Deniliquin Football Club

The Deniliquin Football 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.

Deniliquin
Names
Full nameDeniliquin Football Netball Club
Nickname(s)Rams
2020 season
Club details
Founded1933 (1933)
Colours   
CompetitionMurray FNL
Uniforms
Home
Other information
Official websitehttp://www.deniliquinfnc.sportingpulse.net

The club's teams currently compete in the Murray FNL, which the Deniliquin football club joined in 1949.

History

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 different 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
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

VFL / AFL PLayers

A small number of former Deniliquin players have gone on to play in the Victorian and Australian Football Leagues (VFL and AFL), including -

Additionally, former VFL footballers to have played / coached Deniliquin in the following year(s)include -

References
  1. "1876 - Football in Deniliquin". Trove Newspapers. / The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. "1892 - Formation of Deniliquin football club's". Trove Newspapers. The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW). Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  3. "1892 - South Deniliquin v Imperials". Trove Newspapers. / The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW). Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  4. "1893 - Echuca v Deniliquin". Trove Newspapers. / The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  5. "1894 - Echuca Railway Junior v Deniliquin Juniors". Trove Newspapers. / The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  6. "1895 - Gillespie Cup". Trove Newspapers. / The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW). Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  7. "1899 - Three clubs formed in Echuca". Trove Newspapers. The Weekly Times. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  8. "1900 - Deniliquin Football Association". Trove Newspapers. / The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  9. "1931 - John Moore Chanter - Biography". Trove Newspapers. Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  10. "1901 - Commonwealth Football Club". Trove Newspapers. The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  11. "1901 - Commonwealth FC - win premiership". Trove Newspapers. The Independent (Deniliquin, NSW). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  12. "1933 - Deniliquin FC - Formation Meeting". Trove Newspapers. The Independent (Deniliquin, NSW). Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  13. "1933 - Echuca Football League - AGM". Trove Newspapers. The Independent (Deniliquin, NSW). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  14. "1933 - Deniliquin Football Coach". Trove Newspapers. The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  15. "1933 - Deniliquin FC - Coach". Trove Newspapers. The Independent, Deniliquin, NSW. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  16. "1949 - Deniliquin admitted to the Murray FL". Trove Newspapers. / Cobram Courier (Vic). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  17. "1933 - Echuca FL - Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. The Riverine Herald (Echuca, Vic). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
  18. "1954 - Murray Valley 2nd 18 FA - Grand Final match review". Trove Newspapers. Cobram Courier. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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