Bunnaloo Football Club

The Bunnaloo Football Club was an Australian rules football club based in the town of Bunnaloo, New South Wales, which first formed in 1927, before disbanding in the 1929. The team reformed in 1952 to join the newly created Echuca Football League, before folding at the end of the 1989 season.

Bunnaloo
Names
Full nameBunnaloo Football Club
Nickname(s)The Loo
Club details
Founded1927, 1952[1][2]
Dissolved1989
ColoursGreen gold
CompetitionEchuca Football League
Premierships1988, 1989
Former ground(s)Bunnaloo Recreation Reserve
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History

The formation of the Bunnaloo Football Club was first announced when an advertisement appeared in the Riverine Herald (the local Echuca newspaper) asked from umpires for the soon-to-be-formed W F Association, a football league.[3] In 1927, the Wakool Walliston Bunnaloo Football Association was formed featuring four teams: Wakool, Walliston, Bunnaloo and Caldwell. This was Bunnaloo's first football team, with J Keech acting as captain.[4] In 1929 the league was renamed the Womboota and District Football League, with Womboota replacing the team from Walliston.[5] Bunnaloo finished the season in first place, but lost the premiership to Wakool.

At the closure of the 1929 season, the league was disbanded. The Bunnaloo Football club played next in 1933, in two games against Caldwell, the first home and the second away. Bunnaloo won the home match on 8 July, with the away game played in Caldwell two weeks later.[6] The Bunnaloo Football Club was not active again until 1945, when it played a series of matches against Womboota. The team, captained by Arthur Tomlinson, won two and lost two of the four matches.[7]

In 1951 the planned Echuca Football League was announced, with Bunnaloo featured in the original line-up. When it formed in 1952, the Bunnaloo club was reformed and joined the league with teams from Mathoura, Moama, Bamawm Extension, Bamawm and Rochester East.[8] The club remained in this league for the remainder of its existence. In 1988 and 1989 Bunnaloo won back-to-back premierships,[9] and following the 1989 premiership was forced to cease existence.[10] 1990 marked the closure of the Echuca Football League and the formation of the Murray Football League. Bunnaloo was unable to find enough players to field a team.[11]

Premierships
LeagueTotal flagsPremiership year(s)
Echuca Football League
2
1988, 1989

Honour Board
Bunnaloo Recreation Reserve, home of the former Bunnaloo Football Club (2016)
YearPresidentSecretaryCoachBest & Fairest
1952C BurgessB HubbardT MadgwickT Madgwick
1953C BurgessW RipperT MadgwickK Durrant
1954C BurgessW RipperK DoyleK Durrant
1955H GambleW RipperK DoyleG Burgess
1956H GambleW RipperK DoyleG Burgess
1957H HolschierW RipperJ PrestonK Durrant
1958H HolschierD Morrison, D GambleJ PrestonJ Preston
1959H HolschierD GambleT BurgessG Burgess
1960K DoyleL VaggJ CarvillR Bremner
1961K DoyleL VaggR CrackJ Preston
1962K DoyleL VaggR CrackK Crack
1963T BurgessW RipperL BakerK Crack
1964T BurgessW RipperT GalvinJ Walter
1965J Walter SnrW RipperT GalvinB White
1966J Walter SnrT GalvinW StilesL Berryman
1967J Walter SnrR KempW StilesL Berryman
1968D JacksonR KempB WhiteD Jackson
1969B MacKenzieR KempD HendersonA Caldwell
1970B MacKenzieB ThompsonB Mackie, D HendersonB Thompson
1971B MacKenzieB ThompsonJ ClarkB Thompson
1972K SchulzB ThompsonJ ClarkP Cole
1973K SchulzB ThompsonG ChiversA Caldwell
1974J Walter SnrB ThompsonG ChiversJ Hartshorn
1975J WalterR JeffsG ChiversJ Hartshorn
1976D RobertsL GardinerR FarrellJ Hartshorn
1977D RobertsR JeffsR FarrellM Vagg
1978D RobertsG BeerR FarrellJ Hartshorn
1979H HolshierJ CarterR FarrellL Hiller
1980H HolshierJ Carter, A CossarR DouglasJ Hartshorn
1981J CarterN BlenkironR DouglasA Willoughby
1982W PolglaseN BlenkironB WaltonJ Hartshorn
1983W PolglaseN BlenkironJ SmithR Caldwell
1984R CrackJ BurgessR CarrG Nisbet
1985P RinaldiN BlenkironG WagstaffR Caldwell
1986P RinaldiN BlenkironA FarrellR Caldwell
1987P RinaldiJ HearnA PrestonG Edwards
1988*P RinaldiD LarcombeA Jones, A PrestonA Jones
1989*C DouglasD Larcombe, M BlenkironA Jones, S DuncanA Ogden
"*" denotes a premiership year.

Echuca Football League Best and Fairest
  • Leigh White (1965)[12]

See also

References
  1. Hutcheon, Stephen (19 February 2005). "Silly team names roar in". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. "Six Teams in Echuca League" (Newspaper). The Riverine Herald. Echuca. 3 November 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. "Advertising" (Newspaper). The Riverine Herald. Echuca. 14 April 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. "District News: Wakool" (Newspaper). The Riverine Herald. Echuca. 8 June 1927. p. 3. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  5. "District News: Wakool" (Newspaper). The Riverine Herald. Echuca. 13 June 1929. p. 3. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  6. "District News: Bunnaloo" (Newspaper). The Riverine Herald. Echuca. 14 July 1933. p. 4. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  7. "Womboota" (Newspaper). The Riverine Herald. Echuca. 18 August 1945. p. 6. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  8. "Six Teams in Echuca League" (Newspaper). The Riverine Herald. Echuca. 3 November 1951. p. 2. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  9. Bunnaloo, New South Wales Scoreboard Pressure Wade's World (Published 11 June 2014). Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  10. Bunnaloo Complex and Sporting Grounds (Bunnaloo) Wikimapia. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  11. Bunnaloo Football Club (NSW) Footypedia.com. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  12. Back-to-Bunnaloo Committee (August 1970). Souvenir of Back to Bunnaloo Celebrations 1970 (Booklet). p. 9.
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