Wangaratta Football Club
The Wangaratta Magpies Football Club, officially known as the Wangaratta Magpies Football & Netball Club, is an Australian rules football club, which first played in the Ovens and Murray Football League in 1893 and is based in Wangaratta, Victoria at the Wangaratta Showgrounds and play on the Norm Minns Oval.[1]
| Wangaratta FNC | ||
|---|---|---|
| Names | ||
| Full name | Wangaratta Football Netball Club | |
| Nickname(s) | Magpies | |
| Club details | ||
| Founded | 1875 | |
| Colours | ||
| Competition | Ovens & Murray Football League | |
| Premierships | O&MFNL 1sts:(14) 1925, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1976, 2007, 2008, 2017. O&KFNL 1sts:(6) 1905, 1906, 1920, 1931, 1932, 1941. | |
| Ground(s) | Norm Minns Oval | |
| Uniforms | ||
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Club History
The Wangaratta Football Club was the first football club to be founded in Wangaratta, in 1875,[2] when matches were played intermittently against other local towns like – Albury, Beechworth, Benalla, Chiltern, Corowa, Howlong, Rutherglen, Tarrawingee and Wahgunyah.[3]
There were two Wangaratta teams that entered the Ovens & Murray Football League in 1893, Wangaratta Central FC and West End FC (1893 only), with Wangaratta Central (Magpies) remaining in the O&MFA and moving between the Ovens & King Football League on a number of occasions prior to World War Two. These two teams played in the Wangaratta Football Association in 1892, with Wangaratta FC finishing on top of the ladder and winning the premiership.[4]
Wangaratta FC moved into the Ovens and King FL in its first year of competition in 1903.[5]
Wangaratta FC entered two sides into the Ovens & King FL in 1941 and they both played off in the grand final, with the "Rainbows" defeating Wangaratta.[6]
In 1945 Wangaratta entered a team in the Murray Valley Football League and they became undefeated premiers.[7]
Wangaratta FC have been in the Ovens & Murray Football League continuously since 1946.
Since 2012, the club has fielded three football teams and four netball teams in the Ovens & Murray Football League.
Football competition timeline
- Seniors
- 1892: Wangaratta Football Association
- 1893 - 1897: Ovens & Murray Football Association
- 1898: Murray Valley Junior Football Association
- 1899 - 1902: Ovens & Murray Football Association
- 1903 - 1914: Ovens & King Football Association
- 1915: Ovens & Murray Football Association
- 1916 - 1918: O&MFA & Club in recess due to World War One
- 1919 - 1921: Ovens & King Football Association
- 1922 - 1929: Ovens & Murray Football League
- 1930 - 1932: Ovens & King Football Association
- 1933 - 1940: Ovens & Murray Football League
- 1941: Ovens & King Football Association
- 1942 - 1944: Club in recess due to World War Two
- 1945: Murray Valley Patriotic Football League
- 1946 - 2019: Ovens & Murray Football League
- 2020: - O&MFL in recess due to COVID-19
- 2021: Ovens & Murray Football League
Football Premierships
- Seniors
| League | Total flags | Premiership year(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Wangaratta Football Association | 1 | 1892[8] |
| Murray Valley Junior Football Association | 1 | 1898[9][10] |
| Ovens & King Football Association[11] | 6 | 1905[12], 1906[13], 1920, 1931, 1932, 1941[14] |
| Murray Valley Patriotic Football Association | 1 | 1945[15] |
| Corowa & District Knockout Competition – "VFL Cup" | 1 | 1949 [16] |
| Ovens & Murray Football League[17] | 14 | 1925, 1933, 1936, 1938, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1976, 2007, 2008, 2017 |
Football League Best & Fairest Award Winners
- Seniors
- Ovens & Murray Football League
- 1933 - Fred Carey
- 1953 - Tim Lowe
- 1955 - Ray Preston
- 1957 - Lance Oswald
- 1969 - Jeff Hemphill
- 1975 - Jack O'Halloran
- 1976 - Jack O'Halloran
- 2007 - Jonathon McCormick
- 2010 - Jamie Allen
- Reserves
VFL / AFL Footballers
The following footballers played for Wangaratta FC prior to making their VFL / AFL debut & / or were drafted to an AFL club, with the year indicting their debut.
- 1902 - Bill Hickey - South Melbourne
- 1906 - Charlie Meadway - Wangaratta
- 1912 - Gil Ebbott - St. Kilda
- 1926 - Jack Nolan - North Melbourne
- 1927 - Dinny Kelleher - Carlton
- 1927 - Allan Skehan - Carlton
- 1928 - Ray Usher - Melbourne
- 1929 - Percy Jones - Geelong
- 1930 - Arthur Mills - Hawthorn
- 1930 - Bert Mills - Hawthorn
- 1932 - John Connell - St. Kilda
- 1932 - Leo Nolan - Melbourne
- 1950 - Mac Hill - Collingwood
- 1953 - Peter Hughes - Hawthorn
- 1953 - Lance Oswald - St. Kilda
- 1960 - Gary Holmes - St. Kilda
- 1960 - Ian Rowland - St. Kilda
- 1965 - Ian Montgomery - Collingwood
- 1966 - Ian Nicoll - Carlton
- 1984 - Darren Steele - North Melbourne
- 1989 - Danny Craven - St. Kilda
- 1990 - Chris Naish - Richmond
- 1995 - Luke Norman - Melbourne
- 2002 - Steve Johnson - Geelong
- 2003 - Jonathon McCormick - Carlton
Senior Football Honourboard
| Year | President | Secretary | Treasurer | Captain/Coach | Best & Fairest | Top Goalkicker | Ladder Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | W L Clarke | [18] | |||||
| 1881 | Sanford | Banfield | Sanford[19] | [20] | |||
| 1882 | F Gray | C C Sanford | [21] | ||||
| 1883 | J H Tone | J H Tone | [22] | ||||
| 1884 | Sanford | [23] | |||||
| 1885 | Slattery | [24] | |||||
| 1886 | Taylor | [25] | |||||
| 1887 | Taylor | [26] | |||||
| 1890 | H G Griffiths | A McKay Jnr | A McKay Jnr | [27] | |||
| 1891 | Chas Wilson | [28] | |||||
| 1892 | Jack Brew | [29]WFA Premiers | |||||
| 1893 | W J Osboldstone | T Hishon | B Brown | G Carpenter | [30][31]O&MFL | ||
| 1894 | |||||||
| 1895 | A Harrison | E Hickey | A Harrison | Jack Brew | [32] | ||
| 1903 | Bryant | O&KFA | |||||
| 1904 | S Yoxall | ||||||
| 1905 | F H Brook & | R J "Tot" Turner | O&K Premiers | ||||
| [33] | Mr. Stuart | ||||||
| 1906[34] | George Maxwell | M J Cowman | A Ebbott | R J Turner | O&K Premiers | ||
| 1907 | George Maxwell | A Ebbott | A Ebbott | [35] | |||
| 1914 | R Banbury | ||||||
| 1915-18 | In recess > WW1 | ||||||
| 1919 | A C Callander | R J Metcalfe | |||||
| 1920 | A C Callander | R J Metcalfe | E McDonald[36] | O&K Premiers | |||
| 1921 | A C Callander | R J Metcalfe | |||||
| 1922 | A C Callander | L Howell | H Smith | Runners Up | |||
| 1923 | A C Callander | Matt O'Donohue | Runners Up | ||||
| 1924 | A C Callander | Mr. Marks | G McDonald[37] | Matt O'Donohue | |||
| 1925 | A C Callander | Percy Rowe | O&M Premiers | ||||
| 1926 | A C Callander | J O'Shea | Percy Rowe | Runners Up | |||
| 1927 | W J Powell | Jim Boyd[38] | J J Kelly | ||||
| 1928 | W J Powell | G McDonald | Ern Elliott | ||||
| 1929 | W J Powell | Dermot O'Brien &[39] | |||||
| Fred Carey[40] | |||||||
| 1930 | M J Duggan | Ernie Loveless | |||||
| 1931 | J F Quinn | Fred Carey | O&K Premiers | ||||
| 1932 | J F Quinn | Fred Carey | Alec Fraser | O&K Premiers | |||
| 1933 | F Baker | Fred Carey | 85: Leo Nolan # | O&M Premiers | |||
| 1934 | F Baker | L Irving | W Brown | Fred Carey | |||
| 1935 | W J Powell | J J Nunan | 109: Charlie Heavey# [41] | ||||
| 1936 | A C Jones | Fred Carey | O&M Premiers | ||||
| 1937 | A C Jones | Fred Carey | Ernie Ward | 64: Keith Thompson # | |||
| 1938 | W J Powell | Norm Le Brun | O&M Premiers | ||||
| 1939 | C Pratt | Norm Le Brun | |||||
| 1940 | W J Powell | Alec Fraser | Ernie Ward | 53: Ernie Ward | |||
| 1941 | T Ferguson | Ernie Ward | O&K Premiers: Rainbows FC | ||||
| 1941 | Wang FC | ||||||
| 1942-44 | In recess > WW2 | ||||||
| 1945 | Ron Bryant/G Robins | MVPFL Premiers | |||||
| 1946 | W J POwell | Laurie Nash | |||||
| 1947 | W J Powell | Tom Tribe[42] | |||||
| 1948 | E C Etches | Tom Tribe | Tim Lowe | ||||
| 1949 | Norm J McGuffie | Mac Holten | Ken Nish | 71: Max Williams | O&M Premiers | ||
| 1950 | Norm J McGuffie | Mac Holten | Tim Lowe | 84: Max Williams # [43] | O&M Premiers | ||
| 1951 | Norm J McGuffie | Mac Holten | Tim Lowe | 91: Max Williams # | O&M Premiers | ||
| 1952 | Norm J McGuffie | Mac Holten | Tim Lowe | O&M Premiers | |||
| 1953 | G Cundy | Mac Holten | Tim Lowe | ||||
| 1954 | G Cundy | Mac Holten | |||||
| 1955 | G Cundy | Mac Holten | Ray Preston | Runners Up | |||
| 1956 | L Twamley | Bill Comensoli/Mac Holten | Ray Preston & | ||||
| Lance Oswald | |||||||
| 1957 | L Twamley | Jack McDonald | Lance Oswald | O&M Premiers | |||
| 1958 | L Twamley | Jack McDonald | Bill Comensoli | 58: Jack McDonald # | |||
| 1959 | Norm J McGuffie | Neville Waller | Kevin Mack | ||||
| 1960 | Norm J McGuffie | Neville Waller | Kevin O'Keefe | 57:Bob Constable # | |||
| 1961 | Norm J McGuffie | Neville Waller | Len Richards | O&M Premiers | |||
| 1962 | Norm J McGuffie | Neville Waller | Bill Triall | ||||
| 1963 | Owen Paton | Neville Waller | |||||
| 1964 | Owen Paton | Ron Critchley | Kevin Mack | Runners Up | |||
| 1965 | G Boyd | Ron Critchley | Des Steele | Runners Up | |||
| 1966 | Jeff Hemphill | Runners Up | |||||
| 1967 | 67: Geoff Scott # | ||||||
| 1968 | Trevor Steer | ||||||
| 1969 | Trevor Steer | Runners Up | |||||
| 1970 | Trevor Steer | Des Steele | |||||
| 1971 | G Boyd | Geoff Rosenow | Graeme Nish | ||||
| 1972 | G Boyd | Geoff Rosenow | |||||
| 1973 | G Boyd | Geoff Rosenow | |||||
| 1974 | Jack White | Geoff Rosenow | Graeme Nish | ||||
| 1975 | Jack White | Harry Skreja | Jack O'Halloran | ||||
| 1976 | Jack White | Phillip Nolan | Jack O'Halloran | 74: John Leary # | O&M Premiers | ||
| 1977 | Jack White | Phillip Nolan | Runners Up | ||||
| 1978 | Jack White | Phillip Nolan | |||||
| 1979 | Jack White | Vin Doolan | |||||
| 1980 | Neville Sanderson | Vin Doolan | |||||
| 1981 | Neville Sanderson | Vin Doolan | |||||
| 1982 | Neville Sanderson | Phil Nolan | |||||
| 1983 | Gerry Dowling | Neville Hogan | |||||
| 1984 | Gerry Dowling | Neville Hogan | |||||
| 1985 | Gerry Dowling | John Gannon | |||||
| 1986 | Paul Douthie | John Gannon | 101: Steven Adamo # | ||||
| 1987 | John Dawson | John Gannon | 106: Steven Adamo # | ||||
| 1988 | John Dawson | Ray Card | |||||
| 1989 | Sid Wright | Ray Card | |||||
| 1990 | Sid Wright | Ray Card | |||||
| 1991 | Bob Andrews | Charlie Walder | |||||
| 1992 | Bob Andrews | Charlie Walder | 82: John Henry # | ||||
| 1993 | Bob Andrews | Brian Walsh | Jason Lappin | ||||
| 1994 | J Davidson | Graeme Cordy & | |||||
| 1994 | Ray Card | ||||||
| 1995 | Bob Head | Ray Card | |||||
| 1996 | Bob Head | Ray Card | |||||
| 1997 | Lindsey Horrocks | Maurice Wingate & | |||||
| Rob Richards | |||||||
| 1998 | Lindsey Horrocks | Gary Cameron | |||||
| 1999 | Lindsey Horrocks | Gary Cameron | |||||
| 2000 | Gary Nevin | Colin McClounan | |||||
| 2001 | Gary Nevin | Colin McClounan | |||||
| 2002 | Peter Whittlesea | John Henry | Jason Lappin | ||||
| 2003 | Peter Whittlesea | John Henry | 63: Damian Lang # | ||||
| 2004 | Russell Higgs | John Henry | Jason Lappin | 88: Damien Lang # | |||
| 2005 | Russell Higgs | John Henry | Jason Lappin | ||||
| 2006 | Paul Challman | John Henry | |||||
| 2007 | Paul Challman | Jason Lappin | Jonathon McCormick | O&M Premiers | |||
| 2008 | Paul Challman | Jason Lappin | O&M Premiers | ||||
| 2009 | Paul Challman | Brian Hargreaves | Jason Lappin | Jonathon McCormick | 45: Luke Mullins | 4th | |
| 2010 | Paul Challman | Pam Voss | Brian Hargreaves | Judd Porter | Jamie Allan | 35: Dale Whelan | 6th |
| 2011 | Paul Challman | Pam Voss | Brian Hargreaves | Judd Porter | 32: Luke Morgan | 5th | |
| 2012 | Paul Challman | Jamie Allan | 60: James Wong | 7th | |||
| 2013 | 63: James Wong | 6th | |||||
| 2014 | 50: Joel Harris | 6th | |||||
| 2015 | 42: Robert Hicks | 7th | |||||
| 2016 | 42: Michael Newton | 7th | |||||
| 2017 | Dean Stone | 74: Michael Newton | 2nd: O&M Premiers | ||||
| 2018 | Dean Stone | 81: Michael Newton # | 3rd: Runners Up | ||||
| 2019 | Luke Morgan | 44: Ben Speight | 3rd: Runners Up | ||||
| 2020 | Colin McClounan & | Luke Morgan | Covid 19 | ||||
| Ellyn O'Brien | |||||||
| 2021 | Colin McClounan & | Dean Stone | 44: Michael Newton | 2nd. No finals. Covid 19 | |||
| Ellyn O'Brien | |||||||
| 2022 | Ben Reid | ||||||
| Year | President | Secretary | Treasurer | Captain / Coach | Best & Fairest | Top Goalkicker | Position |
- - Ladder position is at the end of the home & away series of games
- # - Also won the O&M goal kicking award
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Links
- 1926 - Wangaratta FC Officials
- 1926 - Wangaratta FC & St. Patrick's FC team photos (June, 1926)
- 1926 - Ovens & Murray FL Grand Final team photos: Wangaratta FC & St. Patrick's FC (September, 1926)
- 1929 - Wangaratta FC team photo
- 1930 - Wangaratta FC & East Albury FC team photos
- 1931 - Wangaratta FC & Moyhu FC team photos
- 1933 - Wangaratta FC & Border United FC team photo
- 1934 - Wangaratta FC & Rutherglen FC team photos
- 1937 - Wangaratta FC & Corowa FC team photos
- 1938 - Ovens & Murray FL Grand Final team photos: Wangaratta FC & Yarrawonga FC
- 1939 - Wangaratta CYMS FC team photo
- 1945 - Murray Valley Patriotic Football League Premiers: Wangaratta FC grand final day team photo
- 1945 - Murray Valley Patriotic Football League Premiers: Wangaratta FC team photo (undefeated)
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