington Panthers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football and netball club competing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Lavington, a suburb of Albury, New South Wales....

to join the league. By this stage the football club was based at the Lavington

Lavington, New South Wales

Lavington is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located north of the Albury Central Business District. At the 2006 census, Lavington had a population of 12 477....

Sports Club, an established licensed club, and was strong enough to field teams in both the Tallangatta League

Tallangatta & District Football League

The Tallangatta and District Football League is an Australian rules football competition in north-east Victoria and the southern/border region of the New South Wales Riverina...

and Hume Football League

Hume Football League

The Hume Football League is an Australian rules football competition in the southern Riverina region of New South Wales, with clubs coming from a number of farming communities. Some players also come from the city of Albury, which is at the south of the area covered by the league...

the following year.

The makeup of the competition remained stable until 1979, when Corowa

Corowa Football Club

The Corowa Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club was based in Corowa, New South Wales.Famous footballers who played for the club include Fred Swift, Peter Chisnall and John Hoiles....

and Rutherglen

Rutherglen Football Club

The Rutherglen Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing their home games in Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia.The current Rutherglen was created after the merger of Ovens & Murray Football League sides Rutherglen and Corowa in 1979. Surplus players formed the Rutherglen-Corowa FC...

merged into Corowa-Rutherglen

Corowa Rutherglen Football Club

The Corowa Rutherglen Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League....

, and the Lavington Football Club was finally admitted from the Farrer Football League

Farrer Football League

The Farrer Football Netball League is a semi-professional Australian rules football and netball competition containing eight clubs based in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The league features three grades in the Australian rules football competition, these being seniors, reserves...

, so the number of clubs remained at ten.

Lavington's home ground, the Lavington Sports Club Oval

Lavington Sports Ground

, provided an ideal venue for many sports as the sports club gradually developed it after its construction in the 1970s. The league has designated it as the venue for most of the league's grand finals since the 1980s. Recently, added assistance for the staging of the grand final through regional promotion and in-kind sponsorship has been provided by the Albury

Albury, New South Wales

City Council.

In 1983, after an unsuccessful debut season playing for Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...

the previous year, Gary Ablett played for Myrtleford

Myrtleford Football Club

in the O&M for a year, before he was recruited by Geelong

Geelong Football Club

The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...

where he recommenced his career in the VFL/AFL and established himself as one of the code's best players, being inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame

Australian Football Hall of Fame

The Australian Football Hall of Fame was established in 1996, the Centenary year of the Australian Football League, to help recognise the contributions made to the sport of Australian rules football by players, umpires, media personalities, coaches and administrators. It was initially established...

in 2005.

By the late 1980s, the Wodonga Demons of the Tallangatta League

Tallangatta & District Football League

The Tallangatta and District Football League is an Australian rules football competition in north-east Victoria and the southern/border region of the New South Wales Riverina...

had made a number of bids to join the O&M, and in 1989 were accepted into the competition to serve the west of the city of Wodonga

Wodonga, Victoria

Wodonga is a small city on the Victorian side of the border with New South Wales, north-east of Melbourne, Australia. Adjacent to Wodonga across the border is the New South Wales city of Albury. Wodonga is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Wodonga LGA...

, based at Birralee Park. They changed their name to the Wodonga Raiders Football Club

Wodonga Raiders Football Club

The Wodonga Raiders FC, originally played in the Tallangatta & District Football League as the Kergunyah Football Club. This club once played in the Yackandandah DFA....

so as to not cause confusion with the Benalla Demons

Benalla Football Club

The Benalla Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Goulburn Valley Football League.The club is based in Benalla, Victoria....

and the long established Wodonga Football Club

Wodonga Football Club

The Wodonga Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Wodonga, Victoria.Wodonga made four consecutive grand finals from 1967 to 1970, winning two premierships....

Recent years

In 1996, after a string of unsuccessful seasons in the O&M, Benalla moved to the Goulburn Valley Football League

Goulburn Valley Football League

The Goulburn Valley Football League is an Australian rules football competition based in the Goulburn Valley region of Victoria, Australia...

. In 2000 the Penrith Panthers Leagues Club, financiers of the Penrith Panthers

Penrith Panthers

The Penrith Panthers are an Australian professional rugby league football team based in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership, the top rugby league football competition in Australasia. For the 2012 NRL season they will be coached by Ivan...

National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...

team, merged with the Lavington Sports Club. As a result, the Lavington Football Club changed their nickname from the Blues to the Panthers, added "Panthers" to their title, and adopted a guernsey in the same colours as the NRL Panthers, but in the Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide Football Club

The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...

AFL pattern.

Also around this time, the Wagga Tigers Football Club, which had dominated the Riverina Football League

Riverina Football League

The Riverina Football Netball League is a semi-professional Australian rules football and netball competition containing nine clubs based in the Riverina region of New South Wales, Australia. The league features three grades in the Australian rules football competition, these being seniors,...

, made a bid to join the O&MFL; however, partially due to concerns from the league's southern clubs about travel times, the bid was rejected. The Wagga Tigers then successfully bid to join the AFL Canberra

AFL Canberra

AFL Canberra is the governing body for Australian rules football in the Australian Capital Territory.In November 2010 the five AFL Canberra Premier Division clubs merged with the Premier Division clubs of the Queensland Australian Football League to form the North East Australian Football League...

.

In 2000 the O&MFL, in an association with the AFL

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

North Melbourne Football Club

, fielded a team in the Victorian Football League

Victorian Football League

called the Murray Kangaroos

Murray Kangaroos Football Club

Murray Kangaroos Football Club, officially nicknamed The Kangaroos, was an Australian rules football club which competed in the Victorian Football League between 2000 and 2002...

, playing home games between Coburg

Coburg City Oval

Coburg City Oval is an Australian rules football/cricket stadium located in Coburg, Australia. It is home to the Coburg Tigers Football Club and the Coburg Cricket Club and served as the home ground for the North Melbourne Football Club in the 1965 VFL season only.The oval is fenced off to the...

and Lavington. However, due to concerns from O&M clubs about player availability, the Kangaroos about travel time, and poor attendances compared with O&M league games, the venture was discontinued after three seasons and the Kangaroos subsequently set up an affiliation with the established VFL club Port Melbourne

Port Melbourne Football Club

The Port Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Borough, is an Australian rules football club based in the Melbourne suburb of Port Melbourne and is currently playing in the Victorian Football League ....

Junior Development

More successful has been the Murray Bushrangers

Murray Bushrangers

Murray Bushrangers is an Australian rules football team playing in TAC Cup since 1993 based in Wangaratta. The team trains in WJ Findlay Oval. The team is coached by Darren Ogier...

TAC Cup

The TAC Cup is an under 18 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria, Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing 12 Victorian regions....

Under 18s side, who play their home games in Wangaratta

Wangaratta, Victoria

Wangaratta is a cathedral city of almost 17,000 people in the northeast of Victoria, Australia, about from Melbourne along the Hume Highway, with Benalla to the southwest, and Albury-Wodonga to the northeast. It is located at the junction of the Ovens and King rivers which flow from the...

; prior to the AFL national draft and the inception of the TAC Cup

TAC Cup

, young players in the area would usually play through the grades with their local club, with less likelihood of being scouted by the recruitment staff from AFL clubs. Although there has been some concern from clubs about these players being removed from the local competition, the ones that do not get drafted usually return to their home clubs to play locally once they come of age.

Even in that case, there is some chance that a late-maturing "older" player in their early 20s will be drafted by an AFL club. Several notable examples to be drafted directly from the O&MFL include Fraser Gehrig

Fraser Gehrig

Fraser Gehrig is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles...

(Wodonga Raiders

Wodonga Raiders Football Club

The Wodonga Raiders FC, originally played in the Tallangatta & District Football League as the Kergunyah Football Club. This club once played in the Yackandandah DFA....

/West Coast Eagles

West Coast Eagles

The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...

/St Kilda), Guy Rigoni

Guy Rigoni

Guy Rigoni is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne in the Australian Football League . He began his career in 1998, and played every game that season. In later years he started developing back problems that limited his appearances, but he finally reached his 100th game in...

(Myrtleford

Myrtleford Football Club

/Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

), and Brett Kirk

Brett Kirk

Brett Kirk is a former Australian rules football player of the Sydney Swans, and is known colloquially as "Kirky", "Captain Kirk", during the 2005 AFL Finals Series, "Captain Blood" and by teammates as "Hippy". Kirk is a hard working and onfield leader who has played in a premiership with the...

(North Albury

North Albury Football Club

/Sydney Swans

Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...

).

Currently, all clubs field sides in the under 18s competition, aside from Myrtleford, which fields a joint team with the Bright Football Club as the Alpine Eagles.

Current clubs

Club	Nickname	Jumper	Joined	Location	No. of Premierships	Premiership Years	Official Website
Albury Albury Football Club The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at Albury....	Tigers		1896	Albury Albury, New South Wales Albury is a major regional city in New South Wales, Australia, located on the Hume Highway on the northern side of the Murray River. It is located wholly within the boundaries of the City of Albury Local Government Area...	18	1902, 1908, 1913, 1928, 1937, 1939-40, 1947, 1956, 1966, 1982, 1985, 1995-96-97, 2009-10-11	official site
Corowa Rutherglen Corowa Rutherglen Football Club The Corowa Rutherglen Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League....	Kangaroos		1979	Corowa	2	2000, 2003	official site
Lavington	Panthers		1979	Lavington Lavington, New South Wales Lavington is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located north of the Albury Central Business District. At the 2006 census, Lavington had a population of 12 477....	4	1983, 1986, 2001, 2005	official site
Myrtleford Myrtleford Football Club The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River....	Saints		1950	Myrtleford	1	1970	official site
North Albury North Albury Football Club The North Albury Football Club, nicknamed The Hoppers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League . They are incorporated as part of the North Albury Sports Club licensed club at Bunton Park in North Albury, where they play their home matches. The club has...	Hoppers		1947	North Albury North Albury, New South Wales North Albury is a suburb of the city of Albury, New South Wales, located north of the Albury Central Business District. At the 2006 census, North Albury had a population of 6089....	6	1948, 1955, 1980, 1984, 1999, 2002	official site
Wangaratta Wangaratta Football Club The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds....	Magpies		1893	Wangaratta	14	1925, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1949-50-51-52, 1957, 1961, 1976, 2007-08	official site
Wangaratta Rovers Wangaratta Rovers Football Club The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval...	Hawks		1950	Wangaratta	15	1958, 1960, 1964-65, 1971-72, 1974-75, 1977-78-79, 1988, 1991, 1993-94	official site
Wodonga Wodonga Football Club The Wodonga Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Wodonga, Victoria.Wodonga made four consecutive grand finals from 1967 to 1970, winning two premierships....	Bulldogs		1939	Wodonga	7	1967, 1969, 1981, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2004	official site
Wodonga Raiders Wodonga Raiders Football Club The Wodonga Raiders FC, originally played in the Tallangatta & District Football League as the Kergunyah Football Club. This club once played in the Yackandandah DFA....	Raiders		1989	Wodonga	1	1998	official site
Yarrawonga Yarrawonga Football Club The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....	Pigeons		1929	Yarrawonga	3	1959, 1989, 2006	official site

Premiership table

Premierships	Football
CLUB	SENIORS	RESERVES	UNDER 19s	TOTAL
Albury (1896-)	18	2	1	20
Balldale (1909–1913)	0	0	0	0
Barnawartha (1911–1919)	0	0	0	0
Beechworth (1893–1915)	3	0	0	3
Benalla (1946–1996)	4	3	2	9
Border United (1895–1947)	1	0	0	1
Chiltern (1893–1911)	0	0	0	0
Corowa (1898–1978)	2	1	0	3
Corowa-Rutherglen (1979-)	2	2	3	7
East Albury (1929–1950)	0	0	0	0
Eldoraldo (1893)	0	0	0	0
Excelsior (1896–1910)	1	0	0	1
Howlong (1911–1914)	1	0	0	0
Hume Weir (1924–1925)	0	0	0	0
Lake Rovers (1903–1919)	3	0	0	3
Lavington (1979-)	4	1	1	6
Lilliput (1894)	0	0	0	0
Myrtleford (1950-)	1	2	1	4
North Albury (1947-)	6	2	0	8
Rutherglen (1893–1978)	15	0	0	15
Southern (1898–1907)	0	0	0	0
Springhurst (1921)	0	0	0	0
St. Patrick's (1921–1934)	6	0	0	6
United Miners (1894–1895)	0	0	0	0
Wahgunyah (1908 + 1921)	0	0	0	0
Wangaratta (1893-)	13	4	3	20
Wangaratta Rovers (1950-)	15	7	7	29
Wangaratta West End (1893)	0	0	0	0
Weir United (1930–1931)	2	0	0	2
West Albury (1929–1932)	1	0	0	1
Wodonga (1939-)	7	19	12	38
Wodonga Raiders (1989-)	1	4	2	7
Yarrawonga (1929-)	3	5	0	8

NOTES:

1893-1910: Ovens & Murray Football Association

1911-1913: Rutherglen & District Football Association

1914-1915: Ovens & Murray Football Association

1916-1918: Recess - World War I

1919-1925: Ovens & Murray Football Association

1926-1940: Ovens And Murray Football League

1941-1945: Recess - World War II

1946-2009: Ovens And Murray Football League

Most Premierships/CLUB/PREMIERSHIP YEARS

18/Albury/1902, 1908, 1913, 1928, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1947, 1956, 1966, 1982, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2009, 2010, 2011

15/Rutherglen/1895, 1896, 1898, 1899, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1907, 1909, 1910, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1936, 1954

15/Wangaratta Rovers/1958, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994

14/Wangaratta/1925, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1961, 1976, 2007, 2008

7/Wodonga/1967, 1969, 1981, 1987, 1990, 1992, 2004

6/St Patrick's/1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1926, 1927

6/North Albury/1948, 1955, 1980, 1984, 1999, 2002

4/Benalla/1953, 1962, 1963, 1973 (Left O&M and joined GVFL in 1998)

4/Lavington/1983, 1986, 2001, 2005

3/Yarrawonga/1959, 1989, 2006

3/Lake Rovers/1905, 1906, 1919

2/Weir United/1930, 1931

2/Corowa/1932, 1968

2/Corowa-Rutherglen/2000, 2003 (merged 1979)

1/Howlong 1911

1/West Albury/1929

1/Border United/1934

1/Myrtleford/1970

1/Wodonga Raiders/1998

Interleague competition

The O&M has won the first division of the Victorian Country Football League

Victorian Country Football League

The Victorian Country Football League is the governing body for Australian rules football in Victoria outside of metropolitan Melbourne on behalf of AFL Victoria...

interleague championship fourteen times, the most recent victory being in 2006. In interleague competition the team wears a gold guernsey, emblazoned with a modern-style black and gold "O&M" logo, and black shorts.

Morris Medal

The Morris Medal is given for the best and fairest player in the O&MFL during the home and away season, similar to the AFL

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

's Brownlow Medal

Brownlow Medal

. In the week preceding the grand final, a vote count is held to decide the recipient of the award. The player who has won the most Morris Medals is Robbie Walker, who won five whilst playing for the Wangaratta Rovers

Wangaratta Rovers Football Club

, followed by Jim Sandral

Jim Sandral

Jim Sandral is a former Australian rules football player who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

(Corowa

Corowa Football Club

) and John Brunner (Yarrawonga

Yarrawonga Football Club

The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....

) with three apiece. The list of Morris Medallists follows:

1933. Fred Carey (Wangaratta
Wangaratta Football Club
The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds....

)
1934. H Ball (Yarrawonga
Yarrawonga Football Club
The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....

)
1935. Noel Barnett
Noel Barnett
Noel Barnett was an Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

(Albury
Albury Football Club
The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at Albury....

)
1936. A Mccauley (Rutherglen
Rutherglen Football Club
The Rutherglen Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing their home games in Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia.The current Rutherglen was created after the merger of Ovens & Murray Football League sides Rutherglen and Corowa in 1979. Surplus players formed the Rutherglen-Corowa FC...

)
1937. G Hayes (Yarrawonga
Yarrawonga Football Club
The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....

)
1938. Kelt Emery (Wodonga
Wodonga Football Club
The Wodonga Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Wodonga, Victoria.Wodonga made four consecutive grand finals from 1967 to 1970, winning two premierships....

)
1939. Bill Francis (Rutherglen
Rutherglen Football Club
The Rutherglen Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing their home games in Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia.The current Rutherglen was created after the merger of Ovens & Murray Football League sides Rutherglen and Corowa in 1979. Surplus players formed the Rutherglen-Corowa FC...

)
1940. Gordon Strang
Gordon Strang
Gordon "Cocker" Strang was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League for the Richmond Football Club between 1931 and 1936....

(Wodonga
Wodonga Football Club
The Wodonga Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Wodonga, Victoria.Wodonga made four consecutive grand finals from 1967 to 1970, winning two premierships....

)
1946. A Dunn (Rutherglen
Rutherglen Football Club
The Rutherglen Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing their home games in Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia.The current Rutherglen was created after the merger of Ovens & Murray Football League sides Rutherglen and Corowa in 1979. Surplus players formed the Rutherglen-Corowa FC...

)
1947. Keith Williams
Keith Williams (Australian footballer)
Keith Williams was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy in the Victorian Football League .Williams was signed by Fitzroy in 1947, while he was completing a Morris Medal winning season with Corowa in the Ovens & Murray Football League...

(Corowa
Corowa Football Club
The Corowa Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club was based in Corowa, New South Wales.Famous footballers who played for the club include Fred Swift, Peter Chisnall and John Hoiles....

)
1948. Alec White (Yarrawonga
Yarrawonga Football Club
The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....

)
1949. Jack Eames
Jack Eames
Jack Eames was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Victorian Football League .Eames was one of many present and future VFL footballers who served in World War II...

(Wodonga
Wodonga Football Club
The Wodonga Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Wodonga, Victoria.Wodonga made four consecutive grand finals from 1967 to 1970, winning two premierships....

)
1950. A Dunn (Rutherglen
Rutherglen Football Club
The Rutherglen Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing their home games in Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia.The current Rutherglen was created after the merger of Ovens & Murray Football League sides Rutherglen and Corowa in 1979. Surplus players formed the Rutherglen-Corowa FC...

)
1951. N Hawking (Rutherglen
Rutherglen Football Club
The Rutherglen Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing their home games in Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia.The current Rutherglen was created after the merger of Ovens & Murray Football League sides Rutherglen and Corowa in 1979. Surplus players formed the Rutherglen-Corowa FC...

)
1952. Norm Webb (Wodonga
Wodonga Football Club
The Wodonga Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Wodonga, Victoria.Wodonga made four consecutive grand finals from 1967 to 1970, winning two premierships....

)
1953. Tim Lowe (Wangaratta
Wangaratta Football Club
The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds....

)
1954. Kevin Hurley (Benalla
Benalla Football Club
The Benalla Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Goulburn Valley Football League.The club is based in Benalla, Victoria....

)
1955. Ray Preston (Wangaratta
Wangaratta Football Club
The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds....

)
1956. Lance Mann
Lance Mann
Lance Mann is a professional footrunner and a former Australian rules footballer in the Victorian Football League .-Footballer :A talented wingman, Mann was recruited from the Albury Football Club....

(Albury
Albury Football Club
The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at Albury....

)
1957. Neil Currie (Myrtleford
Myrtleford Football Club
The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River....

) and Lance Oswald (Wangaratta
Wangaratta Football Club
The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds....

)
1958. Jim Deane
Jim Deane
Jim Deane was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the VFL and South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....

(Myrtleford
Myrtleford Football Club
The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River....

) and Bob Rose
Bob Rose (footballer)
Robert "Bob" Rose was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the VFL. He is widely regarded as the greatest player ever to play for Collingwood.-Playing career:...

(Wangaratta Rovers
Wangaratta Rovers Football Club
The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval...

) 21
1959. Jim Sandral
Jim Sandral
Jim Sandral is a former Australian rules football player who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

(Corowa
Corowa Football Club
The Corowa Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club was based in Corowa, New South Wales.Famous footballers who played for the club include Fred Swift, Peter Chisnall and John Hoiles....

)
1960. Bob Rose
Bob Rose (footballer)
Robert "Bob" Rose was an Australian rules footballer and coach in the VFL. He is widely regarded as the greatest player ever to play for Collingwood.-Playing career:...

(Wangaratta Rovers
Wangaratta Rovers Football Club
The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval...

)
1961. Jim Deane
Jim Deane
Jim Deane was a former Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the VFL and South Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League ....

(Myrtleford
Myrtleford Football Club
The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River....

)
1962. Jim Sandral
Jim Sandral
Jim Sandral is a former Australian rules football player who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

(Corowa
Corowa Football Club
The Corowa Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club was based in Corowa, New South Wales.Famous footballers who played for the club include Fred Swift, Peter Chisnall and John Hoiles....

)

1963. K Bennett (Albury
Albury Football Club
The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at Albury....

)
1964. D. Sykes (North Albury
North Albury Football Club
The North Albury Football Club, nicknamed The Hoppers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League . They are incorporated as part of the North Albury Sports Club licensed club at Bunton Park in North Albury, where they play their home matches. The club has...

) and Jim Sandral
Jim Sandral
Jim Sandral is a former Australian rules football player who played for Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

(Corowa
Corowa Football Club
The Corowa Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club was based in Corowa, New South Wales.Famous footballers who played for the club include Fred Swift, Peter Chisnall and John Hoiles....

)
1965. J Ambrose (Albury
Albury Football Club
The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at Albury....

) and Alby Dunn
Alby Dunn
Alby Dunn is a former Australian rules footballer who played for South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League during the 1960s....

(Corowa
Corowa Football Club
The Corowa Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club was based in Corowa, New South Wales.Famous footballers who played for the club include Fred Swift, Peter Chisnall and John Hoiles....

)
1966. Neville Hogan (Wangaratta Rovers
Wangaratta Rovers Football Club
The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval...

)
1967. Gary Williamson
Gary Williamson
Gary Williamson was an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

(Wodonga
Wodonga Football Club
The Wodonga Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Wodonga, Victoria.Wodonga made four consecutive grand finals from 1967 to 1970, winning two premierships....

)
1968. John Waddington
John Waddington (footballer)
John Waddington is a former Australian rules footballer who played with North Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

(Benalla
Benalla Football Club
The Benalla Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Goulburn Valley Football League.The club is based in Benalla, Victoria....

)
1969. Jeff Hemphill (Wangaratta
Wangaratta Football Club
The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds....

)
1970. John Clancy (Corowa
Corowa Football Club
The Corowa Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club was based in Corowa, New South Wales.Famous footballers who played for the club include Fred Swift, Peter Chisnall and John Hoiles....

)
1971. John Clancy (Corowa
Corowa Football Club
The Corowa Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club was based in Corowa, New South Wales.Famous footballers who played for the club include Fred Swift, Peter Chisnall and John Hoiles....

)
1972. Bruce Waite
Bruce Waite
Bruce Waite is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the Victorian Football League during the late 1960s.A ruckman from Albury, Waite often played in a forward pocket for Essendon...

(Myrtleford
Myrtleford Football Club
The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River....

)
1973. John Smith (North Albury
North Albury Football Club
The North Albury Football Club, nicknamed The Hoppers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League . They are incorporated as part of the North Albury Sports Club licensed club at Bunton Park in North Albury, where they play their home matches. The club has...

)
1974. A Way (Corowa
Corowa Football Club
The Corowa Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club was based in Corowa, New South Wales.Famous footballers who played for the club include Fred Swift, Peter Chisnall and John Hoiles....

)
1975. Andrew Scott
Andrew Scott (Australian footballer)
Andrew John Scott is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League .Scott made his senior VFL debut in 1972, when Hawthorn were reigning premiers...

(Wangaratta Rovers
Wangaratta Rovers Football Club
The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval...

) and Jack O'Halloran (Wangaratta
Wangaratta Football Club
The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds....

)
1976. Jack O'Halloran (Wangaratta
Wangaratta Football Club
The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds....

), Mike Andrews (Myrtleford
Myrtleford Football Club
The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River....

) and G O'Brien (Wangaratta Rovers
Wangaratta Rovers Football Club
The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval...

)
1977. R Page (Myrtleford
Myrtleford Football Club
The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River....

) and K Boundy (Rutherglen
Rutherglen Football Club
The Rutherglen Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing their home games in Rutherglen, Victoria, Australia.The current Rutherglen was created after the merger of Ovens & Murray Football League sides Rutherglen and Corowa in 1979. Surplus players formed the Rutherglen-Corowa FC...

)
1978. M Mills (Corowa
Corowa Football Club
The Corowa Football Club were an Australian rules football club which competed in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club was based in Corowa, New South Wales.Famous footballers who played for the club include Fred Swift, Peter Chisnall and John Hoiles....

)
1979. P Howard (Myrtleford
Myrtleford Football Club
The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River....

)
1980. P Howard (Myrtleford
Myrtleford Football Club
The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River....

)
1981. Rod Coelli
Rod Coelli
Rod Coelli is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League .Coelli was recruited from the Narrandera Imperials, in New South Wales...

(Albury
Albury Football Club
The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at Albury....

)
1982. Peter Gorski (Albury
Albury Football Club
The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at Albury....

)
1983. Terry Burgess (Myrtleford
Myrtleford Football Club
The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River....

)
1984. Rudy Yonson
Rudy Yonson
Rudy Yonson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Sydney in the Victorian Football League .-Australian rules football career:...

(North Albury
North Albury Football Club
The North Albury Football Club, nicknamed The Hoppers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League . They are incorporated as part of the North Albury Sports Club licensed club at Bunton Park in North Albury, where they play their home matches. The club has...

)
1985. Ralph Aalbers (Lavington
Lavington Football Club
The Lavington Panthers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football and netball club competing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Lavington, a suburb of Albury, New South Wales....

)
1986. Les Parish
Les Parish
Les 'Salty' Parish was an Australian rules footballer who played with Fitzroy and Melbourne in the Victorian Football League ....

(Yarrawonga
Yarrawonga Football Club
The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....

)
1987. R Hamilton (Lavington
Lavington Football Club
The Lavington Panthers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football and netball club competing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Lavington, a suburb of Albury, New South Wales....

)

1988. John Brunner (Yarrawonga
Yarrawonga Football Club
The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....

)
1989. Brett Allen (Wodonga
Wodonga Football Club
The Wodonga Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Wodonga, Victoria.Wodonga made four consecutive grand finals from 1967 to 1970, winning two premierships....

) and John Brunner (Yarrawonga
Yarrawonga Football Club
The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....

)
1990. Jamie Ronke (Benalla
Benalla Football Club
The Benalla Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Goulburn Valley Football League.The club is based in Benalla, Victoria....

)
1991. Robbie Walker (Wangaratta Rovers
Wangaratta Rovers Football Club
The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval...

)
1992. Steven Murphy (Wodonga
Wodonga Football Club
The Wodonga Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Wodonga, Victoria.Wodonga made four consecutive grand finals from 1967 to 1970, winning two premierships....

)
1993. Tim Scott
Tim Scott (footballer)
Tim Scott is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League ....

(Albury
Albury Football Club
The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at Albury....

)
1994. Tim Scott
Tim Scott (footballer)
Tim Scott is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League ....

(Albury
Albury Football Club
The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at Albury....

) and John Kingston (Corowa-Rutherglen
Corowa Rutherglen Football Club
The Corowa Rutherglen Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League....

)
1995. Ken Howe (Albury
Albury Football Club
The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at Albury....

)
1996. Leigh Newton
Leigh Newton
Leigh Newton is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League . Newton, a ruckman, played 13 matches for Melbourne in his first season at the club, 1997. After being struck down by injuries the next two seasons and not playing a...

(Albury
Albury Football Club
The Albury Football Club are an Australian rules football club which compete in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in Albury, New South Wales.Two Brownlow Medallists, Haydn Bunton senior and Denis Ryan, both started their career at Albury....

)
1997. Robbie Walker (Wangaratta Rovers
Wangaratta Rovers Football Club
The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval...

)
1998. Mark Lambertini (Myrtleford
Myrtleford Football Club
The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River....

)
1999. Robbie Walker (Wangaratta Rovers
Wangaratta Rovers Football Club
The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval...

) and Corey Lambert (North Albury
North Albury Football Club
The North Albury Football Club, nicknamed The Hoppers, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League . They are incorporated as part of the North Albury Sports Club licensed club at Bunton Park in North Albury, where they play their home matches. The club has...

)
2000. John Brunner (Yarrawonga
Yarrawonga Football Club
The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....

)
2001. Robbie Walker (Wangaratta Rovers
Wangaratta Rovers Football Club
The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval...

)
2002. Tim Hargreaves
Tim Hargreaves
Tim Hargreaves is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn and Geelong in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....

(Yarrawonga
Yarrawonga Football Club
The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....

) and Dustin Burns (Wodonga Raiders
Wodonga Raiders Football Club
The Wodonga Raiders FC, originally played in the Tallangatta & District Football League as the Kergunyah Football Club. This club once played in the Yackandandah DFA....

)
2003. Robbie Walker (Wangaratta Rovers
Wangaratta Rovers Football Club
The Wangaratta Rovers, officially known as the Wangaratta Rovers Football & Netball Club are an Australian rules football club based in Wangaratta, Victoria. They play in the Ovens & Murray Football League, which they joined in 1950. Their nickname is the Hawks. Their home ground is WJ Findlay Oval...

)
2004. Ryan Mackenzie (Corowa-Rutherglen
Corowa Rutherglen Football Club
The Corowa Rutherglen Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League....

)
2005. Brad Murray (Myrtleford
Myrtleford Football Club
The Myrtleford Football Club, nicknamed the Saints, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League .The club is based in the town of Myrtleford, in north east Victoria on the Ovens River....

)
2006. Craig Ednie
Craig Ednie
Craig Ednie is an Australian rules footballer who played with Richmond in the Australian Football League .Ednie, who Richmond secured in the 2000 rookie draft, played just one season of senior AFL football. He had 17 disposals and kicked a goal on his debut, against Melbourne at Docklands...

(Yarrawonga
Yarrawonga Football Club
The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....

)
2007. Jonathon McCormick
Jonathon McCormick
Jonathon "Jon" McCormick is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Carlton in the Australian Football League . After being delisted by the Blues at the end of 2004, McCormick returned to his former team, Wangaratta, to play in the Ovens & Murray Football League...

(Wangaratta
Wangaratta Football Club
The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds....

)
2008. Jake Ryan (Corowa-Rutherglen
Corowa Rutherglen Football Club
The Corowa Rutherglen Football Club, nicknamed the Kangaroos, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League....

)
2009. Michael Stevens
Michael Stevens (footballer)
Michael Stevens is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide and the Kangaroos in the Australian Football League ....

(Yarrawonga
Yarrawonga Football Club
The Yarrawonga Football Club, nicknamed the Pigeons, is an Australian Rules Football club playing in the Ovens & Murray Football League.The club is based in the town of Yarrawonga, Victoria located on the Murray River....

)
2010. Jamie Allan (Wangaratta
Wangaratta Football Club
The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club is an Australian rules football club which play in the Ovens and Murray Football League based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds....

)

The 1990 Bloodbath Grand Final

Shortly after the commencement of the 1990 grand final between Wodonga

Wodonga Football Club

and Lavington

Lavington Football Club

, played at the Albury Sportsground, most of the players of the two teams became involved in a bench-clearing brawl. As the game was televised by a local TV station, the footage received sensationalistic national media coverage where the brawl was generally described as a shocking indictment on the code. Even though over a decade had elapsed, comparisons to this incident were made after the 2004 AFL Cairns

AFL Cairns

The Australian Football League Cairns is a semi-professional Australian rules football league that includes clubs from the Cairns region in Queensland, Australia...

Grand Final descended into a similar fracas. http://www.realfooty.theage.com.au/realfooty/articles/2004/09/24/1095961857620.html?from=storyrhs

Wodonga

Wodonga Football Club

eventually won the match by 20 points and thus the premiership, and the league tribunal handed out a number of lengthy suspensions to players from both sides for the following season. Incidentally, the result marked the second premiership for Wodonga's coach of that time, Jeff Gieschen

Jeff Gieschen

Jeff Gieschen is a former Australian rules football player who played in the Victorian Football League between 1974 and 1978 for the Footscray Football Club. He was senior coach of the Richmond Football Club from late in the 1997 season until the end of 1999...

, his first for the club being in 1987, before he went on to coach West Perth

West Perth Football Club

The West Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Falcons, is an Australian rules football club located in Joondalup, Western Australia, competing in the West Australian Football League . It is the oldest existing Australian rules football club in Western Australia. It competes in the West Australian...

and then an ill-fated stint at Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

in 1997-1999.

2007 Ladder

Ovens & Murray FL	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Wangaratta	14	4	1945	1306	148.93%	56
Yarrawonga	14	4	1809	1215	148.89%	56
North Albury	12	6	1887	1485	127.07%	48
Wodonga	11	7	1599	1263	126.60%	44
Wang Rovers	11	7	1682	1376	122.24%	44
Albury	10	8	1704	1611	105.77%	40
Lavington	6	12	1558	1736	89.75%	24
Wodonga Raiders	6	12	1361	2103	64.72%	24
Corowa-Rutherglen	3	15	1434	1871	76.64%	12
Myrtleford	3	15	1247	2260	55.18%	12

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Wodonga	13	11	89	Wangaratta Rovers	11	12	78
Qualifying	North Albury	15	14	104	Yarrawonga	8	11	59
1st Semi	Wodonga	16	12	108	Yarrawonga	11	13	79
2nd Semi	North Albury	12	10	82	Wangaratta	11	6	72
Preliminary	Wangaratta	15	15	105	Wodonga	10	11	71
Grand	Wangaratta	15	10	100	North Albury	6	13	49

2008 Ladder

Ovens & Murray FL	Wins	Losses	Draws	For	Against	%	Pts
Wangaratta	15	2	1	2149	1236	173.87%	62
Corowa-Rutherglen	13	5	0	1769	1390	127.27%	52
Lavington	12	6	0	1842	1373	134.16%	48
Wodonga	12	6	0	1646	1388	118.59%	48
Yarrawonga	10	8	0	1905	1572	121.18%	40
Albury	9	8	1	1652	1532	107.83%	38
Wang Rovers	8	10	0	1679	1441	116.52%	32
North Albury	8	10	0	1779	1665	106.85%	32
Wodonga Raiders	2	16	0	1080	2264	47.70%	8
Myrtleford	0	18	0	813	2453	33.14%	0

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Wodonga	11	10	76	Yarrawonga	9	12	66
Qualifying	Corowa-Rutherglen	11	15	81	Lavington	13	10	88
1st Semi	Wodonga	18	8	116	Corowa-Rutherglen	10	8	68
2nd Semi	Wangaratta	10	12	72	Lavington	8	8	56
Preliminary	Lavington	12	18	90	Wodonga	13	9	87
Grand	Wangaratta	12	14	86	Lavington	7	12	54

2009 Ladder

Ovens & Murray FL	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Albury	18	0	2383	1295	184.02%	72
Yarrawonga	15	3	2029	1300	156.08%	60
Wodonga	11	7	1851	1284	144.16%	44
Wangaratta	10	8	1898	1380	137.54%	40
Corowa-Rutherglen	9	9	1751	1480	118.31%	36
Lavington	9	9	1488	1592	93.47%	36
North Albury	8	10	1548	1612	96.03%	32
Wodonga Raiders	5	13	1480	1640	90.24%	20
Wang Rovers	5	13	1366	1545	88.41%	20
Myrtleford	0	18	569	3235	17.59%	0

FINALS

Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Wangaratta	17	18	120	Corowa-Rutherglen	6	13	49
Qualifying	Yarrawonga	17	11	113	Wodonga	15	8	98
1st Semi	Wodonga	15	11	101	Wangaratta	13	17	95
2nd Semi	Albury	18	16	124	Yarrawonga	10	9	69
Preliminary	Yarrawonga	15	10	100	Wodonga	6	11	47
Grand	Albury	22	13	145	Yarrawonga	9	14	68

2010 Ladder

Ovens & Murray FL	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Albury	17	1	2343	1143	204.99%	68
Yarrawonga	16	2	1870	1140	164.04%	64
North Albury	12	6	1728	1333	129.63%	48
Wodonga Raiders	12	6	1588	1314	120.85%	48
Wangaratta Rovers	9	9	1462	1378	106.10%	36
Wangaratta	9	9	1523	1503	101.33%	36
Wodonga	7	11	1441	1522	94.68%	28
Lavington	6	12	1419	1570	90.38%	24
Corowa-Rutherglen	2	16	1148	1935	59.33%	8
Myrtleford	0	18	746	2430	30.70%	0

FINALS
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Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Wodonga Raiders	13	15	93	Wangaratta Rovers	9	15	69
Qualifying	Yarrawonga	20	12	132	North Albury	3	9	27
1st Semi	North Albury	17	7	109	Wodonga Raiders	9	9	63
2nd Semi	Albury	3	11	29	Yarrawonga	2	6	18
Preliminary	Yarrawonga	15	16	106	North Albury	9	11	65
Grand	Albury	13	11	89	Yarrawonga	11	13	79

2011 Ladder

Ovens & Murray FL	Wins	Losses	For	Against	%	Pts
Albury	16	2	2397	1139	210.45%	64
Lavington	15	3	1749	1366	128.04%	60
Yarrawonga	14	4	1861	1302	142.93%	56
Wangaratta	11	7	1671	1378	121.26%	44
Wodonga Raiders	9	9	1450	1523	95.21%	36
North Albury	8	10	1450	1496	96.93%	32
Myrtleford	6	12	1165	1756	66.34%	24
Corowa-Rutherglen	5	13	1279	1901	67.28%	20
Wangaratta Rovers	4	14	1127	1549	72.76%	16
Wodonga	2	16	1016	1755	57.89%	8

FINALS
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Final	Team	G	B	Pts	Team	G	B	Pts
Elimination	Wangaratta	8	9	57	Wodonga Raiders	9	15	69
Qualifying	Lavington	8	16	64	Yarrawonga	16	5	101
1st Semi	Lavington	14	22	106	Wodonga Raiders	7	5	47
2nd Semi	Albury	23	6	144	Yarrawonga	16	7	103
Preliminary	Yarrawonga	13	14	92	Lavington	13	11	89
Grand	Albury	15	13	103	Yarrawonga	14	10	94

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